[Tom '74 911]

Hi -

I'm in the middle of trying to reclaim my loss from an eBay scam on a '95 993 engine, where the seller sold the same engine twice, in two different auctions and hasn't delivered to either buyer (one being myself). See:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/522734-i-might-getting-scammed-ebay-purchase-san-fran.html

and

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/522739-pelicans-san-francisco.html#post5147566

An internet search has popped up another add from March of '09 with the same name and email address as the seller I dealt with. The add is for a car and the VIN # is listed. Are the Police or other "official" authorities the only ones capable of getting info related to that VIN #? Or is there a public source to get that info from? Assuming it is good, I'm thinking it may be a good lead to track this mofo down.

Thanks,
Tom