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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
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#274797 - 28/03/06 03:46 PM
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What's his general history? His eBay history seems good!
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baron_de
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having two of them seemed dubious to me... so i googled his address and it turns up on a
brace of fraudster lists.
one of the listings has now been removed by eBay
themselves.
then there's the price... the fact that he puts his email address
on the listing... FB is from sellers... and doesn't reply when i ask to pay COD ;-)
i'd say 'be careful'... no?
...bugger, have i just done
myself out of a bargain..?
...double bugger, am i in court for libel..?
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
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#274819 - 28/03/06 04:46 PM
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seen this last week, thought it was too good to be true http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7401167074&rd=1&sspag
ename=STRK%3AMEWA%3APIC&rd=1i sent an email to him about shipping costs
and i got a message back directing me to email his personal email for a response which i
ignored. then i got an email from an "ebay partner" which i never opened. then.. i got a
message from ebay in my ebay account saying... Our records indicate that
you recently sent an email to or received an email from downsa through the eBay email
system (for example, you may have sent an email to this member through Ask Seller a
Question or received an email from this member through Contact eBay Member). Sometimes eBay accounts are used to send email solicitations for transactions outside of
eBay, or to send unrelated questions in hopes that you will respond so that the other
party can obtain your email address. We wanted you to be aware of the potential fraud risk
these solicitations pose and encourage you to be cautious about the email you received
from this member. Please keep in mind, sales that take place outside of eBay
are not eligible for any eBay or PayPal protective services and you run the risk of losing
your money or your item if you complete these transactions. We would encourage you to
review the eBay pages related to Fraud Protection at the address provided below for
information on steps you can take to ensure that your transactions are successful: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/confidence/isgw-fraud-ov.html Should you have paid for this item, please write with details through our "Contact Us"
form found on the page below: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_inline/index.htmlPlease select "Report problems with other eBay members > Fraud concerns for buyers > You
paid for an item but never received it" If you have paid for the item through
PayPal, you may find the following page useful: /csg/p?www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_pbp-info-outside Regards, Trust & Safety Department Now i see the item is
back under a different name and location.......... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Digidesign-Control-24-Board_W0QQitemZ7402828577QQcat
egoryZ23792QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Quote Conz:
What's his general
history? His eBay history seems good!
His account has been hijacked and used to list fake auctions.
Look at sellers other auctions and see that a wide range of items, desirable to
many types of people have been power listed for a 1 day auction. Scammer is trying to
lure people interested into offline sales with his invitation to email him.
It's essential to contact sellers through eBays internal messaging system.
Also essential to look at feedback, selling patterns and current auctions when
considering buying off anyone. If something looks suspicious, confirm that it's not
before sending payment. There's lots of scams out there!!!
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
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#275417 - 29/03/06 06:02 PM
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Intesteting to see how these things "work". So it's a hijacked good history.
But good news! His buyer backed out and I've still got a chance for a cheap Voyager!
>Hello,
>I ended my auction early, since a customer convinced me
>that he will buy my item for sure today, while he had the
>money in
hand.
>But in the last email he told me that he can`t buy my item >anymore. I don`t
know what to think..but I reported him to >eBay.
>Are you interested to purchase my
item for US$ 1600?
>I will cover all the shipping and insured fees. You will
>receive the item in Max 2-3 business days at your door. >You must know that I have asked
in my auctions to be >contacted in my email address because I am carefully with >my
auctions since I had multiple problems in the past with >nonpaying bidders so this is not
the first time when I >meet with this problem.
I will be glad to hear from
you as soon as possible!
Best Regards,
>>I am interested
in this item, can I have details of >>shipping to UK, please.
>>Also, I
need to pay Cash-On-Delivery - is this possible?
>>Thanks!
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Seems like quite a few readers ads advertisers are being approached by someone using the
email address geo_willis07@myway.com and sending them a variation of the typical
scammer First Contact email. See example below: From: geo_willis07@myway.com
Dear
seller, I 'm interested in purchasing your advertised [your product will appear
here] and i will like to know the price if is okay by me.if I can pay with a cheque
drawn in your location. If this is okay with you do get back to me immediately for me to
arrange the payment. Concerning the shippment, my shipper will come and pick it up from
your location as soon as we seal this transaction. Do get back to me immediately with your
Full Name, Contact Address and Phone Number for me to instruct my client to make the
payment ASAP. Hope to hear from you soon. Best regards
Our
advice is to proceed no further with such approaches and ignore them, or you might lose
your shirt! Personally, I would ignore any would-be buyer whose email contains
reference to a "shipper" and then wait and see how they follow this up. If they are a
genuine advertiser, it should become apparent. Ian G
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Hi all, I have this one too. Typical bad English, send me your address and I
send round some nice peolpe who will save you on your house-moving costs. Yeah right ! Just a thought, if you do get this one, remember they do not know your email
address as it is sent through the system. If you reply, you will be bombarded with
mulitple "phishing" emails. Also, if you are a PC user watchout as they will send you
one or two choice hidden applications that clock your key activity etc to get
passwords. The apps are hidden in "document" files and on the PC they are hidden/
disguised, not so on the Mac as they are quite easy to see. they usually look
innocent enough, like "Here are those files you requested" 'data.doc' Best
advice is to bin all such mail.
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can anyone with a more trained eye tell me if this ebay offer is authentic; it seems too
good to be authentic... http://cgi.ebay.com/MACKIE-D8B-DIGITAL-mixer-custom-patch-bay-snake_W0QQit
emZ6621571199QQcategoryZ50QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
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#282183 - 13/04/06 07:53 AM
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Quote connie:
can anyone with a
more trained eye tell me if this ebay offer is authentic; it seems too good to be
authentic... http://cgi.ebay.com/MACKIE-D8B-DIGITAL-mixer-custom-patch-bay-snake_W0QQit
emZ6621571199QQcategoryZ50QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
Best thing to do is throw a few
questions at the seller like, "can I view /try the goods before I bid?", "can I pay cash
and collect personally?", etc. If they refuse any of these, steer well clear...
I remember seeing an auction for a Fairlight, with no pictures, although they were
available upon demand, so I requested them... They were pictures of a Synclavier (pics
were actually from Synhouse a Sync restorer, who I know), so I played with the seller for
a little while. In a nutshell, he was adamant I was NOT to see the unit(s) until payment
had been made and cleared. He actually started to get irate.
Good luck! Peter
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
[Re: Conny]
#283013 - 15/04/06 12:33 AM
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this item has been removed early from ebay , beware of items advertised from the
bristol area there is a member of this mag with several items for sale in the readers
adverts,if you want to read an interesting bit of infomation search for: Knowhere Contact
uk: Mangotsfield, the person named here is we believe at it again,
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
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#292455 - 06/05/06 09:58 AM
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Here is an email I got today regarding an SOS readers ad I have placed.
Dear seller, I'm interested in purchasing your advertised Item,and i will like to know
the price if is okay by me.if I can pay with a cheque drawnin your location. If this
is okay with you do get back to me immediately for me to arrange the payment.
Concerning the shippment, my shipper will come and pick it up from your location as soon as we seal this transaction. Do getback to me immediately with your Full
Name, Contact Address andPhone Number for me to instruct my client to make the
payment ASAP. Hope tohear from you soon. Best regards,
Looks like a
message from here but with different text to try and fool, I'm certainly not going to
reply, plus it's all to vague and pass the buckish..if you know what I mean.
Cheers.
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had this on monday and told him where to go
john timms blanch
hi there,how are you doing,however i just contacted my client
that the check was sent you 8am this morning with an error on payment,also i will like to
notify you that he issue a check of 1500 pounds to you intead your asking 150,there was an
over payment of 1350,and i will kindly like you to cash the check immediately you receive
it and help have the excess fund send back to him via western union.i hope this is
acceptable.Anticipating your quick respond.God bless you.
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
[Re: necromunger]
#294399 - 10/05/06 08:51 AM
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Did anyone see the huge SSL E-series on eBay recently, sat at £200 for days but sold last
minute for £8000 odd. Love to know how the buyer got on, the guy had no feedback, it was
a private auction etc etc.....
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Scammers: close down their email account
[Re: baron_de]
#295155 - 11/05/06 09:37 AM
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We received this useful email from a reader, so we are passing on his tip to aid
others:
Thanks for your warning regarding the cheque/shipper scam
that currently operates. 1 day after placing my ad with you I received this mail which was
then followed by the exact pattern you laid out. Having recognised it I contacted the MET
as my local Police force and it turns out that there is some limited action that they can
take to at least have the fraudsters e-mail account closed down (I realise this is small,
but every little helps) Potential victims need to obtain a reply e-mail
directly from the 'buyer' (rather than through your site) and then forward that message
with the internet headers pasted in to this address - fraud.alert@met.police.uk . Below is an
excerpt from the e-mail I got from the MET. 'To find the Internet Headers you
need to look on the original e-mail that was sent to you. I have attached a Web link which
explains how to find them. http://www.johnru.com/active-whois/trace-email.html or if using a
Macintosh http://www.mind.net/hpage/omacheader.htmlOnce you have
found the Internet Headers you need to copy and then paste this information into your
message to us. This then enables us to trace the origin of messages and then if possible
close the Website or E-mail account down. Please note that without this
information there is little we can do to help stop this situation being repeated again and
again.' On no account should a suspicious seller give out home address details
(even if they really want to see a fraudulent cheque) as this could lead to burglary and
their goods disappearing. I hope that this info can be passed on so that as
many of these fraudsters can be stopped, or at least hindered, as possible.
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The following email reads like a potential scam, and seems to have been sent to lots of
advertisers in Readers Ads, so I'm p[osting it here as a warning to TAKE CARE. Personally,
I'd give it a wide berth... Dear Sir/Madam, H & S International
Limited is an european textile company.We produce and distribute clothing materials such
as batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costume worldwide.We have reached big sales
volume of textile materials in the Europe and now are trying to penetrate the UK market.
Quite soon we will open representative offices or authorized sales centers in the United
Kingdom and therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us in
establishing a new distribution network there. The fact is that despite the UK market
is new for us we already have regular clients also speaks for itself.
WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO FOR US? The international money transfer tax for legal entities
(companies) in UK is 25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%.There is no sense for
us to work this way, while tax for international money transfer made by a private
individual is 7% .That's why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our
textiles( in money orders,banker's Draft,check or bank wire transfers) and to resend the
money to us via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer.This way we will save money
because of tax decreasing.
JOB DESCRIPTION? 1. Recieve payment from
Clients 2. Cash Payments at your Bank 3. Deduct 10% which will be your
percentage/pay on Payment processed. 4. Forward balance afer deduction of
percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to(Payment
is to forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer).
HOW MUCH
WILL YOU EARN? 10% from each operation! For instance: you receive 7000GBP via
Banker's Draft or money orders on our behalf. You will cash the money and keep GBP 700GBP
(10% from GBP7000) for yourself! At the beginning your commission will equal 10%, though
later it will increase up to 12%!
ADVANTAGES You do not have to go out as
you will work as an independent contractor right from your home office. Your job is
absolutely legal. You can earn up to 3000-4000 GBP monthly depending on time you will
spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start.You can do the Work easily
without leaving or affecting your present Job.The employees who make efforts and work
hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us due
to our excellent work condition.
MAIN REQUIREMENTS 18 years or older legally capable responsible ready to work 3-4 hours per week. with PC
knowledge e-mail and internet experience (minimal) And please know that
Everything is absolutely legal, that's why You have to fill a contract! If you are
interested in our offer, please respond with the following
details in order for
us to reach you: NAME CONTACT ADDRESS PHONE NUMBERS AGE SEX
Thanks for your anticipated action.And we hope to hear back from you. YOU ARE
TO SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATE/PRIVATE EMAIL: sobat_tech_uk@yahoo.co.uk Very
Respectfully, Mr. President, H& S International Limited 102
Broadway, Cowbridge, CF71 7ER, Wales United Kingdom Phone:447024022091 Fax: 447005808027
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I got this over the weekend for 3 of my items in the SOS ads column. It read EXACTLY the
same for all 3, so looks like a scam to me... Hello seller,
I am
an engineer based in ireland.I saw your advert on the internet, and i must tell you that i
am really interested.I want to know the present working condition of your item.Please do
go ahead and tell me the present condition ,and the {least price} that it will be sold
for. Get back to me quickly to avoid further delay in the purchase,as my shippers are
ready to come for the pick-up.
Get Back to me Via My Private Email Address: engr_garry_roland@yahoo.co.uk
Regards,
Garry Roland If he's genuine, then I apologise, but
the email doesn't seem very personal at all and has characteristics of the regular scams
we've all come to know and hate! Cheers, Peter
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This Gerry Roland has emailed LOTS of SOS sellers over the weekend too, so I would ignore
such contact (any mention of a shipper and steer clear IMHO !!!!). ian G
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
[Re: Forum Admin]
#307451 - 05/06/06 03:12 PM
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Quote Forum Admin:
This Gerry
Roland has emailed LOTS of SOS sellers over the weekend too, so I would ignore such
contact (any mention of a shipper and steer clear IMHO !!!!). ian G
Yes i
thought as much,I had 12 ads in the SOS ad pages and i had an email regarding all of them
with the same text from this guy,so thought it was far too hoky,given that he replied
exact,when most people tend to be short and sweet when enquiring
Heres the email cut and pasted from my mail box,sounds remarkbly similar to
Conz
Hello seller, I am an engineer based in ireland.I saw your advert
on the internet, and i must tell you that i am really interested.I want to know the
present working condition of your item.Please do go ahead and tell me the present
condition ,and the {least price} that it will be sold for. Get back to me quickly to avoid
further delay in the purchase,as my shippers are ready to come for the pick-up. Get
Back to me Via My Private Email Address: engr_garry_roland@yahoo.co.uk Regards, Garry Roland
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Fizmo100
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I've had the same email - definately a scam. Not decided whether to string the guy along
for a bit. Some people must be desperate to reply to what looks like the majority of
adverts on this site!
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Here's a follow-up email that this Garry Roland sent to another SOS reader who replied to
his initial approach: With thanks I acknowledge the receipt of your mail and
the contents were well noted...I am happy the Item is still available for sale and price
you placed is okay with me. I am prepared to offer you an extra £200 Extra to secure the
sale to me, so the total balance to be paid to you will be £500.
I am
actually buying this as a gift for a Neighboring Church in Africa for rehearsal an their
upcoming harvest next month. I have already arranged with my shipper for a pick-up at your
location after payment as been confirmed by you, I’ll handle the cost however. Pick-up
will only be done when you have money in hands ok?
Please let me have your Full
Details such as: Your Full Name Contact address and Post code including your
mobile and home/office phone number where i could get you anytime i feel the call is
needed so i can have my banker issue the payment {BANK DRAFT} to be sent to you as quickly
as possible...
Hope i can trust you on this sales, cause i am buying here
online for the first time and i hope it goes well for us...And also i will be sending more
than the asking price due to the shipment Cost cause i will want my private shipping agent
to come for the pickup of all my items in the UK...You will be sending the remaining funds
to my shipping agent through via western union or money gram so he can come for pick up
immediately okay !!!!!
I await your mail later today..!!!!!!!
Best Regards...........
Engr Garry Roland
Quote Conz:
I got this over the
weekend for 3 of my items in the SOS ads column. It read EXACTLY the same for all 3, so
looks like a scam to me...
Hello seller,
I am an engineer based
in ireland.I saw your advert on the internet, and i must tell you that i am really
interested.I want to know the present working condition of your item.Please do go ahead
and tell me the present condition ,and the {least price} that it will be sold for. Get
back to me quickly to avoid further delay in the purchase,as my shippers are ready to come
for the pick-up.
Get Back to me Via My Private Email Address: engr_garry_roland@yahoo.co.uk
Regards,
Garry Roland
If he's genuine, then I apologise, but
the email doesn't seem very personal at all and has characteristics of the regular scams
we've all come to know and hate!
Cheers, Peter
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Nigerian scammer jailed
[Re: Forum Admin]
#308301 - 07/06/06 07:34 AM
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The police unfortunately cannot follow-up every internet scammer, but (as this news story
from the BBC shows) they do thankfully seem to be having a go and succeeding at jailing
some of these scamming ba***rds!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3594043.stmOne
down, thousands to go... Stay vigilant. Ian G
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Re: Nigerian scammer jailed
[Re: Forum Admin]
#308323 - 07/06/06 08:10 AM
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Quote Forum Admin:
The police
unfortunately cannot follow-up every internet scammer, but (as this news story from the
BBC shows) they do thankfully seem to be having a go and succeeding at jailing some of
these scamming ba***rds!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3594043.stm
One
down, thousands to go... Stay vigilant.
Ian G
That's made my day! Thanks for the link!

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Recieved another what i think is a scam,I had the same reply for 4 bits of gear(I
apologise to the person if this is genuine which i very much doubt given the duplicate )I
have ommitted the guys Phone number just incase,but seeing as the person used the same
wording (apart from the **** which was where he mentioned the gear i was selling and the
listed price) Its got to be a hoax,this is not the kind of normal reply that
you get when someone enquires (genuinly) Anyone else had an of
these??? "Hello, am interested in your ******** which you
posted for sale on the internet. Do get back to me with the lastest offering price.i
will want you konw if is still is good condition. I will be looking forward to your
response.I can be reach via e-mail johnsonyoung_1@yahoo.co.uk or phone
Regards
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
[Re: Mr Sister]
#310118 - 12/06/06 07:53 AM
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That sounds like a scam to me. These scammers always seem to ask "latest price" and
"present condition", even though you state in the ad the price and condition... Well, I do
in anyway.
Cheers, Peter
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A bit of advice here to avoid buying anything from either "Jarl Wholesale" or "Jarl Audio"
on eBay (or the web). Although they initially appear to be UK based they seem to be a
front for a Chinese counterfeit goods operation. A Sennheiser EW100 radio headset kit
that I bought was shipped direct from China and turned out to be imitation kit with
Sennheiser logos, badges and stickers on and not at all what was shown in the advert. I
couldn't even see if it works as according to the stickers it is the wrong frequency range
for the UK.
The company have not responded to my emails.
I have
informed both eBay (no response to date) and John Willet - who is informing Sennheiser in
Germany of this lot.
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Quaver
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Pretty sure we got another Scammer drifting the Reader ads Received this Email today Hello, Having read through the details of your
advert in the listing.I will be much enthusiastic in saying that i will be eager to
purchase your "xxxxxx" at the reasonable retail best offer price of £xxx.Please,i will
kindly want you to get back to with with more pics,details including the present condition
and defects which might have been excluded in the listing.I will be more happy to hearing
from you again and having the transaction close up as soon as possible.Hope to read from
your prompt and positive response. Regards. N.B:I will be making the payment
with a certified bank cheque drawn from UK bank. johnmikel1983@yahoo.comI apologise
if this IS a genuine punter,but sounds too Hokey for my liking and very much worded like
someone whos trying to scam its not the Usual sort of query from a genuine buyer,Anyone
else had anything
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baron_de
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
[Re: Quaver]
#330702 - 27/07/06 02:09 PM
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Of course it is.
If i'm wrong, i would like you please to get back with
me about this and will be happy to hear with you on it.
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Absolutely hilarious. I would refuse anyone business based on them being unable to use
correct punctuation and grammar.
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I'm going to die a poor man.
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chrismaaaaan
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Re: Ebay and Readers Ads Scam Alerts.
[Re: baron_de]
#350234 - 06/09/06 09:30 PM
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I see these tw@ts all the time punting out fantoms and extremes
et al for stupid money, why dont we all form a bidding cartel (which there are loads of
anyway) and bid it up to 1,000,000 pounds straight away. Ebay ignore to a point but if
they see regular occurances of said million they close down accounts if fee's dont get
replied to as they are terrified of fraud allegations.. But if you are tw@t enough to think you will get a fantom x8 for £150 you deserve
everything you get! Lets fleece the fleecers, bid em up to a million+ Chris..
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saxsmith7
new member
Joined: 17/09/02
Posts: 7
Loc: United States
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Another thing to watch for: check the seller's history. If it has been dormant for a
while....
Danger Will Robinson....
I saw a Kyma and an Apogee up
from an account that hadn't been used for over 3 years. You can't check their items to see
if they had been buying or selling shoes, colored golf balls, or whatever.
(also watch for 1-day and 3-day ads...)
best to all... Steven
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semtex1974
Joined: 15/08/06
Posts: 233
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I've recently been scammed by an e-bay user called name removed for legal
reasons.So do not trust this e-bayer at all.I paid £101 for a cd player which paypal
accidentally took 2 payments from bank for so I payed £202,then I was refunded by the
very annoyed seller like it was my fault.I clicked the mouse once and paypal sent 2
payments so its their fault.The he refused to send me the ce even though I had paid for
it.
Now after name removed ignoring countless e-mails me and paypal
have sent him asking for him to send the cd player or to refund my money,he still has my
£101 and is being given 9 more days before action is taken by way of the police.I have
looked on e-bay and he has now un-registered from e-bay in the hope that he cannot be
traced and will be able to keep the £101 of my money.But he is a verified paypal user so
the idiot has all his details including address and phone number on the paypal database
which means he will not get away with it and after 9 days,the police will be called by me
pressing charges against him for fraud.
I don't know whether or not this is
the kind of thing that this 'e-bay scam' section of this forum is for but if it is I
wanted to make everyone aware of name removed on e-bay as being a fraudster and
thief.
Semtex - general heads-ups are useful to alert other readers, but
there are always 2 sides to every story and your comments may land you in legal hot water,
and us, so I am removing them as requested by the other party - Forum Admin
This fraudster's e-bay name is name removed so do not trust him.The worst part
is he had a feedback score on e-bay of 100% then ruined it all when he decided to steal my
money.
We have been informed that you have been refunded both amounts, so
your comments are no longer justified. If this is incorrect, get in touch directly with webmaster@soundonsound.com, but for legal
reasons please do not post here about this incident - Forum Admin
Edited by Forum Admin (05/11/07 11:32 AM)
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Mr Sister
Joined: 11/02/06
Posts: 137
Loc: Dingly Dell
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Seems we have another scammer trawling the Ads...but by the sounds of it,the scammer maybe
thinks I'm selling a car??? From: maggie_teddy77us@yahoo.seGoodday,
I was fortunate to spot your advert on the net and I Like to know if it is still
availabe for sale . if available,please get? back to me with the following enquiries: are
you the first owner? any accident? last price? present condition? pics? where are you
based? What is the reasone you want to sell it and made of payment is BANK DRAFT
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cheekyjack
Joined: 11/01/06
Posts: 30
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Hello, I want to buy Hypersonic VST, so just checked out on 'Froogle'...someone on
Ebay claims to be selling it 'for PC only' for 10 quid. This is so far off the
'usual' retail price I thought I'd better let everyone know, and ask if anyone else knows
about the seller? Seller's name = linforddelivery91. Private seller, claims to have 20
Hypersonic v2.0 packages in stock, presumably new. Dodgy or not people???????? Cheeky
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tomafd
Joined: 03/10/05
Posts: 3468
Loc: uk
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Sounds a little iffy to me- what with all the headaches we get with official software, in
terms of correct drivers, updates, etc , I'd be wary of buying anything that didn't come
from an official distributor/shop- you may end up with something that either won't work
(and no support from the seller), or, worse, something that screws your whole system
up. I reckon music software is in the same state as music CDs- if you want more
good software to be designed, or good music made, you have to be prepared to put your
hands in your pocket and pay for it. Buy the software, and buy the music. Ripping off
either software designers or musicians isn't going to help any of us.
-------------------- http://anotherfineday.bandcamp.com/ http://anotherfineday.co.uk http://apollomusic.co.uk
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Sponge23
Joined: 29/10/05
Posts: 39
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Mr Sister
Joined: 11/02/06
Posts: 137
Loc: Dingly Dell
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Another Scammer From: todd_hawmann@yahoo.comDear seller,
I 'm interested in purchasing your advertised item,and i will like to know the price
if is okay by me.if I can pay with bank transfer. If this is okay with you do get back to
me immediately for me to arrange the payment. Do get back to me immediately with your Full
Name, Contact Address and Phone Number for me to instruct my client to make the payment
ASAP. Hope to hear from you soon. Best regards,  Getting Peeed off now,This is the 3rd one this month!!!! I stopped using Ebay
because of these losers,now i use SOS as a more "safer and genuine selling place,and still
get tossers annoying me!! Can't the mods terminate there accounts????
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