VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD! Forum Index VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!
Where A.I. is a four-letter word.
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Ebay scams

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD! Forum Index -> Research and Development
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Deirdre
Czarina Emeritus


Joined: 10 Nov 2004
Posts: 13016
Location: East Jesus, Maine

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:17 pm    Post subject: Ebay scams Reply with quote

In light of a recent thread here, I thought I would share a bit of a letter sent to me by a guest of this board (emphasis mine):

Quote:
Seems to be a lot of this going on on eBay right now. I had someone who tried to scam me on a microphone recently. They were really quite elaborate. I never bid in their auction, because I smelled a rat to begin with and the seller didn't reply to my questions.
Two days after the auction ended, he e-mailed me to say that the high bidder was trying to renegotiate the deal and that all he wanted was about $200 less than the auction closed for, and that if I still wanted it, he would arrange for shipping even before I paid him, etc. Sent pics of the mic at the same time and explained away his zero feedback rating with "everybody's got to start sometime, right?"
The price he was quoting was about half the actual value of the mic, and within a day, I received an official looking notification from a bogus shipping company with their own legit-looking web site with the instruction that they needed me to pay for the mic via Western Union and then they would ship it to me. Bastages!


Seems like such a good deal, yes?

You can find a similar deal with some Very Nice People in Nigeria.
_________________
DBCooperVO.com
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
bobsouer
Frequent Flyer


Joined: 15 Jul 2006
Posts: 9882
Location: Pittsburgh, PA

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Deirdre,

I understand there's a bridge for sale somewhere in the UK under similar terms, and from the same sort of, ahem, wholesome crowd. Smile
_________________
Be well,
Bob Souer (just think of lemons)
The second nicest guy in voiceover.
+1-724-613-2749
ISDN, Source Connect, phone patch
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address MSN Messenger
Deirdre
Czarina Emeritus


Joined: 10 Nov 2004
Posts: 13016
Location: East Jesus, Maine

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And one in New York City somewhere, so I've heard.
_________________
DBCooperVO.com
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Dan-O
The Gates of Troy


Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 1636

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Related article here
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD! Forum Index -> Research and Development All times are GMT - 7 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group