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Still another EBAY scam?

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guzzul said:
The "Click Here" link takes you off ebay to a 'marketmeonline' page.

This one won't be there long.
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Right; gone as I write this.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]I guess its a constant churn for ebay. I am still surprised that they can't screen these out.... [/QUOTE]They seem to do pretty well, either by themselves or via careful watchers such as those here discussing same! But it takes time to ID them, I suppose. And like any other scam or virus, there's a new variant along every day.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif
 
Funny story,

There is an aggie message board. A few days ago some kid posted something about two bows of his getting stolen and he found them for sale on ebay.

Long story short, the college students on the board found out the name, address and phone number of the guy that stole them in about 15 minutes, by cross referencing his ebay account, the email address, his facebook and my space accounts. They then went on to find his mother's work email, her work phone, her picture, his parents address, the tax value of thier house, his dad's name, and contact information.

The kid got the bows back and is now pressing charges. At first the police said they couldn't do anything, then he provided the information and they got involved.

Gotta love the interweb.
 
When the only way to bid or to contact the seller is by using email, keep in mind that any ebay member can "steal" your own account if they learn your email address and zipcode.

Many folks give their hometown on their ebay profile (and their auction pages), so it's relatively easy to figure out a zipcode. When you've got the email and zipcode and ebay name, you can tell ebay you forgot your password. Ebay asks for your email address and zipcode, and sends you a new password. You immediately login, change your password, and the account is yours. And the real owner can't login again, as the password is changed.

At least that's the way it worked last fall.

Never use email to contact a seller. Always use the ebay message system. And always hide your email address.

Tom
 
I bought a plasma cutter on Ebay from a guy in Marietta, GA. Long story short he never shipped it.

I was trucking at the time (last summer) and I got a run to Atlanta, dropped my trailer, found his house and parked my Peterbilt acrosss his driveway. I called the county sheriff and let them know what I was doing. They told me it was fine just don't get violent with the guy. I then called the county prosecuter and they have a special 'internet crime' detail that would press charges, and have the guy arrested, if I didn't get my cutter.

While parked outside of his house I called the guy...told his answering machine that I was there to get my stuff, I had called the sheriff and DA, I had a weeks worth of food and water in the truck and I wasn't leaving without my plasma cutter...I got it an hour later!
 
Hey, you guys are pretty good at figuring out this Ebay scam stuff. What I need to know is,which one works best....dog-gone-it,..I gotta cottage payment to make.
 
NutmegCT said:
When the only way to bid or to contact the seller is by using email, keep in mind that any ebay member can "steal" your own account if they learn your email address and zipcode.
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How can they pick up the new password from my email? I am the only one who gets that email. They would have to know my email password etc.

Bruce
 
YankeeTR said:
I bought a plasma cutter on Ebay from a guy in Marietta, GA. Long story short he never shipped it.

While parked outside of his house I called the guy...told his answering machine that I was there to get my stuff, I had called the sheriff and DA, I had a weeks worth of food and water in the truck and I wasn't leaving without my plasma cutter...I got it an hour later!
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Well done!!!!!!!!
 
jackag91 said:
At first the police said they couldn't do anything, then he provided the information and they got involved.
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That's kinda sad. I've got nothing against the police at all (except when I'm digging through my glove box for license and registration...) but I find it sad that for some of these crimes they seem helpless to intervene, but amateurs seem to be able to crack these cases. My parents' car got broken into in San Bernardino a couple of years ago. The thief stole my mom's purse. Soon thereafter a money transfer was made via Western Union using my mom's credit card. The police said there was nothing they could do, so my dad contacted western union, found out who the money had been transferred to, provided the info to the police, and the thief is now behind bars.
 
I had an attorney take my money to set up a corporation.
Cost close to 1,000, his costs, he says, to obtain
corporate number from the State.

Yeah. Then he tells the next customer same thing.
Sells them my corporate number so he doesn't have to pay
the State costs. Does this by using his temporary
Power of Attorney and changing the name on my corps. to
that of the new customer. Pockets lots of cash. Leaves
dozens of business months later in trouble with the IRS.

Guy's probably still in business. Paper trail leads
directly to his door step. Everybody knows: IRS, policing
agencies, etc. Why didn't they go after him?

Get this: Every policing agency said: "He's not a big enough fish to fry."

Go figure.

2wrench
 
I'd about given up on ebay. However, recently I received a part slightly damaged from shipping. My body shop guy said it was about $250 damage. Experience told me $250 was not worth the PITA of dealing with a UPS Claim. Long story short, the seller actually cut me a check for the damage. There are still good folks out there!

Bruce Bowker said:
A bunch of us are bidding such cars up into the millions just to irritate the scammer. It works.
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Not related to ebay, but I do something similar to what Bruce suggested but with credit card applications I receive unsolicited in the mail. I probably receive 1 credit card app. in the mail daily. I shred the application and send the "postage paid" envelope back to the credit card company empty. I'd like to think if enough folks did this then the c.c. co's would stop sending applications in the mail.
 
OOOh, I like that! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif
 
Bruce Bowker said:
YankeeTR said:
I bought a plasma cutter on Ebay from a guy in Marietta, GA. Long story short he never shipped it.

While parked outside of his house I called the guy...told his answering machine that I was there to get my stuff, I had called the sheriff and DA, I had a weeks worth of food and water in the truck and I wasn't leaving without my plasma cutter...I got it an hour later!
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Well done!!!!!!!!
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Thanks...

Normally I'm a pretty ez going guy but this guy really ticked me off...I figured I didn't have anything to lose!

I WAS surprised at the good response the sheriff and the District Attorney's office had for me...

I guess they are sick of the scams, too!
 
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