EBAY Scammers - Ingenious or just Wrong?

02-06-08, 01:30 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328878,00.html

Let's hear your opinions. I do my fair share of EBAYing, but I always make a point to do my research to the highest extend to make sure I am getting the product that was requested.

02-06-08, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urspankd

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328878,00.html

Let's hear your opinions. I do my fair share of EBAYing, but I always make a point to do my research to the highest extend to make sure I am getting the product that was requested.

Easy:

Quote:

"The victims are mainly Americans because they are on the internet most often and they're naive,"

Yes, the same phools that actually believe that they've won some British lottery they never knew they entered, and still firmly believe that some Nigerian general will be sending $2,000,000,000,000 to their bank account next Tuesday.

Unfortunately, I never get to meet those people, and I just happen to have this bridge in Brooklyn for sale that I'm trying to unload.

Stealth Hunter · 02-06-08, 02:19 PM

Crush their fingers and break their arms. Can't do this crap if you are unable to type.

FIREWALL · 02-06-08, 02:26 PM

THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY SECOND AND TWO MORE BORN RIGHT AFTER TO TAKE HIM. :rotfl:

W.C.FIELDS

Dowly · 02-06-08, 02:28 PM

I actually have a pretty funny, yet irritating memory of the Finnish eBay "Huuto.net". Some stupid twat used his real name there while he was scamming ppl with old 8bit NES games. Well, he just happened to have the same first & last name as I do and his phone number was secret, so when the angry customers tried to find HIS number, it only gave mine. Had 6 or 7 calls from angry ppl who had been scammed. :p

02-06-08, 02:29 PM

It is hard to believe that someone actually believes that they are going to win loads of cash, froma drawing that they never entered. I get them all the time and usually just ignore them, but it peaks my interest.

Just how far could you take something like that, and jack with them on the other end and make them do stuff for you in return?

I am not about to give any of my info out to some email stranger but there are people all over that do it constantly.

My other dilemma is these second chance sales. I see it all the time you bid on somthing and you are going down to the wire and you get out bid. Or you know that they are jacking up the price of their own action by opening a second account and bidding with that. That way they can jack the price of item up to get a huge profit on an item. Then when they get no bidders because they all back out of the sale they decide to send out second chance auctions. Well F U buddy if you can sell something honestly and when your little scam doesnt work out for you, you decide to offer a second chance bidding since your item is now overpriced and nobody wants it.

These second chance auction occur within 12 hours of an item ending, and I have recieved them within 30 minutes of an auction ending. So there are prowlers out there watching this kind of stuff just be safe about it. If anything feels fish or starts to get weird you just back out!

Stealth Hunter · 02-06-08, 02:51 PM

Someone on the American EBay claimed to have a piece of Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen's hair. What a load of trash! Looked more like horsehair, although I did buy the canvas iron cross from Max Mueller's plane.

Either it comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by a notable member of some historical society, or I don't buy.

Blacklight · 02-06-08, 04:09 PM

I actually had detectives investigating me because some woman was going around passing bad checks for thousands of dollars all over the place and she had put on her account me as her husband and listed her address as mine. I wasn't even maried at the time.
That was a big mess. I had lawyers and collection agencies calling me threatening to sue. The police were investigating me.
She must have just pulled my name and address out of the phone book randomly. Thankfully the account she had wasn't in any way attached to my accounts at all. I don't know if they ever caught her or not.

kiwi_2005 · 02-06-08, 08:21 PM

And another thing with auction sites is the Shrill bidders

people who bid high on their friends auctions then pull out just at the last 10min before auctions finishes - they stick out like sore thumbs, they bid one after the other then all a sudden stop when it gets to a certain price, to be certain its not just a bidder being honest i usually check out there bidding and find they never finish a bid and its always on the same auctions not theres.

Sailor Steve · 02-06-08, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY SECOND AND TWO MORE BORN RIGHT AFTER TO TAKE HIM. :rotfl:

W.C.FIELDS

William Claude Dunkerfeld never said that. It was P.T. Barnum. Well, actually it turns out it wasn't P.T. Barnum either, but that's another story:
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_a_sucker_born_every_minute

sonar732 · 02-06-08, 11:35 PM

General rule of thumb with Ebay...

If the seller has less than a 98% positive...don't bid on the item.

StarFox · 02-07-08, 10:02 PM

"when you have nothing you have nothing to lose"

I only buy within North America anyway, so I'm not very worried

02-06-08, 01:30 PM	#1
Urspankd Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	EBAY Scammers - Ingenious or just Wrong? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328878,00.html Let's hear your opinions. I do my fair share of EBAYing, but I always make a point to do my research to the highest extend to make sure I am getting the product that was requested.

02-06-08, 02:26 PM	#4
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY SECOND AND TWO MORE BORN RIGHT AFTER TO TAKE HIM. :rotfl: W.C.FIELDS __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-06-08, 04:09 PM	#8
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I actually had detectives investigating me because some woman was going around passing bad checks for thousands of dollars all over the place and she had put on her account me as her husband and listed her address as mine. I wasn't even maried at the time. That was a big mess. I had lawyers and collection agencies calling me threatening to sue. The police were investigating me. She must have just pulled my name and address out of the phone book randomly. Thankfully the account she had wasn't in any way attached to my accounts at all. I don't know if they ever caught her or not. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

02-06-08, 08:21 PM	#9
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	And another thing with auction sites is the Shrill bidders people who bid high on their friends auctions then pull out just at the last 10min before auctions finishes - they stick out like sore thumbs, they bid one after the other then all a sudden stop when it gets to a certain price, to be certain its not just a bidder being honest i usually check out there bidding and find they never finish a bid and its always on the same auctions not theres. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

02-07-08, 10:02 PM	#12
StarFox Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Posts: 216 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	"when you have nothing you have nothing to lose" I only buy within North America anyway, so I'm not very worried __________________ Devoted fan of the SS United States, America's Flagship! I dream of her second life....

02-06-08, 02:19 PM	#3
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Crush their fingers and break their arms. Can't do this crap if you are unable to type.

02-06-08, 02:28 PM	#5
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I actually have a pretty funny, yet irritating memory of the Finnish eBay "Huuto.net". Some stupid twat used his real name there while he was scamming ppl with old 8bit NES games. Well, he just happened to have the same first & last name as I do and his phone number was secret, so when the angry customers tried to find HIS number, it only gave mine. Had 6 or 7 calls from angry ppl who had been scammed. :p

02-06-08, 02:29 PM	#6
Urspankd Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It is hard to believe that someone actually believes that they are going to win loads of cash, froma drawing that they never entered. I get them all the time and usually just ignore them, but it peaks my interest. Just how far could you take something like that, and jack with them on the other end and make them do stuff for you in return? I am not about to give any of my info out to some email stranger but there are people all over that do it constantly. My other dilemma is these second chance sales. I see it all the time you bid on somthing and you are going down to the wire and you get out bid. Or you know that they are jacking up the price of their own action by opening a second account and bidding with that. That way they can jack the price of item up to get a huge profit on an item. Then when they get no bidders because they all back out of the sale they decide to send out second chance auctions. Well F U buddy if you can sell something honestly and when your little scam doesnt work out for you, you decide to offer a second chance bidding since your item is now overpriced and nobody wants it. These second chance auction occur within 12 hours of an item ending, and I have recieved them within 30 minutes of an auction ending. So there are prowlers out there watching this kind of stuff just be safe about it. If anything feels fish or starts to get weird you just back out!

02-06-08, 02:51 PM	#7
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Someone on the American EBay claimed to have a piece of Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen's hair. What a load of trash! Looked more like horsehair, although I did buy the canvas iron cross from Max Mueller's plane. Either it comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by a notable member of some historical society, or I don't buy.

02-06-08, 11:35 PM	#11
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	General rule of thumb with Ebay... If the seller has less than a 98% positive...don't bid on the item.