The reason
they get away with it is that nobody cares about us little guys. If it were
eBay’s money, they would jump on it with both feet. If it were government
money, they would send cops. If it were big business money, they would hire
detectives and lawyers. Ebay’s only obligation is to eliminate identified scams
from their system. They don’t want to advertise to beware of scams too much,
because it might scare away transactions, and that is how they make their
money. For us, it is caveat emptor.
A large
percentage of these scams originate outside the USA. The recent one on the
DeSoto originated in Saudi Arabia. They try to trick people into sending money
or their account passwords, so they can access your eBay account, PayPal funds,
or credit cards. Scams is the third largest industry in Nigeria. It is common
all over the world. What do third world governments care about American
citizens losing a few bucks? It is good income for their own economies! They
like to pick on Americans because they think we have unlimited cash and many
have been so protected for so long, we have forgotten to be wary.
Dave
Homstad
56 Dodge
D500
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Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 7:03
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Fraud?
This
really Sucks, Are there people getting away with this? Is it that easy of a
scam and Lucrative to these a$$5oles that it has become so prevalent on Ebay
Car sales? This really Burns my Butt,
John
55
Coronet
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To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006
4:55 PM
Subject: Re:
[FWDLK] Another Fraud?
I had a new one happen to me yesterday,I just sold two 1972 Dodge
Demon 340s on ebay and I got a call ( I had my phone number in the listing for questions) from
on of the losing bidders,someone emailed him offering him a second chance offer
requesting money,it wasn't me.I told him to be careful it was a scam and as far
as I knew I had already had contact with the winning bidder and everything was
going as planned.These scumbags will do anything to try to screw someone out of
money.
Adam
Lindenbaum
58 426
HEMI/4 speed Fury
57
Savoy KUSTOM
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