Thread: e-Bay Scam ?

Assuming they themselves are real, those scam baiting stories are quite hilarious. It's cold comfort I know, but its nice to think they do get a bit of their own back from time to time.

Here's an excerpt statement reply used by one of the scam baiters which is a doozy....

Yes, it is true that I have 2 million dollars in my personal account, however you do not seem to understand about business enough to realise why I cannot give you any of it. The money is stored in a seantic phospheral dimontic accrued divisionary high-yeilding business current account. Whatever that is! This account rewards me with much higher interest rates then a standard account which is of course a great benefit. The downside is that to withdraw money from that account I have to give the bank 90 days notice. I suspect that you are not in a position to wait 90 days and this is why I refused your request. Now, if you ARE indeed prepared to wait that long then yes, I can give you the money.

Also if you have time read the skeleton coast story.

Interesting story and stats:

Puppies and Swayze snare $70m in online Aussie scams - World - NZ Herald News

Sorry for the delay in replying, been off the air for a few days.

My mate has come to the realisation that his $3000 is gone forever, but is happy that he still has his car. He's still a bit bewildered by the whole thing and is trying to wrap his head around it. Strangely the bit I've had to impress on him is that when you sell something the other party pays you, not the other way round. I would have thought this self evident but obviously not. He's actually an astute and hard nosed businessman which has me quite amazed that he got conned this way.
He'll probably advise eBay and PayPal but the chance of him going to the coppers is nil. So I gues, in the long run, the scammers win again.

Deano

This sucks, but I still can't believe people fall for it.
Not in your mates case, but quite often it comes down to greed & stupidity of the person getting scammed.
Occasionally it is naivety.

I once had a "U.S.Collector" offer me $10k for a P76 I was selling for $5k, I just needed to give my bank details and forward $ for initial shipping registration etc.etc.etc.

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Strangely the bit I've had to impress on him is that when you sell something the other party pays you, not the other way round. I would have thought this self evident but obviously not.

Has he got any stuff he'd like to sell me then?