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["Virginia Ingram" <virginia AT virginiaingram.com>]

Hi there,
Did the user have a lot of good feedback?  I have used ebay several times
and I love it, however, the first time I used it I was almost the victim of
scam.

Check the feedback of the person that has the listed item.  I don't buy
really expensive items from anyone with less than 30- 50 positive remarks.
I want to make sure they know what they are doing!!  Someone that has that
much good feedback is probably not going to be a scam artist.  I have never
heard of or used WebMoney either, most people use paypal, which is really
simple and easy.

Good luck!!

Virginia

> Hi,
>
> I've found a Laptop on eBay [0], at a very interesting price. Now that
> I got  the info to do the bank wire... I did some research on Google
> about the  banking info and I found some information related to the
> payment method.
>
> It uses a payment method through WebMoney  [1]  I've never heard of it,
> but  I've never shopped before on ebay anyway. It looks like this is a
> secure  payment method . But, again, I don't know.
>
> Then, I found the payment method (same account) mentioned in several
> sites [2] - online gaming (StarCraft) on Russia [2a]
> - increasing your "russian manliness" [2b]
> - Scammers on Russian brides agencies [2c]
>
> They told me that they are based on Spain (of all places!) but their
> email  address is from a free email provider that i never heard of
> [3a], when there  are many and well-known free email services in Spain
> [3b]
>
> The cost of shipping is lower than expected. I won't complain about it.
> But  I've checked the weight for the laptop in it's original box
> (Amazon) and that  weight makes the shipping on both DHL[4a] and UPS
> [4b] is about  $170. And  it's a bulky thing (I expect it to be), so it
> will probably be a little more.  But the price goes up for  only ~$100
> from the selling price.
>
> I don't know. Maybe I'm too paranoid (I'm a sysadmin after all). Maybe
> this is  a proper way of doing business. Or maybe this is too good pice
> and it's a  scam.
>
> If you want to comment me on this by private email or through the list
> or  both, great. I can provide the original emails if needed or any
> other  information.
>
>
>
> Salut,
> Josep
>
>
> [0]
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3406415096
>
> [1]
> - WebMoney:
> http://www.wmtransfer.com/
> http://www.webmoney.ru/
>
> [2a]
> http://www.broodwar.com/
> http://www.wgtour.com/news.php?idN=707&datab=broodwar
> http://forum.starcraft.org.ru/topic.asp?
TOPIC_ID=3412&FORUM_ID=43&CAT_ID=1&Forum_Title=%CD%EE%E2%EE%F1%F2%
E8&Topic_Title=Rulez+Race+Wars
> [2b]
> http://www.good-penis.com/index.php (translation below)
> http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr?url=http%3A//www.good-
penis.com/index.php&lp=ru_en
> [2c]
> http://www.antiscam.org/scammers/Elena_Loveland.shtml
>
> [3a]
> http://www.adios.net --> http://www.inbox.net/
> [3b]
> http://www.terra.es
>
> --
> Josep L. Guallar-Esteve               Eastern Radiologists, Inc.
> MaDuIxA PoWeR!
>
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Virginia Ingram
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