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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

This is not always a safe method. Some people will create multiple accounts,
and sell very small items to themselves to build up a good rating.

Also, look out for a user with a "sunglasses" icon. These means they have
recently changed some part of their personal info. There have been problems
recently involving identity theft. A scammer can steal the account of
someone with a high number of positive feedbacks. A sign of this is someone
who has been selling one type of items (such as golf equipment) and then
changes to computers. While this method is not foolproof, it should make you
suspicious.

David

On 3/18/03 1:44 PM, "Virginia Ingram" <virginia AT virginiaingram.com> wrote:

> 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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> 
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