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March 24th, 2008, 08:54 AM | #16 |
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Maybe think Georgia, Central Asia and russian mafia subcontracting out home visits to their US cousins.
I put in ambit bids on a couple of cheap Vinten tripods putatively located in Zestafari Georgia after letting them go towards their expiry times. I was going to ask for some very difficult identity hoops for the vendor to slip through, however Ebay stepped in and suspended his accounts before it got to that, so 10 out of 10 for their vigilence. There is also a vendor who offers Noct Nikkors and has a gmail.com address who solicits direct email contacts who rarely lasts more than a half-day before he is whacked off the site. So buyer beware is a topic alive and well and to be wisely heeded. |
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This stuff is great. "wanting to sell on ebay once I get back"
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March 24th, 2008, 12:28 PM | #18 |
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I don't understand how these scams can actually work. Shouldn't there be an address or something that the money is sent to? Why can't they trace these addresses?
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inquiring minds want to know...
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The messages are being send from an IP address originating in Washington DC... they are setup to look like legitimate email's from isoldit but they are absolutely not legitimate.
Basically he is requesting that I send payment via "moneygram". This is like using western union. He'll get his money... if I were dumb enough to send it. Quote:
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