Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/14
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I've been contacted off site and made two successful transactions as a seller,
never a buyer. It all reeks of fraud. I also received a "There is a problem
with your eBay account, go to this link and supply the appropriate
information...bla bla bla" After 10 minutes the link becomes inactive. My
wife has similar requests for sensitive credit card information through Yahoo.
All scams. To prove otherwise is difficult, using a paypal account for
payment helps to prove legitimacy. Suggesting an escrow deal also works well.
Chris Saganich
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Higa Isaku
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:31 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Ebay-fraud?
I've got the following email after my unsuccessful bid. I've forwarded to
ebay fraud control but did not get much of a useful response other than
their mass-mailing "thank you for reporting etc.etc."
"a brand new" Leicaflext SL with "international warranty" for $500! Back
to the Future!
Isaku
>From: manuel_ibanez_1@yahoo.es
>To: isakuhiga@hotmail.com
>Subject: Leica Leicaflex SL 35mm SLR Black Body
>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:00:09 PDT
>
>
>To member: ihiga
>From member: marybethdog
>
>--------------------
>
>
>Hello, my name is Manuel Ibanez , I am from Madrid, Spain, and I hope
>that
>I won't waste your precious time with my offer. I saw that you are
>interested in buying a Leica Leicaflex SL 35mm SLR Black Body and that you
also placed
>a
>bid for this item. I'm contacting you to let you know that i have a
>brand new, 100% identical item whith the one you are interested of,
>item
>that also has an international warranty by factory. If you are
>interested in closing this deal with me I will give you a 100% safe and
>fast method to close this deal. I can offer you this product at a
>special price of 500.00$ , shipping charges included, only if you want
>to close the deal.I think this is a good opportunity specially for you but
also for me because I have the possibility to get this item at a lower
price by my brother who has a disscount at his workplace.Please contact me
at
>manuel_ibanez_1@yahoo.es or replay to this email. To eliminate any kind of
>problems concerning you trusting me, please check my feedback. Please
>go
>to http://pages.ebay.com/services/forum/feedback-login.html to see my
>ebay record. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Best Regards!"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--------------------
>This email was sent by an eBay member via eBay's email forwarding system.
>If you reply to the email, your response will go directly to the member
and
>not through eBay.
>
>eBay does not tolerate spam (i.e., unsolicited commercial email) and is
>taking steps to protect members from this abuse. In addition,
solicitations
>to buy or sell items outside of eBay violate eBay rules and are not
covered
>by services that protect members such as feedback, insurance, escrow, and
>dispute resolution. If this is an offer to buy/sell items outside of eBay,
>please do not participate. Enter the following link into your browser to
learn more. Link: http://pages.ebay.com/help/new/stopping_spam.html
>
>
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