WARNING- EBAY API CONSOLE SCAM

[MHLINE]

A warning to anyone who tried to bid on an API Recording console item #
2366573697 listed by . The seller set the auction up so you
could only bid if you e-mailed him for "approval" which ebay allows. His plan
was to gather a list of potential suckers and then defraud them outside of
ebay.

I contacted ebay and they agreed that the auction was a scam and it was
removed . However the "seller" is now contacting those that e-mailed him and
offering the console at a cheap price. Then he sends an official looking fake
ebay e-mail from the "ebay safety board" which purports to be an ebay owned
escrow service asking that you send him payment via Western Union.

I have checked with ebay and there is no such thing as the ebay safety board
and the escrow "service" is indeed a fake. The tipoff is the use of Western
Union and the bad grammer in the request for payment.

If you receive a similar e-mail forward it to .

There are a lot of this sort of scam on ebay right now, but ebay doesn't like
to be too public about the problem since it would hurt their business and
profit.

Keep in mind that you should never ever pay for something via Western Union and
that if something looks too good (cheap) to be true it is probably a scam.

Happy holidays......

[BLCKOUT420]

Anybody who falls for the Western Union scam should know better by now, its
been said enough times that if Western Union is used as the choice of payment,
its a fraud.

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> knoby wrote:
> > How the **** did you contact ebay? I never found a phone number,

> Ever tried doing a 'whois' ?

Ring, ring

Voice mail: Hello, you've reached eBay, the on-line auction house. If
you know your party's extension, you may enter it now. If you need
instructions to buy, press 1. If you need instructions to sell, press
2. If you forgot your user name or password, press 3. If you need to
contact our accounting department, press 4. All others callers, press
5.

BLEEEP

Hello, you've reached eBay. All of our representatives are busy
helping other customers and someone will be with you in *** ninety
three *** minutes. (20 second loop of hip-hop music starts)

BEEEOOP (caller presses 0 in hope of getting a human.

Voice mail: We're sorry, that is not a valid selection. If you know
your party's extension, you may enter it now. If you need instructions
to buy, press 1. If you need instructions to sell, press 2. If you
forgot your user name or password, press 3. If you need to contact our
accounting department, press 4. All others callers, press 5.

Click




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[5016]

(MHLINE) wrote in message >...
> A warning to anyone who tried to bid on an API Recording console item #
> 2366573697 listed by . The seller set the auction up so you
> could only bid if you e-mailed him for "approval" which ebay allows. His plan
> was to gather a list of potential suckers and then defraud them outside of
> ebay.
>
> I contacted ebay and they agreed that the auction was a scam and it was
> removed . However the "seller" is now contacting those that e-mailed him and
> offering the console at a cheap price. Then he sends an official looking fake
> ebay e-mail from the "ebay safety board" which purports to be an ebay owned
> escrow service asking that you send him payment via Western Union.
>
> I have checked with ebay and there is no such thing as the ebay safety board
> and the escrow "service" is indeed a fake. The tipoff is the use of Western
> Union and the bad grammer in the request for payment.
>
> If you receive a similar e-mail forward it to .
>
> There are a lot of this sort of scam on ebay right now, but ebay doesn't like
> to be too public about the problem since it would hurt their business and
> profit.
>
> Keep in mind that you should never ever pay for something via Western Union and
> that if something looks too good (cheap) to be true it is probably a scam.
>

That was the 24 channel api for $1700 with no reserve, with "private"
bidder lists you couldn't see, and no feedback, asking for money to be
sent to Indonesia, right? Amazing to think that you can't get a decent
API for $75 a channel, right?

Anyone falling for this deserves to lose their money.


> Happy holidays......

[MHLINE]

Actually the "seller" was supposed to be in Richmond Va. I just wanted to see
what the scam was, and I must say the fake ebay escrow site was a doozy
especially the bad english in the instructions which gave the whole thing away.
Have to say it was just good enough that someone might have fallen for it.

I do want to ask ebay to explain why they allow this sort of restricted auction
since it allows someone to get a nice e-mail list of "buyers" w/out ever
accepting a bid. Seems like ebay is helping the scammers if you ask me......

Anyonw know where the picture of the console was swiped from?