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For anyone that wants to know what this is (most likely) about....
It's pretty fraudulent....
Someone wants an XBOX, types in xbox... and sees:
( Example Ebay Title)
NEW Microsoft XBOX with Games!! - info
The buyers visually scan the auction, see a pic of an XBOX (or whatever the scam product is, using xbox as example) some games, new box.. yay.
Then they look to see what the price is...
$99 BUY IT NOW!? Wtf?
Then they QUICKLY look at the sellers feedback to make sure hes got a bit of feedback so they feel safe... oh wow.. 20 feedback!! its legit!!
They click the buy it now, send the $99 via paypal & get an email with information about how they can get a new XBOX and games (use your imagination).
What they failed to do was fully read the auction - because they were trying to take advantage of what they thought was a seller who didn't know how much his product was worth - ooops.
Had they read the auction, they would have read that it was not for the XBOX & GAMES itself, but for INFORMATION on how to get one.
There was a thread about this awhile back. People would use scam feedback rings and buy a bunch of $1 or less items to run their feedback up to a "trustworthy" 50-100 positives, then wait 30 days or 90 days or whatever it is for the auctions that generated the feedback to no longer be looked up... then they would launch $10,000 to $20,000 of these fraudulent buy it now auctions in a day -- and it would work.
Eventually these guys will be getting a knock on their door...either from the feds, or from some disgruntled customer.
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