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Originally posted by goBigtime
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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Why would be a problem for the seller if he states everything clealy on the auction. Ok, he is taking advantage of the stupidity of the people, but wtf fed can do about it? Btw, i agree on the pissed customers part.