CDX fraud?
Posted by: Bas V on 18 May 2003
Hi guys!
After bidding on Ebay on a couple of CDX's, I have gotten two weird e-mails. Both offered me a CDX, brand new in the box very cheap (UKP 750 and UKP 900). The first person told me that he got it from a friend who worked at the financiar police and they confiscated it from someone who had no licence. The second one says he has it from the mother of a friend who died. They don't give serial numbers of the players. I proposed buying by Tripledeal, but I was told that that service isn't fast enough.
Are these frauds and has anyone experienced something the same???
Regards, Bas
After bidding on Ebay on a couple of CDX's, I have gotten two weird e-mails. Both offered me a CDX, brand new in the box very cheap (UKP 750 and UKP 900). The first person told me that he got it from a friend who worked at the financiar police and they confiscated it from someone who had no licence. The second one says he has it from the mother of a friend who died. They don't give serial numbers of the players. I proposed buying by Tripledeal, but I was told that that service isn't fast enough.
Are these frauds and has anyone experienced something the same???
Regards, Bas
Hello to all!
I went through the same Bulls*#t on Ebay a while ago with a "brand new in the box NAP 250."
I was bidding on a supposedly(?) new, only out of the box for photos to be shot for the ad listing and I get an e-mail from somebody offering the same model amp at only 1/2 to 2/3rds. the price!
Obviously, I excitedly e-mailed him back and then that's when things started to get very strange... He needed payment wired via Western Union right then and there! I offered Paypal and he refused. (Supposedly that would take too long?)
When I asked him why he needed payment so quickly, he claimed his father was sick in Spain and he needed the money immediately so he could get medical attention for him. When I asked how he could afford to sell this amp at such a discounted price, he got defensive about the whole thing and "I TOLD YOU MY FATHER IS VERY ILL!"
Something just wasn't right abut this whole thing. So, I decided to do a little investigating on my own. I e-mailed the 3 most recent bidders on that amp on Ebay and asked if they had been contacted by this same guy. (I gave them his e-mail address to be sure we were talking about the same person.) Amazingly enough 2 of the 3 people e-mailed me back right away. They both had been contacted by this same Scammer, although each was given a different story regarding the reasons for the quick sale.
Like I've shared with you guys before here on the forum, my Grandfather's words still ring true... "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!"
If you ever get approached by someone like this again, report them to the "Ebay police". They'll eventually re-appear under a different screen name or e-mail address at another time, but at least this makes it temporarily inconvenient for them.
May the buyer beware!
Thanx,
TNJB
BTW - I asked for a serial# from the guy that listed the Ebay ad and never got a reply. Since I never heard anything from the seller, I eventually backed off the bidding because he had "0" feedback listed. Once the auction was over, I e-mailed the winner and he said he hadn't gotten any replies to his questions to the seller either! I don't know if he ever "closed" the deal or not, but here's a case that everybody involved seemed to be hiding something.
[This message was edited by thenaim'sjustbill on TUESDAY 20 May 2003 at 04:31.]
I went through the same Bulls*#t on Ebay a while ago with a "brand new in the box NAP 250."
I was bidding on a supposedly(?) new, only out of the box for photos to be shot for the ad listing and I get an e-mail from somebody offering the same model amp at only 1/2 to 2/3rds. the price!
Obviously, I excitedly e-mailed him back and then that's when things started to get very strange... He needed payment wired via Western Union right then and there! I offered Paypal and he refused. (Supposedly that would take too long?)
When I asked him why he needed payment so quickly, he claimed his father was sick in Spain and he needed the money immediately so he could get medical attention for him. When I asked how he could afford to sell this amp at such a discounted price, he got defensive about the whole thing and "I TOLD YOU MY FATHER IS VERY ILL!"
Something just wasn't right abut this whole thing. So, I decided to do a little investigating on my own. I e-mailed the 3 most recent bidders on that amp on Ebay and asked if they had been contacted by this same guy. (I gave them his e-mail address to be sure we were talking about the same person.) Amazingly enough 2 of the 3 people e-mailed me back right away. They both had been contacted by this same Scammer, although each was given a different story regarding the reasons for the quick sale.
Like I've shared with you guys before here on the forum, my Grandfather's words still ring true... "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!"
If you ever get approached by someone like this again, report them to the "Ebay police". They'll eventually re-appear under a different screen name or e-mail address at another time, but at least this makes it temporarily inconvenient for them.
May the buyer beware!
Thanx,
TNJB
BTW - I asked for a serial# from the guy that listed the Ebay ad and never got a reply. Since I never heard anything from the seller, I eventually backed off the bidding because he had "0" feedback listed. Once the auction was over, I e-mailed the winner and he said he hadn't gotten any replies to his questions to the seller either! I don't know if he ever "closed" the deal or not, but here's a case that everybody involved seemed to be hiding something.
[This message was edited by thenaim'sjustbill on TUESDAY 20 May 2003 at 04:31.]
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Originally posted by Nick S:
I've got one and I'll even give you the serial number !!
And remember the UKP is close to 1.40 now.
Did anyone else get the Paypal scam that looked like an official PP e-mail and asked you to re-enter your details and give your PIN? Yeah right.
Or the bloke from Nigeria/Iraq/Zimbabwe asking if you fancy doing some money laundering - just give them your bank details?
Most of the spam is predictable but some gets me. I get;
Porn (as we all do)
Increase penis size (no need, right?)
Increase breast size (Mr SephenieB, are your breasts too small?)
And the weirdest ones..
'Do you need a new septic tank?'
'864 Troubles flushing your toilets?'
Stephen
Or the bloke from Nigeria/Iraq/Zimbabwe asking if you fancy doing some money laundering - just give them your bank details?
Most of the spam is predictable but some gets me. I get;
Porn (as we all do)
Increase penis size (no need, right?)
Increase breast size (Mr SephenieB, are your breasts too small?)
And the weirdest ones..
'Do you need a new septic tank?'
'864 Troubles flushing your toilets?'
Stephen