Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
by twiggydog10 Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:54 pm
Hi all,

I was ripped off recently with a mini digger scam on ebay which i reported to both ebay and the police, ebay just were'nt interested and took the details the police said it was an eastern european's operting in the london area and said there was not much hope of getting my money back as they had already withdrawn the cash from there bank (opened with fake documents).

I have now come across the same scammer back on ebay for the fourth time doing the same thing. I keep notifiying ebay and the police, but all that happens is they get booted off ebay only the re apear with a different user name a dodgy bank account.

Here's the latest encarnation of this scammer i found today on ebay, doing the usuall crap.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320856807826? ... 1438.l2648

2004 Takeuchi TB108 Micro Mini 0.8 Ton Digger Piped
Item number: 320856807826

Here's the email i just got from them (calling them selves Louise!!) still using exactly the same email reply:

From: Louise Lellow ([email protected])
Sent: 26 February 2012 20:13:20
To: **********************************

Hello,
The digger is still for sale. Immaculate condition, no damages, nothing to worry about. All necessary documents available. My current location is Scotland due to my work commitments. If this is going to be a quick sale, I will let it go for £3,800 delivered at my costs.
The deal will go strictly according to eBay Buyer Protection rules and policy.
Thank you

Louise



----- Original Message -----

From: ********************

Sent: 02/26/12 08:10 PM

To: [email protected]

Subject: 2004 Takeuchi TB108 Micro Mini 0.8 Ton Digger Piped

Saw your digger on ebay got any more details.

Whats the lowest price you'll take.

Ta.


I'm running out of ideas on what else to do, i just hope others read this and does'nt get ripped off by this scam
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by cutelilly Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:10 pm
Hi twiggydog10,

sorry you were scammed. Unfortunately what you see is quite common: most times law enforcement agencies do not take this kind of crime seriously, nor they want to put effort in capturing scammers (even if there are rare cases in which scammers definitely end arrested).

eBay does not do much: as you said, scammers just get banned and reappear under new identities. The only reasonable way is to be cautions when selling something on eBay. Look around for stickies describing how to recognize and hopefully avoid scams on ebay.

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