Classic eBay scam

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:29 am

Exhibit A: http://tinyurl.com/8fr9kp

Exhibit B: http://www.provide.net/~cfh/strat54.html

And this is what you get for wanting a boring strat

Ty · Post by Ty » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:31 am

It's what you get when you are willing to bid for a 7,000+ dollar strat!

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:03 am

That's the scam I guess, cause $7,500 is actually way low, for what people pay for 54 strats.

Ty · Post by Ty » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:08 am

True.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:18 pm

t'was probably a custom shop 54 reissue

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:19 pm

TheDude2112 wrote:t'was probably a custom shop 54 reissue

Read the thread, follow the links. He just used images from a random webpage deconstructing a '54 Stratocaster in an auction.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:20 pm

no.I mean what seller probably sent the buyer in the mail.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:22 pm

He probably sent him nothing.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:24 pm

true, no one's going to sell a 54 strat for 7500....fucking rip off artists

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:26 pm

way to go to ruin his precious 100% feedback. what a cock.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:29 pm

His feedback is still at 100%........He sells a lot of Hot Wheels.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:30 pm

Um, I wouldn't be so fast to judge. This stuff happens quite often after an ebay account phishing scam. Poor sucker types in his account and password into an "ebay" page that looks legit, scammer gets it, then um, scams people.

However I just noticed he takes paypal, so I don't see what the risk is really.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:37 pm

TheDude2112 wrote:His feedback is still at 100%........He sells a lot of Hot Wheels.

haha yeah, but surely if it's a real scam it will go down. Or he will just get deleted.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:19 am

Nick wrote:Um, I wouldn't be so fast to judge. This stuff happens quite often after an ebay account phishing scam. Poor sucker types in his account and password into an "ebay" page that looks legit, scammer gets it, then um, scams people.

However I just noticed he takes paypal, so I don't see what the risk is really.

yea, I don't get how you would follow through on this scam. you would have to get the money, immediately transfer to your bank account and then immediately cash it and close the account. all while sending the buyer reassuring emails. but surely it would be traced to your account anyway and all kinds of people would be after you for fraud. I guess it could work if you had a bank account in mexico or something.