Now that I think about it, probably the top two or three bidders were compromised accounts, otherwise, I don't think it would have bid up as high as it did.
On 5/20/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know who it was right off hand and ebay took the auction down > so I can't refer back to it. It's funny now though because the > winning bidder was the scammer. They've sent forged emails from > "paypal" that happens to go back to another email address. The emails > are crafted pretty good. The first one says that they've made a > mistake and the account was verified and to go ahead with the > transaction. The second one said that paypal had received an instant > payment and that it would be released to me as soon as I provided a > tracking number, "to protect both parties". The third email was > supposedly from the guy who won it stating that he bought it for his > son who's on an exchange program. > > Aside from the email address that you're replying to (and they're > halfway believable) the emails all look legit. > > very good scam.....It's kind of ironic that the shipping address is in > Nigeria. :) > > > On 5/20/07, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > why not direct email the 2nd place guy? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
