Am I being scammed?
- Thread starter Borris
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eBay + escrow = probably a scam. It's a law of nature.
Just to point out the screamingly bleeding obvious - I know that it's a scam.
I'm baiting the scammer, and am looking for suggestions as to my next step.
My reasons? After a month of reporting their scam auctions (hey - I was bored), I thought I would see if I could mess with them.
Of cource the escrow site is not real - I made it up, as I don't want to raise thir suspicion by having their real fake site hit a thousand times from th same referrer.
I'm baiting the scammer, and am looking for suggestions as to my next step.
My reasons? After a month of reporting their scam auctions (hey - I was bored), I thought I would see if I could mess with them.
Of cource the escrow site is not real - I made it up, as I don't want to raise thir suspicion by having their real fake site hit a thousand times from th same referrer.
been done before. have a look at http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/
Say your only willing to deal in person. They should fly out to you if they are greedy enough!
Honestly theres not much you can do to bait unless your the one supplying the goods because it's hard to bait with money.
I suppose you could ask them to send you a sample laptop (for free) to check the quality before you purchase 50 or 100 or whatever you said you would.
Honestly theres not much you can do to bait unless your the one supplying the goods because it's hard to bait with money.
I suppose you could ask them to send you a sample laptop (for free) to check the quality before you purchase 50 or 100 or whatever you said you would.