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#59190 - 04/11/03 12:50 PM BUYERS BEWARE, Ebay Users Duped Out Of $880,000
BEBOP Offline
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Registered: 01/02/00
Posts: 3781
Loc: San Jose, California
ONLINE SCAM
A scam on eBay duped users out of $880,000 for computers they bid on and never received has netted a Connecticut woman a four-year, nine-month jail sentence.
A federal judge also ordered Teresa Smith to repay $857,776 to buyers of the computers she never shipped and fined her $10,000. Smith, 25 pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to five counts of mail fraud and five counts of wire fraud.
I read this in my morning paper in the business section.
Crooked sellers best beware too. I am sure none are members of this forum but do pass on the word
Bebop
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#59191 - 04/11/03 02:24 PM Re: BUYERS BEWARE, Ebay Users Duped Out Of $880,000
rikkisbears Offline
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Registered: 12/22/02
Posts: 6020
Loc: NSW,Australia
Hi Beebop
That's great to hear, that there are consequences if you defraud buyers on ebay.
I sell my teddybears on Ebay, and I also buy the occasional small item like an sd card. I must admit I've never purchased anything expensive, just in case the seller wasn't honest. Gives one a bit more confidence.

best wishes
Rikki
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