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Old 14th Jul 2006, 09:01
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oscarmike
 
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Originally Posted by BRL
Indeed. There was a similar thing like this a few months ago involving iPods.
Same set up with the feedback thing too. Keep away.
There have been a rash of these recently, including lots claiming to originate from China.

The feedback is almost invariably phoney.

It is indeed a scam, but they still seem to catch one or two suckers - I have actually seen people bidding on these items.

Sometimes, the ads carry a message "Do not bid, contact me for a 'Buy it now' price"

I tried this out of curiosity, and got an e-mail back asking me to send US$400 by Western Union Money Transfer to an address in Romania!

I have reported these phoney ads to Ebay, but they still seem to appear.

Beware folks!

regards

OM
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