[Premium-Rx] eBay Premium Rx scam

[Bjarne Mjelde]

There seems to be a lot of cheating around.  I bid on an NRD-545 on 
ebay.com a few days ago, after I was outbidded I received an email from 
Italy who said I could buy it for USD 700!  Since the sender obviously 
knew my username and email address from Ebay, I sent the mail to Ebay for 
further investigation.  Result:  Today, the auction was cancelled and the 
seller's account closed!

Regards,
Bjarne Mjelde
Berlevag, Arctic Norway
www.kongsfjord.no



På Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:34:28 -0600, skrev Terry O'Laughlin 
<terryo at wort-fm.terracom.net>:

> Thanks for alerting me to the scams.   I received two offers to buy 
> premium receivers from someone who noticed my bids for premium receivers 
> on eBay.
>
>
> example from mike00 at luxmail.co.uk
>
> Hello eBay member , I want to tell you that I have the same 2 WATKINS 
> JOHNSON WJ-8604 MINICEPTOR w/cables just like one you bid on eBay. It is 
> brand new in original factory box. I want to make you an offer and give 
> you this to a lower price : $1600.00 including all shipping cost.
>
>
> The other one was more vague but the layout and wording was very 
> similar.  It was after I bid on a WJ spectrum display unit.  The e-mail 
> address was in Germany.
>
> This is really weird.  I read the original post and thought it would be 
> an isolated incident and didn't give it a second thought.  I was shocked 
> to get two offers.
>
> Terry O'
>
>
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