[TheForge] ebay scam alert -- first hand experience

Tue May 13 16:00:00 2003

In this era of electronic wizardry it is easy to lose sight of the fact the people doing this are just like bandits hiding around a curve, waiting to pounce on innocent unsuspecting citizens coming by. A robber is a robber, whether he wears a kerchief over his face and rides a horse or whether he ambushes you doing legitimate business on an electronic highway.

The penalty should be the same as if they broke down your front door and made off with your furniture and valuables. What they are doing is premeditated and definitely has victims. Lock 'em up. In Texas they don't air condition the new prisons. Prisoners get to sweat for 6 months every year. Appropriate surroundings for criminals as I see it. Maybe when they get out they'll be more inclined to get a job rather than go commit crimes that will send them back to that environment. 

But then again, I'm still chaffing from getting swindled out of $1,400 on eBay in January. The thief hit me and 89 others and moved to Brasil. No extradition treaties in Brasil. It is a safe haven for criminals.

Reynolds

 --- On Tue 05/13, Andrew Vida < [email protected] > wrote:
From: Andrew Vida [mailto: [email protected]]
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:34:32 -0700
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: ebay scam alert

Mike Spencer wrote: > If you're reading email with an HTML-enabled mailer, you may see > images in scams/spam that are linked directy from the *real* eBay (or > other scam-target) site. 	That makes all right sense from the scammer's POV. 	I suppose then they bury the bogus link in the middle 	of all this rigteous real estate in hopes that the 	target will ignore the rest of it and go for the bait. 	Simple and clever. You have to give them an A for effort. 	Shortly thereafter, give them the Louisville Slugger across 	the knees. 	-A.V _______________________________________________ http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge theforge mail list group photo site is http://www.photoaccess.com Login: [email protected] password: anvil ___________

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