[TheForge] ebay scam alert -- first hand experience

Tue May 13 23:05:00 2003

Ouch.
Sorry to hear that.
For once I'm glad I was too broke to buy Krugerands when that happened.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Reynolds
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [TheForge] ebay scam alert -- first hand experience

Bob:

I purchased 4 -1 oz. KrugerRands from a gold dealer in a Houston suburb. He had
a 250 feedback rating at the time. His completed auctions were all ruse to get
a bunch of sales during December. He did just that. The police investigated and
found he split, taking with him about $130k. It was especially galling in that
I found out he was an Arab and, of course, thoughts ran through my head that he
was helping fund Al Qaeda and the killing of Americans around the world.
Sheesh. The FBI finally participated with the local police but have not
released any of their findings to the victims. Our only hope is that he will
come through US Customs some day with his passport, as he is a marked man.

 --- On Tue 05/13, Bob Rackers < [email protected] > wrote:
From: Bob Rackers [mailto: [email protected]]
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 22:27:17 -0400
Subject: RE: [TheForge] ebay scam alert -- first hand experience

So if you don't mind sharing, how did you get swindled?<br>If you'd rather not
say, I understand.<br><br>Bob<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From:
[email protected]<br>[mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Reynolds<br>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:01 PM<br>To:
[email protected]<br>Subject: Re: [TheForge] ebay scam alert -- first
hand experience<br><br><br><br>Tom and forum:<br><br>I'm the guy who made the
post about getting
swindled.<br><snip><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>h
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