Crooks, Phony Escrow FIrms & eBay!

Posted by Don Don Breier - eWristwatch on June 29, 2003 - 07:20PM cet - IP :
Email : don@ewristwatch.net

Auctions on eBay can be responded to through eBay's e-mail service. The majority of e-mails received for better grade Swiss watches will be from crooks. eBay could attempt to control these crooks with simple software...but they don't. eBay is the main internet tool of the crooks and scammers on the net!

Crooks will mainly be from Malasia...they desire to pay with bad credit cards or cashier's checks. These crooks now use names appropriate to their inquiry and some request phony escrows firms. Some Malasian crooks now state that they are in other countries and desire a third party escrow. Don't send them any scans other than the posted scans for selling. They'll use your scans to have others send bankwires to them. Don't ship and request bank wires only...ship only to the individual sending the bank wire! YOU MUST PROTECT YOURSELF... NOBODY WILL DO IT FOR YOU!

This month on a wristwatch selling for mucho bucks...I received dozens of e-mails from crooks. One crook that said he lived in Spain didn't respond when I requested communication from his bank that he would be able to wire funds. This was after I had send much information to prove who I was. He wanted to
escrow his funds and I suggested several major banks and escrow firms. This crook always suggested TradeSafer.com in the USA. Check this escrow firm on Alexa.com...no data and the link DOES NOT WORK! An internet search that worked 10 days ago doesn't work either.

A.A.R.P. just wrote about PHONY ESCROW FIRMS...BE CAREFUL!!!

As with Rats, Cockroaches and other vermin...Crooks and scammers will continue to evolve!

Don