slosovich
August 9th, 2004, 11:18 PM
I'm not sure if this is the right place to be posting this so please move it if it's not.
I recently bid on an auction (#5110962431) and lost. I bid $2500 and got outbid (the final bid was I think $5500 but was still under the reserve). I then received an email from someone claiming to be the seller and giving me a 2nd chance offer for my bid of $2500. I was really happy because the basketball cards in the auction were worth around $20,000-$30,000 and I could make some good money. I told the guy I would take them but then got a little suspicious (too good to be true). I looked at the auction again and noticed that the seller's name was John but the guy emailing me was Eduard. I decided to ask the seller (through Ebay) if he had sent me the offer. He said that I was the 2nd person that asked him that and that no he didn't send the offer.
I then got a response with the "seller's" payment information. He has a UK address and wants me to send the money via Western Union Money Transfer service. Knowing now that he was trying to scam me, I asked why he had a UK address and a US phone number. He said he was visiting his sister in the UK. HA! Right!!
Does anyone know what I can do? Where can I tell Ebay about this (and if I do, will they care)? Maybe some of you UK'ers can give me ideas on what I can do to this scammer to get him arrested or something. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I recently bid on an auction (#5110962431) and lost. I bid $2500 and got outbid (the final bid was I think $5500 but was still under the reserve). I then received an email from someone claiming to be the seller and giving me a 2nd chance offer for my bid of $2500. I was really happy because the basketball cards in the auction were worth around $20,000-$30,000 and I could make some good money. I told the guy I would take them but then got a little suspicious (too good to be true). I looked at the auction again and noticed that the seller's name was John but the guy emailing me was Eduard. I decided to ask the seller (through Ebay) if he had sent me the offer. He said that I was the 2nd person that asked him that and that no he didn't send the offer.
I then got a response with the "seller's" payment information. He has a UK address and wants me to send the money via Western Union Money Transfer service. Knowing now that he was trying to scam me, I asked why he had a UK address and a US phone number. He said he was visiting his sister in the UK. HA! Right!!
Does anyone know what I can do? Where can I tell Ebay about this (and if I do, will they care)? Maybe some of you UK'ers can give me ideas on what I can do to this scammer to get him arrested or something. Any ideas would be appreciated.