Catch Me If You Can - The hunt for an eBay scammer

FastCompany.com ^ | August 2003 | Scott Kirsner

[freebilly]

$125.

[Paul C. Jesup]

So you were expecting to pay 40% less than what you would have had to pay for it at a store. Like I said, you forgot the first rule of online bidding/shopping; if the deal looks to good to be true, it probably is.

[freebilly]

I sell advertising. I've a merchant who's offering 40% off everything in his furniture store at the beginning of October.

I've also gotten clearance items, at less than half price, on line.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Well to most normal people, a 40% off of a produce online would ring warning bells.

[petuniasevan]

Then came nearly $20,000 in April and May as "Biggerthanu." Then $27,000 as "Skunkker" in May and June

Gee, this guy was "caveatemptor", wasn't he? Pretty obvious names for running scams. Are YOU interested in bidding on an auction by "Skunkker"?

Nice that they finally caught the vermin. I hope they lose his early release paperwork in "theSystem".

[freebilly]

Well to most normal people, a 40% off of a produce online would ring warning bells

Well, there you have it. If I were normal would I be a Freeper?

[Paul C. Jesup]

If I were normal would I be a Freeper?

Are you calling the people here on the FR not normal?

[freebilly]

Are you calling the people here on the FR not normal?

Yes they're not....