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Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
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Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
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11-04-2006, 11:00 AM,
(This post was last modified: 11-04-2006, 11:04 AM by mandy.)
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Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
Quote:An Orange County teen is accused of selling thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment that he couldn't deliver. full article: http://www.wesh.com/news/10234509/detail.html quick, somebody figure out the listing and final value fees eBay received for playing the starring role of "just a venue" in this crime tale. :twistedevil: |
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11-05-2006, 09:09 PM,
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Re: Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
His parents didn't notice the bag with $800,000 sitting on the couch?
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11-06-2006, 01:24 AM,
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Re: Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
Quote:quick, somebody figure out the listing and final value fees eBay received for playing the starring role of "just a venue" in this crime tale. :o
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11-06-2006, 02:01 AM,
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Re: Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=5780.msg30970#msg30970 date=1162760943]
His parents didn't notice the bag with $800,000 sitting on the couch? [/quote] You'd think that his parents would have noticed that their live at home son suddenly was able to spend waaaaaay beyond his means. [quote author=thentavius link=topic=5780.msg30997#msg30997 date=1162776293] Quote:quick, somebody figure out the listing and final value fees eBay received for playing the starring role of "just a venue" in this crime tale. :o [/quote] Add in the PayPal fees and it's probably uppper 5/low 6 figures.  :blinkie: : 
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"
"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011 |
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11-06-2006, 02:08 AM,
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Re: Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
It would be a great day indeed if paypal/ebay had to make restitution also. How many Non-Performing Seller reports do you think this young guy racked up? I'd like a lawyer with some snap show how paypal/ebay had to have been a willing accomplice. There's a legal concept termed willfull ignorance.
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11-06-2006, 02:10 AM,
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Re: Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
Amen.
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11-06-2006, 02:14 AM,
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Re: Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
Quote:I'd like a lawyer with some snap show how paypal/ebay had to have been a willing accomplice. Some police officers also view eBay as an accomplice of sorts in the fraud that takes place on its site... Stolen Good Sales on eBay: Police Say "What it comes down to is profit for eBay" http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...761.0.html
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"
"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site. best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011 |
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11-06-2006, 02:42 AM,
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Re: Teenage eBay Seller Arrested for Scamming $800,000 from Victims
Their lawyers have more money than anyone else's lawyers.
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