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Profile of an eBay Scammer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the high-tech-swindlers dept.

prostoalex writes "FastCompany is running an article about Jay Nelson, whose primary income source for about 5 years included selling goods on eBay. Considering that he chose to skip the delivery, the profit margins were at an all time high. Under the names of biggerthanu, harddrives4sale, diamondsoft, yoshiinc and susancutey Nelson would collect five-digit PayPal payments from the buyers on eBay and Yahoo Auctions."

4 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Here it comes... by rusty0101 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Shouldn't this be:
    1. create new user-id on e-bay
    2. take photos of items to sell on e-bay
    3. start new auctions on e-bay
    4. collect from winning bidder
    5. check user-id seller rating : if
      • user rating still good goto 3
      • user rating has tanked goto 1

    6. profit

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    You never know...
  2. Let's get the jokes out of the way.. by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. In SOVIET RUSSIA, eBay scams YOU!

    2. 1. Find junk in attic. 2. Put it on eBay. 3. Collect the checks. 4. ????. 5. Profit!

    3. Imagine how many Ferraris you could buy with a Beowulf cluster of these!

    4. ???

    5. Profit! Ah, already did that one.

  3. Re:Here it comes... by AntiOrganic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Post something including lame South Park derivative Slashdot catchphrase
    2. Include no real content in your posts
    3. Profit!

  4. I was ripped off as well.... by nickvb · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I lost almost $1000 in my last ebay auction. The seller had two years of selling, 2 negatives and almost 200 positives. He gave his home phone, cell phone, home address and every other piece of information you could want and now everything is disconnected and he has vanished. I even talked to him and his girlfriend on the phone a couple times and he assured me the product would come but of course it never did. He has over $30,000 and the police cant find him anywhere. Its been almost 4 months and very little has been done, although at least ebay contacted the local police. Just another example of how you can never really trust ebay.