EekBay may have done you more of a favor than you know. Have you considered the fact that the other bidders may have been linked to the 'winner'? Their investigation may have shown this.
Good luck selling it! Yolanda > On 1/5/07, Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in response to: > > > On 1/5/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How did you find out it was fraudulent, Mike. > > > > I have a few things to sell on ebay, i have never sold, only bought, > > and am wary of things like that. > > The winning bidder contacted me and explained that he was travelling > at the moment and wanted me to send the camera to a different location > than was listed on his eBay account (which was from the UK). He > wanted me to send the camera to Nigeria (instant flag!), and sent a > fake PayPal receipt to me for $100 extra for my troubles. I > immediately contacted PayPal to verify that it was fraudulent, then I > did the same to eBay. > > Unfortunately, i was unable to offer it as a Second Chance to any > other bidders because eBay closed my auction. :( > > It was very obvious to me that the bidder was fraudulent. Nigeria was > the biggest red flag. > > -- > -- > Cheers, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MichaelHamilton.ca > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
