eBay :: Caught Not Delivering The Goods

Three Romanians living in London have been jailed for their part in a worldwide fraud carried out via eBay, which netted at least 300,000 pounds.

Some 3,000 victims ranging from buyers in America and South Korea were snared by the trio into buying everything from non-existent cars to concert tickets.

The scammers conned potential eBay customers by listing false items for sale. When the auction finished they would then contact unsuccessful bidders by email outside of eBay offering them the same product as a “second chance” buy.

Victims would then send over the cash thinking they had got a deal only for the goods never to arrive.

Through a variety of aliases and using a number of forged Belgian passports the Romanians made hundreds of collections from Western Union money transfer outlets in London.

Link:  Bad Business on eBay