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The P-P-P-PowerBook:
The P-P-P-Powerbook was a huge success. Here are a few comments:
Not long after I finished to my PowerBook, I received an email from eBay regarding the account out scammer used to contact me.
Hello Jeff,
Thank you for writing with your concern. The recent bids placed with this account were the result of an unauthorized account takeover. Unfortunately, we were not aware of this activity until some time after the bids were placed. Once we became aware of this activity, immediate action was taken. We are now in the process of restoring the account to its owner. I have reported the escrow site to the appropriate department to have it looked at. Since the account holder did not initiate this sale, you may consider the transaction null and void if you have not already shipped the item.
We are concerned about violations on the site and have taken the liberty of investigating this member's account. Please be assured that we have taken appropriate action in accordance with our site policies. As you may know, we are unable to provide specific information regarding the result of our investigation to third party members. Please understand that this is for the protection of all eBay users. However, we can tell you that our records indicate that the user you are reporting is currently not a registered eBay user.
I appreciate your interest in the well being of our site. It is assuring to know that we have members who are concerned about the safety of our other users. I encourage you to continue to report all questionable behavior to eBay. This will give us the chance to look into the situation and take action where warranted.
Thanks again for writing, and thank you for being part of the eBay community.
Regards,
Cyan Fraud Prevention Group
Well, that explains the mystery of the strange German account! Just add the hacked account to the list of evidence.
Deviating from him usual email schedule, our scammer responds:
From: Gianluca scont06@yahoo.com.
Sent: Tuesday, April 27
To: MyNameIsJeff
Subject: Re: One question before I ship!
OK What configuration have the apple?
Please send me today the package becouse I need soon.
Please email me the track number.
It seems he is so excited his scam is going to work, he can't even type correctly!
The next step was to send it. As much as I wanted to send this, I couldn't afford it on my own.
Here is my post where I posted the shipping costs and asked for donations.
The donations came flooding in. Shortly after this post, I went home from work, to find my power was off.
After a couple hours in the dark, I logged on to find just over $100 in donations! I couldn't believe it!
Thanks to all of you who donated.
It wasn't long before I received another email from our scammer, who was growing more and more inpatient.
From: Gianluca scont06@yahoo.com.
Sent: Tuesday, April 27
To: MyNameIsJeff
Subject: Re: One question before I ship!
Please email me with all infoo soon
Someone is getting a little pushy! I replied with this:
Hello! I am sorry for the delay! I was not able to send your new G4 Powerbook to you yesterday! But I am able to send it today! I am going to be taking it down the the united states post office to fedex it to you.
I am told it will take 2-3 days. I apologize, but that is the fastest I can send!
I will send another email with your tracking number when I get back!!!
Chao! Jeff
