I recieved the following e-mail yesterday on an official ebay page as if it had come from ebay.
This character leonman55 was trying to sell me a camcorder I had bidded on a few days ago.
I was suspicious because the final auction price was £1,175 and this con man was trying to sell it to me for £600.
I forwarded the mail to ebay who confirmed it was a sacm.
You can't be careful enough.
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Dear morts52,
The seller :
[email protected] give you opportunity to purchase this item titled "JVC GY-DV500 Mini DV Camcorder"(Item 7503066410) at your last bid price of £600.00.Our seller made you this offer because the winner of the auction is unable to complete this transaction at this time.Thistransaction will be made through eBay and will be supervised and protected by eBay Safe Harbor Team with the new program Buyer Protection on eBay.Currently, the seller has a $10,000.00 deposit in an eBay managed purchase protection account.Transactions with this eBay seller are covered by purchase protection against fraud and description error.If you accept this offer please contact the seller:
[email protected] eBay, Inc Once again,contact the seller at this e-mail address :
[email protected]
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Thank you,
stringtrader
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