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scotsboyuk
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
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I would be most careful, they don't look particuarly professional to me. If you choose to buy the P900 you have to register your details, a reasonable enough request one would imagine, but in the list of countries it lists the U.S.S.R., that doesn't strike me as being very professional.
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DragAzn
Joined: Aug 29, 2003
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From: Toronto
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LOL U.S.S.R. does that even exist any more? Sorry lol my geography is very poor. Please correct me if I'm not mistaken. sounds familiar.
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cootuk
Joined: Mar 29, 2004
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I've got a rich uncle in Russia who has just died but I can't go there to claim his money...now if you send me $10000 I can bribe someone so you can get the money..you give it to me and get your massive cut...think of all the P900s you could buy then |
rrojas260
Joined: Dec 13, 2003
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From: Valencia, Venezuela
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Dazism
Joined: Dec 22, 2003
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tbh, anyone could knock up a site like than in under an hour.
Regardless of web design, I would never buy from there for one reason - the Verisign logo is hosted on a Hong Kong website, they haven't even took the time to upload it to their own site let alone use it legitimately. |
GreatDane
Joined: Feb 12, 2004
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From: The Real OC, CA
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I would like to thank all of you for your concern about this, and i will definately be reporting it to ebay after i write this. Another thing that made me even more suspicious was that i got another email from another "seller" saying:
"Atention!!! Don`t reply in this e-mail addres.You must contact me in my e-mail address : faccadraciiaici@yahoo.com Hello, Dear Ebay member I saw you are interested to buy the Sony Ericsson P900 I have the same product for sell but i will sell this product at one price more resonable and the product are brand new with international warranty. How much money you can give me for this product? This is my conditions for this deal: I will use for shipping one method fast and cheap,i will use UPS Express.The shipping tasex are included in the price ,the package will arrive at destination in 2-3 days in verry good conditions and not damaged.UPS will shipp the package directly at your home.You dont` must to go at one UPS service to collect the product because an agent from UPS will come with the package directly at your home. For payment we can use one method verry fast Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer.The transaction will be made in 20-30 min and you can pay online by western union service with your credit card,for more informations please visit http://www.westernunion.com or you can send me the money directly in my bank account. My offert is verry good and resonable. I have many units and if you want to buy more than 3 units i can give you a discount 20%. If you are interested please contact me as soon as possible in my e-mail address : faccadraciiaici@yahoo.com Atention!!! Don`t reply in this e-mail addres.You must contact me in my e-mail address : faccadraciiaici@yahoo.com Thanks for your time and have a good day!
Thank you,
gkonstantopoulos"
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prodjsxb
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Bring back the old laws... hang em high, shoot them or burn them... fraudsters dont deserve fair trials.
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methylated_spirit
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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My gawd, i wonder how many people actually fall for things like that? There must be a fair few if people keep trying it on!
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cootuk
Joined: Mar 29, 2004
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Ebay can't really do anything as they are contacting you by email, not hosting an auction. Even if Ebay banned thier username then they would reregister.
Operating from countries like Romania, Russia etc the authorities there don't want to know either. ..small fry and a lot of work to catch.
If you are buying online, be careful who you trade with.
Even reputable companies can have trouble with online orders and they aren't even trying to rip you off. |
richy240
Joined: Jan 24, 2003
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It's a friggin scam! Where are you going to find high-end phones that cheap?
I mean, really...
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Lembo
Joined: Mar 13, 2004
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Is there a an internet site that you can report all these to. Like a web police station or something?
Or am I being stupid??? 
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cootuk
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Not much you can do except ignore it...they operate from countries where there is very little chance of them being arrested for international fraud. Even if you get their ISP to shut them down, they'll reopen the next day on another ISP.
You have to accept in life that there are always conmen around, these are just the net equivalent of the 'gas meter reader' who knocks on your door then nicks your valuables while his mate diverts your attention.
Unfortunatley companies who are used to transfer the cash sometimes make it easy for the criminals to access the hard cash rather than needing bank accounts etc
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