Gazette Reader Brent W. writes:

" Dear Dennis,

After Googling for some information concerning a possible eBay scam, I stumbled across your article entitled ‘Alert: eBay and SquareTrade scam.’ Thank goodness for your web site!

The *exact* same scam is happening to me as it did with Rupert H. in
the article. I was so excited about my ‘too good to be true’ deal, that I nearly bought a 2003 Harley Road King for $5000 off the eBay Canada site. (I don’t know how I got there because I started on the US one-item number 4554173433 — the guys eBay id was ‘diamonddust7′).

The scammer wanted me to email him directly, and told me that the details about the auction had changed — big stuff, like the year of the bike, the size, and brand, etc. He said the bike would need to be shipped in from Italy, but it would be at no cost to me. He claimed to be a member of Square Trade and wanted me to send money to them so they could hold it until I got the bike — but Square Trade did not have him listed as a seller.

As the night went on, I decided to do a little research through eBay. Later, I found out that the scammer had dropped all his auctions from eBay and was no longer a seller — even though his eBay account had 177 positive feedbacks! And during all of this, he was still writing me emails asking for eBay ID, address, phone number, and full name ‘to get me set up with Square Trade.’

This scam has got to stop! Can you please tell me, is there any way to stop these guys? "

My response:

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Alert: eBay and SquareTrade scam, Part 2 ]

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