have been reading lately it came as quite a shock when it
about many cases of people, happened.
who are the victims of
conmen on the internet auction On one particular day, I was
website Ebay. I myself had a scouring ebay, looking to
negative experience a number of purchase another second hand
years ago when a man tried to mobile phone, which I would then
steal "£170 from me. I was one of re-sell, hopefully for a profit.
the lucky ones as I managed to I eventually found an advert for
get the money back. a buy it now phone, with the
asking price low but not
I had been having lots of fun extremely low. It was available
buying and selling on Ebay for a for only "£170, I believed I
number of months, without any could quite easily make a profit
problems at all. I regularly sold of at least "£50 at this price.
second hand mobile phones and was
making a fair amount of money for On the advert there was a mobile
very little effort. If I ever number, which I could phone if I
bought anything that cost over had any questions. I duly did
"£100, I would always meet the this and a man calling himself
seller somewhere, normally just Tony answered. I asked him the
off the motorway. I managed to general type questions, which he
purchase what I felt were some was happy to answer. He sounded
real bargains and also sold off and seemed really nice, however
many items which I no longer stated that he was unable to meet
needed or wanted. me as he was unable to drive, as
he had yet to pass his driving
This fun and easy way of earning test. The alarm bells should have
cash was soon to come to an end. started ringing, but for whatever
Maybe I am a bit of a fool, but reason, they didn't.
later I had a crime number,
As his house was a long way from however was warned that it was
where I lived, I reluctantly very unlikely I would ever see a
agreed to pay via a bank phone or receive a refund of my
transfer. He assured me he would money. The police advised me to
post the phone that very day via be very careful as they regularly
Royal Mail Special Delivery to have complaints from people who
arrive by noon the next day. He have been defrauded on ebay, I
seemed very genuine, they always was not alone!
do your thinking and that was
that. Outside the police station I sent
Tony a text with the police crime
As you will no doubt have number. To my shock he phoned me
guessed, no phone arrived the straight away swearing at me but
next day or in fact any day. eventually agreed to refund me
the money, if I stopped the
I tried contacting Tony via police action against him.
e-mail, text and by phoning his
mobile phone, there was no reply. I was very lucky, I am sure many
I realised what a fool I had other people as the police
been, however decided to go to stated, never get their money
the police. They were very back.
helpful and about half an hour
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