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  [Aroid-l] Anthurium seeds
From: agavestar at covad.net (Michael Mahan) on 2007.10.21 at 17:31:41(16569)
This is how quick scams on ebay work , open a bank account in a place where
the banking law are lax OR use a stolen ID THEN you post lots of auctions
of the hot new fashion (bridnest Anthuriums ), then collect as much cash as
fast as possible (think PAYPAL & money orders ) close said bank account
before paypal gets wise & seizes the account (that takes weeks for paypal to
get anything done ) spend cash . then start over agin with new names ,new
banks ,new ebay ID's & paypal accounts.. there was a Arioder doing this 2
years ago in FL but US banking is fast on it's feet these days , offshore
accounts that another whole ball of wax

Worse part about this recent scam is some of the bidders are NOT from the
Far East They are U.S. Ebayers which in the long run will hurt the quality
Aroid ebay sellers here . Complain all you want to Ebay sometimes it works
but you STILL need real proof. A flood of emails will do the trick but
only from the bidders . This is the U S A innocent till proven guilty
.until the auctions end & then people get screwed will the real action from
Ebay will start . but as shown above if a seller is fast & ready.. the cash
is already gone down the pockets of the scammers

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