At 04:25 PM 11/23/2004, Gary Fisher wrote:
Kind of a round about way to do credit card fraud, but
on the other hand it puts the trail onto the hapless guys who paid for the items on eBay.
As I pointed out in my first message, the credit-card-stealing seller
hadn't even received payment from the eBay buyers in three of the
four cases I found. So he's playing a game - hoping someone will pay
faster than the time he needs to grab the money and run and before
the credit card owner figures it out.
I hope you went to the eBay forums with your info, I
suppose eBay will do nothing to warn anybody (scams never happen on eBay!).
I'm looking forward to filing a complaint with local law enforcement,
which will allow them to kick out a few subpoenas to request records
that eBay / eGold / Yahoo / BestBuy / Staples won't release. It would
give IP addresses, maybe other account info, maybe a trail to where
the money went. I'm hoping the police will share the details with
me, so I can assist in the investigation.
Any idea how your credit card info got to the scammer?
No idea. This card was generally used only for business, about
half-and-half in-person and online.
- John