News: eBay Scammers Sent to Slammer
October 28th, 2005 by Laurie BarakSource: Boost Marketing
A gang has been sent to prison after they conned eBay users into handing over thousands of pounds for a whopping £300,000 (over $532,000 US dollars) in ficticious goods that never arrived. This scam is simple. E-mail the loser of an auction and say, hey, we have a beautiful set of golden ducks for sale too - why not buy it off us for less than the winning price of this auction!
Top tip: NEVER use Western Union with eBay!
The man said to be the gang’s ringleader, Nicolae Cretanu, 30, of London, was given a three and a half year term for the fraud. His wife Adriana, 23, and George Titar, 26, both got two and a half years. The couple advertised everything from non-existent cars to concert tickets and used 12 aliases and an accomplice to collect the payments. Their accomplice Titar collected payments from money transfer shops.
The majority of the cash was sent back to the gang’s accomplices in what the police described as a well-planned and sophisticated fraud. The racket was finally exposed after suspicious staff at money transfer firm Western Union alerted police.
January 11th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
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December 7th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Just one of many sites, of people trying to track and report the scammers on ebay.
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