churchdoesmatter
Senior member
I posted an auction for the Microsoft Wireless Optical desktop today. Within an hour, I received this email from a ebay lurker.
Subj: Question for seller -- Item #2750818640
Date: 8/31/2003 6:20:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: xxxxx@comcast.net
To: xxxxx@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Hi,
I was wondering if I could check if you have the actual product. If you could paste the product id from under the keyboard or mouse, I could look it up in the microsoft.com database and see that it is actually a real optical set. The product id looks like:
51389-456-11846730-00000 (which was on my optical intellimouse).
I'll buy as soon as I check it's real, I really need a set for my powerbook. If possible if I buy, do you think you could ship by monday? I am leaving for college next week.
I responded with:
nice try. if you want a unique product ID, go to Office Depot or Staples. They have demo units all over the store. Copy it down from there and fax the info to microsoft for your scam you're trying to pull.
A couple hours later, I received this from the scammer:
haha sorry... i honestly did buy some ms stuff but i liked how these look
and i don't really want to pay for it just for the cool looks. but thanks
for not getting pissed at my half baked attempt.
I was ROFLMAO when I read his reply. eBay is a primary target for scamming.
Subj: Question for seller -- Item #2750818640
Date: 8/31/2003 6:20:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: xxxxx@comcast.net
To: xxxxx@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Hi,
I was wondering if I could check if you have the actual product. If you could paste the product id from under the keyboard or mouse, I could look it up in the microsoft.com database and see that it is actually a real optical set. The product id looks like:
51389-456-11846730-00000 (which was on my optical intellimouse).
I'll buy as soon as I check it's real, I really need a set for my powerbook. If possible if I buy, do you think you could ship by monday? I am leaving for college next week.
I responded with:
nice try. if you want a unique product ID, go to Office Depot or Staples. They have demo units all over the store. Copy it down from there and fax the info to microsoft for your scam you're trying to pull.
A couple hours later, I received this from the scammer:
haha sorry... i honestly did buy some ms stuff but i liked how these look
and i don't really want to pay for it just for the cool looks. but thanks
for not getting pissed at my half baked attempt.
I was ROFLMAO when I read his reply. eBay is a primary target for scamming.
