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Triangle eBay scam..

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The OP is clearly member of the Russian mafia trying to suss out how the tech savvy public would deal with this situation; No doubt he has similar threads on boards dedicated to knitting adult undergarments and others dedicated to breast feeding.
 
zinfamous said:
a Russian, you say?
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In other news:
Russians are better math theorists because their language can be said in just about any order due to the conjugation of almost every Russian word.
 
DixyCrat said:
In other news:
Russians are better math theorists because their language can be said in just about any order due to the conjugation of almost every Russian word.
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Nonsense, it's because they are all really smart. They learn calculus in like 4th grade.
 
ActiveX said:
You won a ebay auction and got the item you bid on without paying for it?
Who is this Russian that wants the money order, do you mean the seller?

While it's an entertaining story, your full of it, no one ships anything without getting paid first.
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apparently thats the scam.. they'll ship first while i mail them a western union money order and ill be the one in trouble when hp figure out it was bought using a stolen credit card
 
ActiveX said:
You won a ebay auction and got the item you bid on without paying for it?
Who is this Russian that wants the money order, do you mean the seller?

While it's an entertaining story, your full of it, no one ships anything without getting paid first.
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Triangle scam, illustrated:

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busydude said:
Why did he ship the product.. without you paying upfront?

P.S. I don't know how auctions work.. ignore if my question seems dumb.
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Because the seller had no real money in the game usually. However, some businesses that sell on ebay will extend terms to high-feedback sellers like 30days billing.
 
1sikbITCH said:
This reminds me of a scheme orchestrated by the Russian mob. They steal the credit cards, set up the deal on Ebay, and then once you send them your address and your money thereby becoming complicit in the racket, they blackmail you into committing further crimes on behalf of the organization.

If you don't send the money and decide to snitch they just come murder you and your family.

It's probably not that though...
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That happened to me! I miss my brother, I told him to play along...but NOOOOO. I had to watch as they cut him up with a chainsaw in a motel bathroom.

Anyone looking to buy an apple laptop?
 
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