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RE: E-bay followup


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  • Subject: RE: E-bay followup
  • From: "Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:44:14 +0100
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Bet you feel a lot better about that escapade now :-)

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: patrickl@xxxxxxx [mailto:patrickl@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 26 September 2001 20:37
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] E-bay followup
>
> Some may remember that I had an unfortunate experience recently with
> E-bay with a vendor who cashed my cheque and did a runner.
>
> I turned cyber-sleuth, and put together enough pieces of the jigsaw
> to set the perpetrator up for the fall... twice. Systematic fraud is
> one term that might be used to describe 87 different E-bay identities
> and a handful of different bank accounts. (I didn't discover _all_
> those persona...). Dozens of others have fallen victim to the same
> scam as I did by this guy. The first attempt to catch up with the con
> sadly came a cropper because the bank branch he normally used was
> closed for refurbishment. Anyway, all's well that ends well - today
> the suspect was arrested and charged. The police also recovered a
> shed load of damning evidence. Whilst I don't expect to see my cash
> again, it's good to see justice done.
>
> And sincere thanks to Kevin for his going out of his way "up
north"
> to check out the address I'd been given.
>
> Patrick
>
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