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about scams for any that might resemble the transaction about the scammers who caught me off guard. "Criminals
you're considering. Also be sure to visit www.ic3.gov. want to lure you into feeling safe and may also disguise
their websites or emails to look like they are from eBay,
Verify any claims a seller makes suggesting your purchase when they are not," the eBay alert states in part.
is protected by a third party. I was told the transaction
would be covered by "eBay Buyer Protection," and that Costly lesson learned
eBay would not release funds to the seller for five days "Lessons learned are like bridges burned; you only need
to provide enough time for me to have it inspected and to cross them but once," wrote Dan Fogelberg, folksinger/
cancel the transaction if it failed inspection. I knew eBay songwriter from the 1970s. Well, I've learned some lessons,
offered buyer protections. Had I searched the eBay site among them is don't purchase automobiles over the
I would have discovered those programs are limited in Internet. Sometimes, for some purchases, it is necessary
scope and go by the names "Vehicle Purchase Protection" to feel and touch (and test drive) a purchase before any
and "Seller Condition Assurance." money changes hands.
The email I thought I had received from eBay regarding I've also come to understand that there's a dark side
its Buyer Protection program looked official. The logos to closed-loop prepaid cards: the anonymity makes
looked legitimate and the grammar and syntax were spot these a perfect tool for picking the pockets of American
on. Also, someone purportedly shipping off to defend our consumers, and to do so without ever even having to step
country had already hooked me on the legitimacy of the foot inside the country.
program. Only later did I think to examine more closely
the email I thought was from eBay, whereupon I realized
the sender's email address was not at www.ebay.com. Patti Murphy is Senior Editor of The Green Sheet and President of
ProScribes Inc. She is also the founder of InsideMicrofinance.com. Email
Although all the emails associated with this scam were her at patti@greensheet.com.
well written, in retrospect, I see that the English was a
little too formal. Recently, I found on the eBay site an alert
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about scams for any that might resemble the transaction about the scammers who caught me off guard. "Criminals
you're considering. Also be sure to visit www.ic3.gov. want to lure you into feeling safe and may also disguise
their websites or emails to look like they are from eBay,
Verify any claims a seller makes suggesting your purchase when they are not," the eBay alert states in part.
is protected by a third party. I was told the transaction
would be covered by "eBay Buyer Protection," and that Costly lesson learned
eBay would not release funds to the seller for five days "Lessons learned are like bridges burned; you only need
to provide enough time for me to have it inspected and to cross them but once," wrote Dan Fogelberg, folksinger/
cancel the transaction if it failed inspection. I knew eBay songwriter from the 1970s. Well, I've learned some lessons,
offered buyer protections. Had I searched the eBay site among them is don't purchase automobiles over the
I would have discovered those programs are limited in Internet. Sometimes, for some purchases, it is necessary
scope and go by the names "Vehicle Purchase Protection" to feel and touch (and test drive) a purchase before any
and "Seller Condition Assurance." money changes hands.
The email I thought I had received from eBay regarding I've also come to understand that there's a dark side
its Buyer Protection program looked official. The logos to closed-loop prepaid cards: the anonymity makes
looked legitimate and the grammar and syntax were spot these a perfect tool for picking the pockets of American
on. Also, someone purportedly shipping off to defend our consumers, and to do so without ever even having to step
country had already hooked me on the legitimacy of the foot inside the country.
program. Only later did I think to examine more closely
the email I thought was from eBay, whereupon I realized
the sender's email address was not at www.ebay.com. Patti Murphy is Senior Editor of The Green Sheet and President of
ProScribes Inc. She is also the founder of InsideMicrofinance.com. Email
Although all the emails associated with this scam were her at patti@greensheet.com.
well written, in retrospect, I see that the English was a
little too formal. Recently, I found on the eBay site an alert
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