Check out this ebay message I got by email.

[cripp12]

OK I better send over my private information quickly.

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Dear eBay Member,


Your account will be suspended under the "Abusing eBay" section of the
eBay User Agreement. This section states that eBay may suspend a user's
account if we think that the user is creating problems (legal or
otherwise) or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our
policies.

To have your account considered for reinstatement, please fax us both
of the following:

- Copy of your driver's license or other government issued ID with your
name and address clearly visible
- Copy of a recent credit card statement (copy of the actual credit
card is not acceptable)
- Copy of a recent bank statement
- Copy of a recent utility bill

***Important***
All contact information listed on the documents that you submit with
your appeal must be consistent with the contact information listed on
your registered eBay account. If any differences exist, you must
provide an explanation for these discrepancies, as well as
documentation that confirms your explanation.

If your eBay contact information is your work address, please send
official documentation to validate this.


***Important***
If your fax doesn't contain this information, we won't be able to
process it.

Please fax all documentation to:

eBay
Attention: Abusing eBay Appeals

U.S. Fax Number: 1-323-446-7072

Please allow 48 to 72 hours for your request for appeal to be
processed. Sending us an email before that time may delay your request.

***Privacy Note***
Any documents submitted to us will be destroyed after the information
has been reviewed and verified. However, your full name and address
must be legible for us to process your request.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Chance
eBay Customer Support

[BentonGrey]

Ohh my gosh!  Man, that's freakin' terrible.  I bet people actually fall for that, too.  I wish there was some way to report people like that, cause the cops need to pay them a visit.  They're probably stealing the pension from some old lady as we speak. :angry:

[Figure Fan]

o.0

Wow..how pathetic

[stumpy]

It would be sweet if there were some way to send them fake info where you could track when/where they tried to use it and then have them arrested.

[Cousin]

 :o  :o  :o :blink: uhh... World gone crazy ? After reading That i looked like this  :shock2: Man if there would be some way to track em and tell the cops... People like those should be in jail   :excl:

:cop :eek2: :cop

[gdaybloke]

I remember reading a dialogue someone had with one of those exiled Nigerian princes (how many of those guys ARE there, anyway?). He emailed back and forth with the "prince", doing everything BUT giving them his information. He then forwarded the whole lot on to the FBI.

[stumpy]

There's a pretty famous case about someone who deliberately lead one of those scammers on and injected plot elements from Lovecraft's Cthulhu stories into his dialog with them. E.g., he was late sending his bank account information because he was being pursued by members of the Church of Starry Wisdom, etc. It was pretty hilarious if you've read Lovecraft or even just have a feel for the Cthulhu stuff (like I sort of do from reading the old Deities and Demigods book for AD&D).

[... 40 seconds on Google ...]
Check out http://www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/.

[Mr. Hamrick]

there is a way to report the ebay scammers i do believe

[77]

:o  :o  :o :blink: uhh... World gone crazy ? After reading That i looked like this  :shock2: Man if there would be some way to track em and tell the cops... People like those should be in jail   :excl:

:cop :eek2: :cop

(323) 446-7072
Type: Land Line
Provider: Allegiance Telecom,
IncLocation: Los Angeles, CA

Allegiance Telecom is now an XO Communications Company

and contact to the provider
http://www.xo.com/contact/

:D

[Reepicheep]

I vote that we start faxing them pictures of stuffed animals.


That is so wrong. And its so believable as well. I hate it when crooks go smart.

[Protomorph]

....evil... :angry:

[Panther_Gunn]

There's a pretty famous case about someone who deliberately lead one of those scammers on and injected plot elements from Lovecraft's Cthulhu stories into his dialog with them.

I remember reading that one.  Instant classic!  :lol:

That is so wrong. And its so believable as well. I hate it when crooks go smart.

To have your account considered for reinstatement, please fax us both
of the following:

- Copy of your driver's license or other government issued ID with your
name and address clearly visible
- Copy of a recent credit card statement (copy of the actual credit
card is not acceptable)
- Copy of a recent bank statement
- Copy of a recent utility bill

Not being able to count, or express it properly in written form or lists, doesn't equal smart.  They haven't gotten smarter, just fancier.

[Night Dragon]

I vote that we start faxing them pictures of stuffed animals.

I vote we fax them pics of Grizz doing his bear dance.... in the nuddy!  :o

[Panther_Gunn]

I vote that we start faxing them pictures of stuffed animals.

I vote we fax them pics of Grizz doing his bear dance.... in the nuddy!  :o

But that clearly falls under the "cruel & unusual" part of the Geneva Convention.  (Grizz is unusual, and seeing that is definitely cruel)

[Night Dragon]

Only if they are still sane enough to report it. Hell I used to be sane till I saw him shake his money maker after getting out of the shower.

*jibbley jibbley*

But the doctors tell me I'm doing much better now.