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Funny Ebay Scammer Story

JTBJTB Posts: 186
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So two days ago, the local paper has this story about a local scammer (selling Ipods she doesn't have). The article doesn't give her name, but it does give her user ID and the article says she was using the money to buy things for herself and her child. I looked up her Ebay ID and her "About Me" page explains that she is a poor single mom selling stuff on Ebay to make ends meet. I look at her feedback profile and, sure enough, she's been buying clothing for a toddler (along with a NIMPHO t-shirt and a PORN KING t-shirt). Then I looked at her recent bidding activity:

Bidding history

Maybe if she spent less money on condoms, car accessories, and PORN KING t-shirts, she would have better luck making ends meet. Just a thought.

Comments

  • denwd1denwd1 Posts: 430
    maybe she decided to be a ho!
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭✭
    Kinda scary that people buy and sell condoms on eBay. I know going to the store for them can be a little embarrasing, but geez!
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • basketballfan78basketballfan78 Posts: 33


    << <i>Kinda scary that people buy and sell condoms on eBay. I know going to the store for them can be a little embarrasing, but geez! >>




    Good call! Thats exactly what I was thinking!

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  • helionauthelionaut Posts: 1,555 ✭✭
    Am I the only person in the world who prominently displays the box when I make these purchases? I think it sends a very virile, if tawdry, message.
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    2005 Origins Old Judge Brown #/20 and Black 1/1s, 2000 Ultimate Victory Gold #/25
    2004 UD Legends Bake McBride autos & parallels, and 1974 Topps #601 PSA 9
    Rare Grady Sizemore parallels, printing plates, autographs

    Nothing on ebay
  • JTBJTB Posts: 186


    << <i>Kinda scary that people buy and sell condoms on eBay. >>



    In bulk!!
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    The bulk deal is a great price. I better look into it.
    Normally, it's $3 for a little box of 3.
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    Buying individually online would be scarier than buying in bulk.

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    Reap the whirlwind.

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  • Dallas88Dallas88 Posts: 746 ✭
    ...Normally, it's $3 for a little box of 3.....

    Heck - that would last me for the next 30 years!!!image

    Dal
  • glmuellerglmueller Posts: 138
    It's only $3.00 for a box of 3 because you buy the XX-small ones...............................
  • PotatoChipPotatoChip Posts: 41 ✭
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  • JTBJTB Posts: 186
    I know everyone was waiting on the resolution to this case, so here's the happy ending. This time they give her name just in case any of you are looking for a date.


    A woman accused of scamming several people out of money by pretending to sell Apple iPods over the Internet has been arrested.
    Claudia Nicole Farley, 21, of Heartland Lane, was recently indicted by the grand jury.

    The indictment came after Sheriff's Detective Shane Higgenbotham investigated complaints, beginning in November, and presented evidence at a December session of the grand jury.

    Farley is charged with seven counts of theft.

    Allegedly, she advertised on eBay, the Internet auction site, that she had Apple iPods for sale.

    Several people around the nation placed bids, and at least seven say they sent money to Farley after "winning the bid."

    But they never received their Apple iPod machines, according to Detective Higgenbotham.

    The duped buyers told the detective that when they contacted Farley to inquire and complain, she gave various explanations, including the claim that her mother had been hospitalized.

    Detective Higgenbotham said that when he questioned Farley, she at first claimed she had just shipped out a batch of iPods, but later admitted that she never owned any.

    Allegedly, she told him she had made up the scheme just to make some money after learning that Apple iPods were among the most popular items sold on eBay.

    After Detective Higgenbotham obtained an indictment in the case, Farley was notified of that, and she came to the jail, where Deputy Bobby Lane served an arrest warrant on her.

    She posted bond and was released. She is set to appear in Criminal Court on the charges on Jan. 24.

    While the official charge against Farley is for seven counts of theft, Detective Higgenbotham's report lists eight alleged victims.

    They are as follows: Brian Keith Norwood of Longmont, California; Heidi Herz Berry of Naperville, Illinois; Elizabeth Grace Kuzniewski of Danbury, Connecticut; Rachel Dawn Gordon of Trontio, California; Traci Jeane Jackson of Menton, California; Elizabeth Anne Nowacki of Wellington, Florida; John Paul Robinson of Franklin, Tenn.; Kellie Lyn Passerotti of McKean, Pennsylvania.

  • DirtyDog48DirtyDog48 Posts: 298
    Were they vintage condoms?
  • JTBJTB Posts: 186
    They were game-used, but not authenticated.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
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