Those £3 Paypal Pyramid Scam Mails...

indiegirl_2

... are obviously still doing the rounds (I've just received one).

As an example... the second paragraph reads:

> > As we did business on eBay recently, I thought you might be interested in
> > this money making opportunity. The most you can lose is £3.00 and you
> > could make a lot of money. I don't normally take part in this sort of
> > thing but after reading all the fuss about this and several emails I
> > thought I'd give it a try! I have just paid someone £3.00 so it is working
> > for someone!!

... blah blah - pay me £3 - blah blah... you'll get loads... blah blah...

Now I've just reported the eBay seller to eBay for abusing the trust of buyers and holding their email addresses for non eBay use. Although the mail didn't come through eBay's mail facility, the first line was "As we have previously done business on eBay" (sic)...

Should I mail the seller and tell them that I've reported them, and that such emails aren't permitted/welcome? (or should I just stay quiet)... I find it very hard to stay quiet in such situations ;-)

Moglex

Reporting the scammer to ebay should be enough.

S/he's not going to take any notice of your email unless s/he's actually so gullible that s/he believes what s/he's doing is legit :rolleyes2.

golddustmedia

What blows me away is the concept that people fall for these scams (my mrs had the same email this week). I suppose there is the potential you could get your £3 back but I doubt it'd make more.

Chalky87

The problem is someone is always going to loose out with these sort of schemes and that is why they're illegal and should not be taken part in under any circumstances.

The original person that e-mailed you is not only spamming (an offence in itself) but also taking part in a scheme that is against the law. I agree that an e-mail to eBay is hopefully enough, although you could also try trading standards, probably wouldn't do much. Don't e-mail them yourself as all your likely to get back is abuse and more spam.

ROBDOLPHIN66

I hadn't thought of reporting them to eBay, I just report them as spam.

Chalky87

Only report them to eBay if the message is sent using the eBay system...otherwise it has nothing to do with them and they won't bother doing anything about it.

clairehas

Yeah i cant believe some people actually fall for these scams - my moto is you will never recieve money for free! theres always some sort of con at the end of the day! - lets hope these people are stopped soon!