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eBay scammer gets her comuppance

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  • jockess1
    jockess1 Posts: 198 Forumite
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    I enjoyed reading the thread on Scooby. Maybe posting details of other people who as far as we know are not involed in her scamming was not a great idea. BUT I am not putting you guys down I think what you are all doing is good and does teach scammers a lesson. Hope we do see it in the newspapers good luck and I hope that bloke gets his money back.
  • lewt
    lewt Posts: 9,158 Forumite
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    why have you now been banned from that scooby forum gazza ?
    If i upset you don't stress, never forget that god aint finished with me yet.
  • Poppycat
    Poppycat Posts: 19,899 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It appears the orginal poster now got £99.85 from Paypal

    http://bbs.scoobynet.com/non-scooby-related-4/650319-ebay-scumbag-25.html
  • *Nate*
    *Nate* Posts: 16 Forumite
    Poppycat wrote: »
    It appears the orginal poster now got £99.85 from Paypal

    http://bbs.scoobynet.com/non-scooby-related-4/650319-ebay-scumbag-25.html


    So he is still down on his original outlay ......... At the moment ;)

    :money:
  • lewt wrote: »
    why have you now been banned from that scooby forum gazza ?

    I haven't you can change the text under your name to anything you want, a few of us put BANNED. :A
  • brettcta
    brettcta Posts: 4,693 Forumite
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    i can't be bothered reading through it all, what happened in the end?
    helpful tips
    it's spelt d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y
    there - 'in or at that place'
    their - 'owned by them'
    they're - 'they are'
    it's bought not brought (i just bought my chicken a suit from that new shop for £6.34)
  • jockess1
    jockess1 Posts: 198 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    it's still on going. The OP should get his money back in 4 days if the echeque clears from the scammer. I think that's right sorry if it isn't. The scooby forum members are really funny and I just can't help going over there to look at the updates they post. They really have spread the word round the net. Some other forum they have posted on have been deleted as I think they upset the members there. I won't mention the site but it is where people like hightee do their scamming :wink: so you would think it would be in the intrerest of that community to want to discuss it.
  • Can someone give me a basic outline of what happened? I'd love to know but it's run to 30+ pages and I don't have the time to read it all!
    :D**Thanks to everyone on here for hints, tips and advice!**:D
    MSEers are often quicker than google

    "Freedom is the right to tell people what they don't want to hear" - G. Orwell
  • Skint_Catt
    Skint_Catt Posts: 11,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    One of the Scooby guys got ripped off by her when buying a Wii on eBay - then a couple of them started chatting to her, I believe, and getting her to send pictures of herself etc. They've set up her own website with the pics she sent to them :rotfl: :rotfl:
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