Sept. 24 — He contacted me to brag, this e-mailer named Kenneth. Said he had seen a story I'd done called "True confessions of an eBay criminal," about a 15-year old who managed to steal a few thousand dollars online.
And Kenneth was offended. "He's an insult to each and every one of us scam artists," Kenneth wrote. "I could tell you stories." And so he did. Kenneth claims he's spent the past two years as one of eBay's most notorious scammers. Here's how he does it.
posted on September 25, 2003 10:25:07 AM new
This isn't really an ebay story, that is just the venue (forgive the verbage) but people have been scamming people ever since Ug traded his cave in the next valley with Urg for that tasty mammoth.
There are a lot of naive people out there, and they are going to get taken. This reminds me of a story I heard about my grandfather (who was not genetically related to me though, which is good after this story) who purchased a brand new tv from someone selling it on the street. It was in a box, sealed and everything. He paid $50 for it, and at the time, that was a heck of a deal. When he got home, the box was full of rocks. He had never thought to open the box and check.
posted on September 25, 2003 06:35:31 PM new
I remember a hot-shot friend of mine laughing hysterically because he'd just got taken in by the same scam- bought a TV box full of bricks.
As I recall he KNEW the scam, said, "you can't take me that way" the kid opened the box, showed him the TV inside, but switched on him.
He said it served himself right.
old as the hills, old as the hills- but I hope this guy dies of something painful, like ulcers.
"And All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well"
