This is delicious – love how they’ve used code to solve an irl problem 😉
Category Archives: scammers & spammers
Interesting ebay scam – Stelfox1973 Argon & CO2 cylinders
So as you probably know by now know I take quite an interest in the actual techniques scammers use in their various endeavours. Systems like ebay and amazon go to quite some lengths to prevent scammers but I find it fascinating how some still manage to sneak through.
Today’s example is this seller Stelfox1973. For argument’s sake let’s call him Michael Fraser. Here’s his ebay profile:
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Absolutely genius way of dealing with scam emails…
video pinched from Matthew Woodward’s SEO blog
Interesting Amazon scam (still happening so beware!)
So I was looking to buy a piece of workshop equipment recently and happened across an interesting amazon scam. Something smelt fishy right away but it took me a while to figure out what the actual “con” was…so here’s how it works…
You’re looking for an item on amazon – in my case it was a piece of machinery which was around the £400 mark and is sold under various brand names in the UK. I was after one sold under a specific brand who I’d had good experiences with in the past, especially re support, spares etc.
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