David Aubin - EBay ID Kazaa68 - Daubin55@yahoo ripoff eBay Power Seller offering to sell items outside of eBay Callington Germany
On 1-24-06 I found Item number: 7003477471 on eBay under Seller kazaa68. The Summary read, Please contact me in my personal e_mail:; daubin55@yahoo.com, I need a fast payment so if you can do that I will sell it for 300 GBP. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
Although I had never purchased on eBay before, I contacted two people who do so frequently and both said it should be safe because he was a Power Seller, had his own eBay store and therefore, had a lot to lose if he was to do something wrong. I emailed the Seller and told him I was interested in the item.
The eBay Seller replied, Hi, Yes it's still in international warranty for 1 year and 8 months, the item is like new in the original box and comes with all accessories and manuals, so if you are interested to buy I'll wait your order very soon and the buy it now price is only 300 GBP ($540), in this price the shipping and handling fees are included.
First you must know that for the payment I accept Western Union Money Transfer and I will ship you the package with FedEx priority service insured that means you will receive it within 48 hours.
Please go to westernunion insert you address at FIND A LOCAL AGENT and you will see that there are lots of western union agency near you. Here's what you have to do.
You must go to an Western Union office and make the payment on my name and address, after you made the payment people from Western Union will give you a MTCN# (Money Transfer Control Number), you must mail me this number and I will check with this number at Western Union web page and if everything it's fine and you are a serious buyer I will go right away at FedEx and send you the package and the tracking number from FedEx in your e-mail to be able to check that the package is in way to you. After you will receive the package you must mail me to pick up the money.
My payment info:
Name: David Aubin
Address: 2 Pengelly Cottages Tavistock Road
City: Callington
Post Code: PL17 7ED
State: Cornwall
Country: United Kingdom
Thank You!
I sent payment and he removed the item for sale immediately. It seemed legit. Then, I never heard from him nor received the item. I immediately reported him to eBay US & eBay UK. I tried to warn other buyers by posting negative feedback on his on-line eBay store but ironically, I am not allowed to post feedback. Even though he sold in the Summary of an official eBay item, he technically sold outside of eBay and therefore, the buyer is not allowed to post feedback about him or his selling practices. When I key in the Item Number it no longer exists. There is no way for me to warn other buyers reading at his eBay Summaries.
M
Northern Virginia, Virginia
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Tomas
London,Europe,
U.S.A.
He is still at it Daubin55@yahoo ripoff
#5REBUTTAL Individual responds
Sat, February 04, 2006
I saw this extremely cheap protools set on ebay and thought wow I want that. But I decided that it was to good to be true and investigated it. Firstly the seller was supposed to be German, funny so am I. But guess what he did not answer my messages when I wrote them in German anyway here is what this guy wrote to me. I did not buy the item and was also advised by ebay and western union not to proceed. Be careful as the saying goes if its too good to be true it probably is. this is the second scam I discovered within a week. Both times ebay removed the account quickly.
Tomas Busse
Hi,
The equipment is in perfect working order and comes with all accessories and manuals , so if you are interested to buy I'll wait your order very soon and the buy it now price is only 900 GBP, in this price the shipping and handling fees are included. First you must know that for the payment I accept Western Union Money Transfer and I will ship you the package with FedEx priority service insured that means you will receive it within 48 hours .
Please go to www.westernunion.com insert you address at FIND A LOCAL AGENT and you will see that there are lots of western union agency near you.
Here's what you have to do.You must go to an Western Union office and make the payment on my name and address, after you made the payment people from Western Union will give you a MTCN# (Money Transfer Control Number), you must mail me this number and I will check with this number at Western Union web page and if everything it's fine and you are a serious buyer I will go right away at FedEx and send you the package and the tracking number from FedEx in your e-mail to be able to check that the package is in way to you. After you will receive the package you must mail me to pick up the money.
My payment info :
Name : David Aubin
Address : 2 Pengelly Cottages Tavistock Road
City : Callington
Post Code : PL17 7ED
State : Cornwall
Country : United Kingdom
Thank You!
Tomas
London,Europe,
U.S.A.
He is still at it Daubin55@yahoo ripoff
#5REBUTTAL Individual responds
Sat, February 04, 2006
I saw this extremely cheap protools set on ebay and thought wow I want that. But I decided that it was to good to be true and investigated it. Firstly the seller was supposed to be German, funny so am I. But guess what he did not answer my messages when I wrote them in German anyway here is what this guy wrote to me. I did not buy the item and was also advised by ebay and western union not to proceed. Be careful as the saying goes if its too good to be true it probably is. this is the second scam I discovered within a week. Both times ebay removed the account quickly.
Tomas Busse
Hi,
The equipment is in perfect working order and comes with all accessories and manuals , so if you are interested to buy I'll wait your order very soon and the buy it now price is only 900 GBP, in this price the shipping and handling fees are included. First you must know that for the payment I accept Western Union Money Transfer and I will ship you the package with FedEx priority service insured that means you will receive it within 48 hours .
Please go to www.westernunion.com insert you address at FIND A LOCAL AGENT and you will see that there are lots of western union agency near you.
Here's what you have to do.You must go to an Western Union office and make the payment on my name and address, after you made the payment people from Western Union will give you a MTCN# (Money Transfer Control Number), you must mail me this number and I will check with this number at Western Union web page and if everything it's fine and you are a serious buyer I will go right away at FedEx and send you the package and the tracking number from FedEx in your e-mail to be able to check that the package is in way to you. After you will receive the package you must mail me to pick up the money.
My payment info :
Name : David Aubin
Address : 2 Pengelly Cottages Tavistock Road
City : Callington
Post Code : PL17 7ED
State : Cornwall
Country : United Kingdom
Thank You!
Rita
Private,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Never ever buy off the record
#5Consumer Comment
Fri, January 27, 2006
Boy you sure talked to the wrong people. First, never ever buy off the record where e-bay can't account for the sale. The people that you talked to should have told you that you would not be able to leave feedback without e-bay being in the mix.
Second, money sent to the UK accounts for something like 40% of wire fraud. Most of these frauds will even tell the buyer not to tell Western Union that they are sending money for something they bought on e-bay. Their rationale for this is by telling the buyer that they will avoid a tax when in reality, the fraud knows that Western Union will warn the buyer that a sale like this, in many cases, is a scam. The seller, in many cases, suggest that the buyer tell Western Union that they are sending money to family or a friend.
Dave
Jacksonville,Florida,
U.S.A.
Nothing you can do
#5Consumer Suggestion
Fri, January 27, 2006
He is NOT a power seller on ebay. IF anyone offers to sell you an item outside of Ebay, it's more than likely a scam. The real Power Seller's identity was stolen, and this guy is selling non-existent items.
Funny thing is, the letter he sent you is almost identical to others being sent in the same situation, which points to a very large and organized scam operation.
NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER use Western Union as a form of payment to buy ANYTHING. That in itself screams SCAM. It cannot be traced, and Western Union won't do anything to find this person, even though they were supposed to have gotten his ID at the time he picked up the money. Usually, the thief has a friend at the local W U office, so a fake Id is never questioned.