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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 26 Jul 2010 Posts: 1

so this guy is trying to sell me a trailer for 2900$ and he is asking me to send money to a ebay agent and told me to use western union, i think this is a scam this is the page:

i think this a scame what u think?

our eBay invoice purchases on CraigsList for item - Transaction # 002088136 - 2009 HAULMARK 8.5 X 12 CONCESSION TRAILER !
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TRANSACTION INFORMATION # 002088136

Seller: Michelle Martin has selected eBay payment services to handle a secure online transaction with you.
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Transaction # 002088136 - 2009 HAULMARK 8.5 X 12 CONCESSION TRAILER
Total Amount: $ 2,900.00
Quantity: 1
Shipping& Handling: $ 0.00 ( Seller pay the shipping taxes )
Item Location: 53 Channel Ln,Sanford, ME 04073
Listing format: Auction from Craigslist.org

A Buyer: xxxxxxxxxxx
Shipping Address: xxxxxx
City: xxxxxxx
State: x
Post Code: xxxx

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eBay.com is the best way to conduct secure online transactions.
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How to make the payment:
1) Locate the nearest Western Union Office.
2) Make the down payment with cash using the eBay Agent's details as the receiver.

eBay Agent's Details:

First Name: Willie
Last Name: Townsel
Address: 10227 Sylvia Dr
City: Dallas
State: TX
Zip Code: 75228
Country: United States

3) Fax the Western Union receipt at the following fax # : +1 (267) 222-3456
4) Email us the following details from the payment receipt:
- MTCN - 10 digits number from the receipt
- Sender Name and Address
- Receiver Name (eBay Agent's)
- Amount

After the payment details are received the shipping process will start.

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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:19 am

It is 100% SCAM! This is an increasingly common scam approach.

eBay owns Paypal. Paypal and Western Union are competitors--eBay will not ask you to send money through WU, ever. Plus, ebay and craigslist compete, and the two also would not be mixed together!

Any email address from ebay will be @ebay.com
The domain this scammer used, security-transaction.com appears to be a fake domain created by scammers about 2 months ago. I will ask a site killer to pop in and see if they can set the ball rolling to shut that site down...

Glad you realized before it got too far. Please discontinue contact with this scammer as he undoubtedly has your real life information. Baiting him would not be "baiting safely."

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

Dorothy is correct, the domain is fraudulent and we'll report it for closure. If you go to http://security-transaction.com you'll note that there is no content to the site, it is a Google Applications pageholder. The scammer is just using it for its email facility to try to appear legitimate.

You may find some of the information posted on our sister site, ScamWarners.com, helpful if you'd like to learn more about how this and other types of scams work: http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/index.php

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:23 am

Hello, everyone here, call me Kozaky I work for a Fraud Detective Dept.
All day long I see at least six types of scams, one of them being the "Ebay" Motors agent.

WU does not guarantee any arrival of any single kind of product, at all.
WU transfers can be paid out in any city within the state you send the money.

vbadescu, the scammer told you to send to Dallas, TX.
He can even pick it up at any deadbeat town in the outskirts, as long as it is TX. Even worse we have our reports that these "Ebay" agents are getting better each day, they now set you up with the function of "Test Question" which means that if they answer correctly at once, they can avoid showing ID, screwing you, me, and everyone trying to follow them.