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Man bilked by "eBay MoneyGram" scam
Ottawa surfers were horrified this morning to read that a local resident had been scammed out of money on the internet.
The Ottawa Citizen reports that the 23-year-old was duped out of over $5,000 by the devious "You-send-me-money-I-send-you-nothing" scam while trying to buy a pickup truck on eBay:
"On July 14, the Madawaska Valley man told Ontario Provincial Police he was to have received the truck after using a MoneyGram to pay a middle man. The MoneyGram was cashed, but no truck arrived."
Herd of Cats staff cautions against using sites like eBay for exactly this reason. They are a haven for criminals and pirates, and no good will come of them.
For more tips on how to protect yourself online, send a MoneyGram for $50 to notipsforyou@herdofcats.ca.
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I have a bridge for sale. Cheep.
I'm not buying one of your damn bridges.....
... again.
Do you have a Hotmail address I can send the cash to?
Suckerloosescash@hotmail.com
a bounce back from that address.
To bad.
And make sure you include a bank transfer in the email