Teenager Living The eBay Scam Good Life
from the like-that'll-last dept
You would think, by this point, that people would realize that the most basic eBay scam, selling something that doesn't exist and then just taking the money and running, isn't likely to get you very far. It's usually not all that hard to track down the scammer in question, but they just keep at it. Here's the story of one 17 year old kid who claimed he had to keep scamming people because he was addicted to eBay and the buzz it gave him to scam people. Yeah, that's right, blame the website. Meanwhile, the kid took the cash and flew across the Atlantic with some friends for a vacation, and later hired stretch limos to take him and his friends around town (he can't drive yet). And he didn't think he would get caught? To top it all off, he started emailing his scam victims and telling them what he did with their money.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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