Well, that's the way Western Union *should* work, but it doesn't. But I would be safe because I'd not give him the control number for the Western Union transfer before after I've received the item and inspected it. It was a very nice ad, which couldn't possibly have been written by the person I communicated with. But the account was registered in Canada, and the item seemed to be in Spain. The ebay seller had a great rating and lots of positive feedback from previous customers. I think what made me almost overlook the danger signals was that it was a person who wrote bad English, so it all sounded a bit fuzzy and ambiguous, and I guess I felt sorry for him. I was just about to hit the button on a Western Union money transfer. I didn't win the auction, but supposedly the winner had backed out and the seller was willing to sell it to me for several hundred less. A bunch of things weren't quite adding up, but I had for some reason decided to ignore it, until my wife looked at it and said it didn't look right. And, unlike the rest of my family, I don't really shop on ebay much, so I'm not particularly a pro. I could kind of use a recent Apple Powerbook, and my budget doesn't add up to buying a new one right now, so I was watching for good auction deals on ebay. I almost fell for a Romanian scam on ebay. Ming the Mechanic: ebay scams Ming the Mechanic: ebay scams The NewsLog of Flemming Funch ebay scams
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