Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/14
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Friends,
Just picked this up on Schwab's web site.
Nathan
Fraud Probe Reportedly Targets Online Auction Company eBay
Dow Jones Online News, Monday, December 14, 1998 at 02:32
(Published on Sunday, December 13, 1998 at 23:29)
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Online auction company eBay Inc. is
currently
under investigation by Oklahoma regional postal inspectors office for
allegedly bilking eBay users for at least $30,000 and possibly as much
as $100,000, Newsweek magazine reported.
Newsweek said vendor Sonny Stemple would get people to send in
money
orders for items he claimed he had while never delivering the items.
Though San Jose, Calif.-based eBay suspended Stemple, it has
refused
to give refunds to the duped customers, Newsweek reported in its issue
dated Dec. 21.
Copyright (c) 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
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Nathan Wajsman
Overijse, Belgium
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