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Man fakes selling consoles on eBay.

xsynergyx | July 30, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 Wii Misc 
Jeremy Sparks of Warren County, Ohio had put up photos of Wii's and PS3's on eBay that he never had, briding buyers to buy them and get absolutely nothing in return. Sparks' snagged six unlucky buyers, getting a hefty $4,214.18. Luckily, he was caught and charged with fifth degree felonies. So there's a little warning to all you eBay buyers who don't supect anything.
A man in Warren County, Ohio was indicted Monday on allegedly “selling” Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 consoles that he never had. Jeremy Sparks, 22, put up photos of the Wii and PS3 consoles on eBay “so he could defraud victims across the country by agreeing to sell them electronic game systems which he did not have,” a grand jury report says.

According to The Enquirer, Sparks’ ads snared at least six buyers, said Warren County Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel. His “winning” bidders turned out to be losers. Hailing from three states – Pennsylvania, Illinois and Minnesota – those six buyers forked over $4,214.18 to Sparks, officials say. Hutzel says it’s important for buyers to diligently check out sellers and their wares before they let go of their cash.
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    Supernouva | July 31, 2007
    Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
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    Gary15 | July 31, 2007
    This reminds me of the guy who sold an xbox box box, just the box no console and hsi description was written cleverly enough that he got away with it I believe.
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    tidus04 | July 31, 2007
    I heard about that one but never sore anything on it (The xbox box box)... This is just mad, he should have knew he was going to get caught. Moron.
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    Incidnia | July 31, 2007
    Someone did this to me with the first gen iPod Nano. I ordered a 4GB and the never sent it, turns out the were pulling the same scam. Doesn't really work though since everyone got fully refunded.
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    Final Blade | July 31, 2007
    Wow this is great, what a prune. Thats why you need to know people from the ebay world. I personally get it through ebay from stores.
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    SvR2008 | July 31, 2007
    Hate to be one of the people that bought one.
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    sten mk II | July 31, 2007
    Wouldn't he realize people would report him and he would be found eventually? People don't spend 4,000$ and then say "oh well, I guess it got lost in the mail".

    I mean you have to be *bleep*ed.
    • 0 thumbs!
      xsynergyx | July 31, 2007
      I know. What happens when you buy it? Wait a bit...wait more. It never comes. Contact the police and report the guy. Duh.
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      JJBDude | July 31, 2007
      Taken the words right out of my mouth. I find it quite hard to believe that there really is some people that are this stupid in the world to do this, surely they must know they are going to get caught if they keep doing it?
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    Anime | August 01, 2007
    People will do anything to get something for nothing. This guy is quite stupid, he could have done it once and got a bit of money and if anyone asked he could blame it on the postage system losing his post. 6 times though he may aswell walked to the police station and confessed.

    คภเ๓є
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    sten mk II | August 01, 2007
    The people who buy it are stupid as well, they should of checked his feedback, people who bought from his before would of been saying "I never got my console" and then they'd know not to buy from the geek in the first place...
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    Robert Ninja | August 01, 2007
    He better not try shit like that again.

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