Top Ten eBay Scams

Scam Six

Dec 7 2004. A seller was offering a valve on eBay which might have allowed people to divert their gas supply to avoid having to pay any bills. The item was listed with the caption “Easy to use gas bypass. Why pay for your gas when you don't have to? Think of those winter nights and the gas that you'll use and save.”

Scam Seven

November 5, .2004. Advance copies of the video game "Halo 2" were sold on eBay fetching as much as $ 265 each. The Microsoft game was one of the most anticipated in history.

Scam Eight

November 4, 2004. A 19-year-old man stole musical instruments from Stetson University and sold them on eBay, in Deland , Fla. Anatoli Seinczenko confessed to stealing over $20,000 worth of instruments and property.

Scam Nine

June 15, 2004. A Man from Toledo used the Internet auction service eBay to bilk $3,275 from victims throughout the country. eBay winners sent money orders and checks to Paul Campbell who never had the items to sell and pocket the money. Campbell was arrested after a couple paid $432 for tickets to a WrestleMania.

Scam Ten

June 24, 2004. Two men from Maineville OH, admitted a scheme to sell stolen golf clubs and electronic equipment on eBay. The men had admitted they profited about $12,000 from selling items that had been stolen from two golf stores and a camera store.

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