April 29, 2009

eBay scammer goes to prison

Most people who use the internet are weary of being scammed, this especially so when it comes to auction sites like eBay. While the majority of listings and sellers are genuine, there is always the worry that it may be a fraud.

However, it seems that not all scammers get away with it, in the US a man has just been ordered to spend fifty two months in prison and pay a massive $252,000 in fines.

This follows Derrick Swantz attempts to defraud potential car buyers, he listed a 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE, a 2001 Mercedes-Benz S500, a 2002 Mercedes-Benz S500, and a 1997 Infiniti Q45 on eBay, took the money and did not deliver the cars.

He was also running a copier machine fraud where people invested in his nonexistent business, it makes no difference how many times people are warned, and there is always someone who falls for them.

Source [The Register]