[Jukebox-list] Ebay scam?

[Steve Wahl]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 09:03:27AM -0700, Ron Rich wrote:

> Re item number 280126996205--a "V-200"--something don't smell rite,
> write, or, right, here--check out the feedback???? Ron Rich

I agree.  I tried to look at the unintentional features of the
pictures, the bacgrounds and glass reflections, to get a clue.  It
looks like it's in a truck maybe?  Not to be racist, but the guy
behind the camera doesn't look to be from China, but that is where
this juke (and presumably the others in the picture backgrounds) is
supposed to be (Item location:	 200433, China).

Looking at the sellers other auctions, the pinball game pictures don't
identify themselves, the bowie knife pictures were taken by a sony
cybershot with a date of 2006:01:02 03:38:38, and this jukebox has
pictures taken by a Canon Powershot G6 with a date of 2007:05:20
16:48:05.

That's from the exif information imbedded in randomly selected jpg
files (one sample from each auction).  This stuff can easily be
modified / forged.  But it doesn't look like this seller bothered.

You have to ask yourself why a guy would take pictures a year and a
half ago for this "emergency" auction, and why all three auctions
would have different picture formats and different camera makes if he
took them himself for this purpose...

In short, I couldn't find any piece of evidence that leaned towards
this guy's credibility.

--> Steve

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