Hello,								Fraud report:
								2000602509
Thank you for contacting us regarding this situation. I'm very sorry to
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to complete something, only to be held back.
I reviewed your report and found that appropriate action has been taken
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inform you that the seller you reported is currently not a registered
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At this time, I would like to review some options that I feel you should
pursue based on the information available to me. Since eBay is not
involved in the actual transaction that takes place, I am unable to
directly intervene. However, I can provide some suggestions that may be
of assistance. Some information about the options I am going to discuss
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Since you sent payment by money order, please contact the company that
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If you are unable to resolve the transaction after taking the steps
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Regards,
Luigi
eBay PowerSeller
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Original Message Follows:
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From: michail1 <michail1@aol.com>
To:      eBay Customer Support <rswebhelp@ebay.com>
Subject: FR%X10258 Buyer Purchase Protection [A33 #US US +00 $US ?01
-00]
Form Message %44453% 082199
Subject:        FR%X10258 Buyer Purchase Protection [A33 #US US +00 $US ?01
-00]
User Feedback:        464
User State:        ?01
Browser Info:        Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET
CLR 1.1.4322)
Topics > Safe Trading > Pay Confidently > > Buyer Purchase Protection;
64.122.98.114;
Reporting member: michail1 464
Member being reported: stp21088uo 18
Buyer Status: 1
Item number: 3805373498; US !12200! 122000
Payment Method: Other Money Order
Date of Payment: 03/23/04
Dispute Resolution: None used
Seller Contact: No-The sellers phone number is incorrect
Customer concern: Major camera scam.  I have reported to tradesafe and
spoken to several ebay representatives.  Www.Michail.Com -- click on
SCAM.htm to see the entire scam and the eBay user ids involved.  I am
out $722 + $13.50 overnight shipping.  I have no emails from them since
payment.  I have the Bank of America Money Order receipt.  Contact me
206-920-6312  (The seller account is a hijacked account)