[CR]eBay fraud alert

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:29:01 -0400
To: Classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: [CR]eBay fraud alert

An alert person sent me this:
>Did you sell your Raleigh/Baylis Professional as described on
><http://sheldonbrown.org/raleigh-baylis/index.html> ?
>
>Someone seems to be selling it (and its brake) on eBay, using
>your pictures and text:
><http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7160862501>
><http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7160889607>

Do not be fooled, this is a FRAUD. This unique bike is NOT for sale, and this scam artist does not have it.

I've reported this to eBay.

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