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I am an experienced EBAY buyer.  I do not sell, and do not compete with other sellers. 

I recently went looking for a popular and desirable golf club for a friend and found a ton of sellers that have no history of selling golf clubs and are now selling them.  A lot of these sellers have 1-30 feedbacks and many of them dated a year or more.

DO NOT BUY FROM THESE SELLERS.  I can't be any more clear that these are accounts that have been hijacked through phishing scams and the crooks are trying to take advantage of the time lag in retrieving funds and when you finally figure out that you have been ripped off along with hundreds of others.

If the user does not have a history of selling and delivering clubs or other items to what appears to be legit and diverse buyers then it is almost certain you will lose your money.

There are some instances where the seller will fall into the above categories and still be legit.  Favorable signs of a legit auction are unique photographs, the sellers ability to provide more information about the item and/or additional photographs that detail the item and its condition. 

Fraud artists mainly concentrate on ''must have'' items that are the rage at that time... whether it's the latest driver, an IPOD, Christmas toy or newest tech gadget. Always be careful when looking at and bidding on high interest items.

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