Dave Gorman’s name used in eBay con
Published March 7th, 2006
A seller calling himself eb_ayflash set up an online auction purporting to be part of an experiment the comic is running for a new TV show.
But Gorman has no such show in the pipeline – and warned would-be buyers not to be taken in by the scam.
He said: ‘It’s someone trying to fleece eBay users by invoking my name. It is entirely fabricated, and nothing whatsoever to do with me.’
However, after Gorman found out about the scam, the seller closed the auction
He had been offering 1,000 imaginary ‘widgets’ for sale at £1.01 each. Although the seller was frank about the fact buyers would receive nothing it return, he did try to hoodwink buyers into thinking they are taking part in the bogus TV experiment.
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