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This is not LEGO, but I thought I'd pass it on: The FBI is to investigate the sale of a painting on an internet auction site, after the seller appeared to push the price up from 15 pence to £70,000 by bidding for it himself. For the rest see: (URL) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: FBI to probe online auction scam (from the BBC)
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(...) (URL) ebay removed this from the searchable index about 4 days after it ended, but I had bookmarked it the first time I saw it. Will (FUT to .theory) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: FBI to probe online auction scam (from the BBC)
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(...) inflate the price is illegal in the US. It would be nice if eBay could get there act together on this. Last night I reported one user and it turns out he had 15 different accounts that he was using to bid on his own auctions. And I am still (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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