Is this legal?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ategory=46 96

Advert reads:

You are bidding on FREE SKY CHANNELS AVAILABLE NOW !! Want to watch the
latest films,sport and adult channels for free?? This is totally legal.Even
includes pay per view events. This takes seconds to set up and only needs to
be done once. If you can use the sky remote you can set this up in seconds.


This info gives you a step by step guide in setting up your digibox in
seconds!!!! P&P IS FREE AS ALL INFO IS SENT BY E-MAIL Save £££s on pay per
view sporting events save ££££s on adult channels This one really works!!!
To good to be true? Why not try it and gain some valued information.

PAYPAL PAYMENTS ONLY Upon winning this item and payments made I will email
this item to you. ** NO POSTAGE TO PAY **

"This takes seconds to set up and only needs to be done once. If you can use
the sky remote you can set this up in seconds"

He'll be selling information on how to change channel's or something daft
like that.

S


"Nick" wrote in message
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...category=46 9
6

Advert reads:

You are bidding on FREE SKY CHANNELS AVAILABLE NOW !! Want to watch the
latest films,sport and adult channels for free?? This is totally
legal.Even
includes pay per view events. This takes seconds to set up and only needs
to
be done once. If you can use the sky remote you can set this up in
seconds.


This info gives you a step by step guide in setting up your digibox in
seconds!!!! P&P IS FREE AS ALL INFO IS SENT BY E-MAIL Save £££s on pay per
view sporting events save ££££s on adult channels This one really works!!!
To good to be true? Why not try it and gain some valued information.

PAYPAL PAYMENTS ONLY Upon winning this item and payments made I will email
this item to you. ** NO POSTAGE TO PAY **

"Sima" wrote in message
...
"This takes seconds to set up and only needs to be done once. If you can
use
the sky remote you can set this up in seconds"

He'll be selling information on how to change channel's or something daft
like that.

Isn' this the old "disconnect" the digibox from the telephone trick (using a
PBX setting) so that the Pay-Per-View charges cannot be phone through? Only
problem is that you can only run up a bill of £50 before the SIM will deny
this service until the phone line is reconnects to SKY. IIRC the charges
will remain in the SIM until you reconnect (and if you don't you can only
run up a bill of £50 until you get a new card presumably).

Enlighten me please, how the heck do you do this?


"Brian McIlwrath" wrote in message
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Gordon Brown . wrote:
: PBX setting) so that the Pay-Per-View charges cannot be phone through?
Only
: problem is that you can only run up a bill of £50 before the SIM will
deny
: this service until the phone line is reconnects to SKY. IIRC the charges
: will remain in the SIM until you reconnect (and if you don't you can
only
: run up a bill of £50 until you get a new card presumably).

It is almost certainly this and it also isn't necessarily £50 either!!!
Sky set the smartcard limit.

Nick wrote:

PAYPAL PAYMENTS ONLY

These three words translate directly to "scam".

This vendor is never going to reveal his name or address and probably
uses a hotmail email account. He is going to take the money and run,
like nearly all "Paypal only" vendors.

Paypal is a conman's charter and should be closed down.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:52:52 GMT, Jomtien wrote:



Paypal is a conman's charter and should be closed down.

I've used paypal many times and never had any problem.

K wrote:

Paypal is a conman's charter and should be closed down.

I've used paypal many times and never had any problem.

I'm sure that you have but that doesn't affect what I wrote. There are
other options for honest users like you but PayPal is still ideally
suited for the dishonest.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:54:51 GMT, Jomtien wrote:

K wrote:

Paypal is a conman's charter and should be closed down.

I've used paypal many times and never had any problem.

I'm sure that you have but that doesn't affect what I wrote. There are
other options for honest users like you but PayPal is still ideally
suited for the dishonest.

Damned convenient though (for us law-abiding citizens I hasten to add:-)

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

"Jomtien" wrote in message
...
Nick wrote:

PAYPAL PAYMENTS ONLY

These three words translate directly to "scam".

This vendor is never going to reveal his name or address and probably
uses a hotmail email account. He is going to take the money and run,
like nearly all "Paypal only" vendors.

Paypal is a conman's charter and should be closed down.

But PayPal operates through the current financial system so is no less
accountable than any other form of payment.

The buyer pays using a credit card - so is protected by that
In the UK the seller must transfer the money paid into a bank account - so that
is traced too.

Paypal isn't used notes in brown envelopes.
There's no cash involved.

If you feel the seller has committed fraud then the police have a very clear
trail to the seller.
What's the problem?

Loz

Paypal is a conman's charter and should be closed down.

I've used paypal many times and never had any problem.

I'm sure that you have but that doesn't affect what I wrote. There are
other options for honest users like you but PayPal is still ideally
suited for the dishonest.

Pay-as-you-go mobile phones that don't require any name and address
details registered to them (which they have to do now in France, I
believe) are an absolute marvellous thing for criminals. Does that
mean that PAYG mobiles should be banned?

Unfortunately, anything that can be used by honest people can also be
used by dishonest people. That is not the fault of the service, but
the user. Personally, I find PayPal very useful, as I don't have to
find a chequebook, an envelople, a stamp, send it, wait an extra week
while it clears, etc.

Now, the *charges* that PayPal make to people to get the money that's
been paid to them, that's another matter.

Simon Kempster