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Hi guys . In the past Ive purchased golfing goods from ebay before without any hassle from mizuno shoes to aerotech and recoil shafts . Im in the process of buying a launch monitor and thought i would check out ebay. There was a gc2 with 50+ bids and the seller stated in description it was relatively new and wanted 2.5k for it leaving a contact email. I contacted him and he advised Ebay would invoice me . The listing was than removed and i recieved an email from Ebay buyers protection. Inside was a very professionally forged email. I tried to contact ebay to see if it was authentic but through the website there was no email links only Q&A; . The seller advised he had just moved to spain and opened up a golfing store (even had a family portrait in avatar) . The email i received from the eBay scammer looked 100% authentic and to be honest i almost fell for it. I hope this person hasn't managed to scam anyone else as there were a lot of bids on the listing

Email which 99.9% had me fooled http://i.imgur.com/nulsgWu.jpg

Next 3 pics is what the email contained

http://i.imgur.com/qorbBWt.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WyEI82W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pybnJOl.jpg

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Thanks for the post. If it helps anyone avoid being scammed, even more thanks.

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