stumbled on this earlier today, peeked my interest

Quote from article;

"The scheme was exposed on MSNBC.com in 2002, in a two-part series looking at whether eBay adheres to its stated anti-fraud policy. Months later, eBay suspended accounts identified in the article, but a small group of collectors that uncovered the scam says the forger merely moved the operation to another Internet auction site for a few months before returning to eBay, setting up new accounts and picking up where he left off. "

Perhaps this is a bit more usual than we think. Different item but seems as the same method to commit fraud. Here's the link;

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17171372/?GT1=9033