There's nothing worse, as an online shopper, than paying for something and not getting it. It makes us pay extra close attention to pictures, zooming in to inspect the details. It fuels our distrust of random sellers. And it can give online shopping, especially peer-to-peer shopping, this unsettling, unsavory feeling.
That's the feeling Nina Kollars got when she ordered some coffee pods on eBay and got WAY more than she asked for.
On today's episode, Nina's quest for answers, and what it can teach us about online shopping, and a new generation of fraud.
purloin 훔치다
defraud 사취하다, 속여서 빼앗다
ill- begotten 불법 또는 부적절한 출처를 가진, 발상이 잘못된
whack [ wæk ] 세게 치다, 후려치다, 잘라내다
to one's heart's content 마음껏, 실컷, 만족할 때까지
admittedly 인정하건대, 의심할 여지없이, 명백히, 확실히
fraudulent 사기를 치는, 사기의, 부정의
run up (가격, 수량 등을) 올리다, 늘리다, 급성장하다, 급증하다
busted [명사 앞에는 안 씀] (못된 짓을 하다가) 걸린
bulk theft 대량 절도
fraud circles 사기단
circle
walk somebody through 해결하도록 …을 도와 주다(=help with something complicated).