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This advice relates to a particular scam carried out by some people living in Nigeria but elements of it may be useful for other scam buyers. HOW THE SCAM WORKS The scammer lives in Nigeria but because they're pretending to live somewhere else they ask for the item to be sent to a relative or friend in Nigeria (really themselves). They persuade the seller to send the goods on receipt of a fake payment confirmation email, usually from Paypal but also from various banks, Western...
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Pi's Postoffice Wall Here is a list of some scams recently pulled on eBay members Protect yourself against them! (There are several variations on these scams, so be vigilant!) Partial List of Ongoing Scams: Spoof eBay Email Encounter Unsafe Safety Board Hijacked Account Fake Escrow Account Indonesian Credit Card Scam Company Check Crumbles Deceptive Double Whammy Buy-It-Now, But Off eBay Spoofed eBay Pages Drippy Drop Shipper Dangerous Questions Phony escrow.com African Adventure Weird Wedding...
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All members should read this important warning. If you shop on websites other than eBay, you should exercise caution if someone emails you claiming to be an eBay representative! We are seeing an increase in reports of fake eBay Motors transactions that originate automotive websites other than eBay, such as Craigslist. Fraudsters are sending online shoppers fake email messages claiming to be from the eBay Trust and Safety Department, the eBay Motors Finance Center, an eBay Escrow...
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Oh no! I've received a hateful, powerful anti-semetic message as a positive feedback! I sold a little package of wooden dreidels for scrapbooking, and just received this anti-jewish message. I checked out the buyer, and all the feedbacks he's left are all hateful, horrible racist spoutings. Of course, the first thing I did was report him to ebay, I haven't heard back from them yet. This guy is nachos9mm, so be careful! Has this sort of thing happened to anyone else? Will ebay remove the...
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i listed a louis vitton bag and just put the basics on and they booted it (t&s ) and told me to relist it with more pictures and a better description so i did just what they said to the letter and they booted it again and this time they suspended me for 7 days ..is this fair in my 2nd listing 1. i put serial number 2. 5 great pictures 3. gave a 7 day return policy on item if they were not happy and i got booted again with a suspension any way what is coming to ebay ... now...
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I have a fairly expensive item up for sale ($800 computer part) and so far two buyers have expressed interest in purchasing it. Both though want to supply me with a Fedex shipper number and have me ship it that way. Is this a known scam? I've never had anyone ask for this before and I've probably sold around 300 items between 2002 when I started and now.
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Ebay ; I'm really sick and tired of your lack of low feedback community these are the people with 1-15 positive feed back and who bascially make false offers or malicious ebay users who log on with a different ip address and engage in shill bidding and not to mention the games by a fair amount of message boards or forums. Ebay continues to run away its good customers and inviting the non paying customers. I really and most patiently urge ebay to allow sellers block new users and people with...
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I had a sale!!!!!!!.Payment by Paypal and tried to ship with USPS link from Paypal. Buyer verified, but USPS came up with another ZIP. Emailed buyer to verify Zip. Buyer confirmed the Zip from USPS. Item shipped same day with delivery confirmation. 3 dayes later Paypal reversed the transaction because of request from buyers bank. After several emails from Paypal, they sent this email: The transaction was reversed back to the buyer due to the fact that you did not ship to the address...
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I have a professional DSLR camera body listed and I received a request from a buyer to add a “Buy it Now” option and they would purchase it. I declined since I didn't want to upset current bidders but mentioned I planned on selling my 2nd DSLR body after the first one sold as I had planned to sell the 2nd one next anyway. I have two of the just released versions on order to replace them and can't afford a dispute to tie up my funds for months. The buyer offered to buy the body I hadn't...
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Hi, I'm not a very experienced seller, I only sell my own used and un-used stuff, not an ebay store, and I need some advice please. I have recently sold a "new without tag" brand name sweater to a buyer for $22.33. After the buyer received it, she emailed me and claimed that the sweater is not new because it has the smell of perfume and she found a long hair in the package, she wanted to return the item for a refund. I replied and explained that the scent is from perfumed-tissue papers...
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There is an auction for live puppies. I've reported it twice and the listing is still there. Search "Cute Live Puppies for Sale." What will it take to get this listing removed?
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Seller refuses to complete sale, claims he forgot to place reserve on item. Claims he couldn't cancel as E-Bay would not allow. I thought you could cancel an auction up to 12 hours before. I believe he did not like the final price and is trying to weasel out of it. He is only using Google checkout----must send an invoice which he refuses to do. I even offered him an extra $15 for USPS priority shipping with insurance. Item new sells for about $250-$350, used normally $80 -130 Item sold for...
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to protect sellers from buyers who post these threads like the 1 below on FB board. Link Bill Cobb describes critics as just 'bad sellers'. JD Hoe describes critics as just 'noise-makers'. So... business as usual. At least for the Ebay CHEERLEADERS and board of directors.
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