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Anyone got cheated in eBay before?

Son of Matrix said:
I have his REAL name!!! I suspect he hijacks an ebay account to sell the stuff. I have managed to got a reply from a buyer who managed to bid for the other laptop that this guy sells and he said he will not transfer any money to the seller unless I update him on whether I receive the laptop. I saved one person :D. I will check with my housemate later because he has helped me to buy the laptop and we have sent a message to EBAY about this suspicious hijacked account to see whether they are doing anything or not yesterday.

INTERNET ARMY, ARE YOU READY?
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we can't do much with his real name, his username is all we need tbh
 
Quick Question:

Have you tried contacting his bank to say hes involved in a possible scam? I don't really think it will do anything it might cause some trouble for him though.

Have you called the police yet?
 
arkitect said:
Just be careful about naming and shaming in public.

If he/she has highjacked an account you run the risk of defaming an innocent person — or worse if you start a witch-hunt.

Just a thought. :(
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True, but the only way an account can get hijack is for the account holder to release his/her information (password).
 
eman said:
True, but the only way an account can get hijack is for the account holder to release his/her information (password).
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Not quite as simplistic as that…
in today's news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7335844.stm
UK bank details 'for sale for £5'

British bank account details are on sale online for as little as £5 in so-called cyber-crime supermarkets, a report says.
Symantec concluded that identity trading was on the increase and that even stolen eBay accounts were now being put up for sale.
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My story, but I don't know if I'm scammed yet or not:
A week ago, April 1, I won a guitar auction on ebay. I paid $865 via PayPal the same day. Here it is a week later and no guitar and no tracking number. He wrote last Friday the 4th, saying he would get to UPS either Saturday or Monday. Still have heard nothing. Up till now, no problems at all on ebay for me. Now this...
How long do people wait before contacting ebay and PayPal about "goods not received"? It's a lot of money to me.
Thanks, Morod
 
Morod said:
My story, but I don't know if I'm scammed yet or not:
A week ago, April 1, I won a guitar auction on ebay. I paid $865 via PayPal the same day. Here it is a week later and no guitar and no tracking number. He wrote last Friday the 4th, saying he would get to UPS either Saturday or Monday. Still have heard nothing. Up till now, no problems at all on ebay for me. Now this...
How long do people wait before contacting ebay and PayPal about "goods not received"? It's a lot of money to me.
Thanks, Morod
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Guidance says 10 days:- http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/tp/inr-snad-process.html
 
Son of Matrix said:
Thanks for this! Wow, this means that even if I have that guy's name and account number. It might not be him who is scamming and maybe he is a victim as well.

This is so complicated.

I need some time to rethink whether or not to publish his name / or the ebay account. Sorry tiger.
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Exactly. That is what I was trying to say.
By just rushing out and naming someone you may be starting a witch hunt on an innocent person.

I am not saying this guy is innocent… but just be cool headed. Of course if I was in your position I'd be rounding up the villagers with pitch forks and flaming torches… :eek:
 
Son of Matrix said:
Thanks for this! Wow, this means that even if I have that guy's name and account number. It might not be him who is scamming and maybe he is a victim as well.

This is so complicated.

I need some time to rethink whether or not to publish his name / or the ebay account. Sorry tiger.
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There are no legal implications in telling us his eBay username AFAIK - just nothing else apart from that.
 
Morod said:
My story, but I don't know if I'm scammed yet or not:
A week ago, April 1, I won a guitar auction on ebay. I paid $865 via PayPal the same day. Here it is a week later and no guitar and no tracking number. He wrote last Friday the 4th, saying he would get to UPS either Saturday or Monday. Still have heard nothing. Up till now, no problems at all on ebay for me. Now this...
How long do people wait before contacting ebay and PayPal about "goods not received"? It's a lot of money to me.
Thanks, Morod
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Was this seller certified by PayPal? If so, PayPal will reimburse you up to a certain amount (depending on the seller's certification level) if the sale goes bad.

Before I buy on Ebay I always look that the seller has the Buy Safely section with PayPal buyer protection up to $2,000. This information is posted on the top right hand side of each item listing on Ebay. For example:

Buy safely
1. Check the seller's reputation
Score: 111 | 98.3% Positive
See detailed feedback

2. Check how you're protected
PayPal Up to $2,000 in buyer protection. See eligibility

Returns: Seller accepts returns.
30 Days Money Back
 
joefinan said:
I sold a TV for collection only. The guy paid by PayPal (safe, I thought) and collected it.

About a month later he lodged a complaint saying the item had not arrived - at which point PayPal took back the £600 from my bank account. PayPal told me to produce a postal tracking number but, when I explained he collected it, they decided in his favour and gave him the £600.
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You learned a lesson too. Paypal is great for buyers, not for sellers. If you want to have something local delivery/pickup do cash only. Unless you have proof of delivery, you're screwed (should've taken pics of him picking it up w/that day's newspaper in the shot--though don't know if that would've solved it or not)
 
Morod said:
My story, but I don't know if I'm scammed yet or not:
A week ago, April 1, I won a guitar auction on ebay. I paid $865 via PayPal the same day. Here it is a week later and no guitar and no tracking number. He wrote last Friday the 4th, saying he would get to UPS either Saturday or Monday. Still have heard nothing. Up till now, no problems at all on ebay for me. Now this...
How long do people wait before contacting ebay and PayPal about "goods not received"? It's a lot of money to me.
Thanks, Morod
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You can get the sellers contact info from ebay. Go to your ebay account and do an "advanced search", then on the left hand side is say "find contact information. This will generally get you a phone number and then you can call him/her.
Or check here.

What is the ebay item number?
 
Thanks for the info, BlackMax,
I'm still pretty new at buying on ebay. I knew to look at the feedback but didn't pay attention to the other stuff. Now I will.
I just heard back from the seller, hooray! He said he's been sick but the item will ship today with a tracking number to follow shortly.
Keeping fingers crossed,
Morod
PS... SOM, perhaps you will have a happy ending as well. I sure hope you do! :)

BlackMax said:
Was this seller certified by PayPal? If so, PayPal will reimburse you up to a certain amount (depending on the seller's certification level) if the sale goes bad.

Before I buy on Ebay I always look that the seller has the Buy Safely section with PayPal buyer protection up to $2,000. This information is posted on the top right hand side of each item listing on Ebay. For example:

Buy safely
1. Check the seller's reputation
Score: 111 | 98.3% Positive
See detailed feedback

2. Check how you're protected
PayPal Up to $2,000 in buyer protection. See eligibility

Returns: Seller accepts returns.
30 Days Money Back
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Son of Matrix said:
Thanks for this! Wow, this means that even if I have that guy's name and account number. It might not be him who is scamming and maybe he is a victim as well.

This is so complicated.

I need some time to rethink whether or not to publish his name / or the ebay account. Sorry tiger.
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:confused: I'm beginning to wonder about this story....why the reluctance to reveal the Ebay username (not the person's real name)??? In five minutes (or less) Ebay experts could tell you if the account is hijacked - I've used these experts' services before! If you want help give the username or transaction number, otherwise what's the point going on about it?
 
Hello.there said:
... If you want help give the username or transaction number, otherwise what's the point going on about it?
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Don't we we already know that the ebay account doesn't belong to the seller? Supposedly, it's his "cousin" if I recall what the OP said earlier.
 
Macky-Mac said:
Don't we we already know that the ebay account doesn't belong to the seller? Supposedly, it's his "cousin" if I recall what the OP said earlier.
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Probably bullcrap just so he can't hold himself responsible for his own problems. This happens time and time again on eBay and other sites like it - 'uh, don't blame me - it's my cousin's account - he did it, not me'

S.O.M. - what's his username? come on - you know you wanna :p
 
applemax said:
... This happens time and time again on eBay and other sites like it - 'uh, don't blame me - it's my cousin's account - he did it, not me'...
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of course it happens again and again. It's part of how people set up a scam so they can get away with it....it could be a hijacked account, could be an accomplice, it doesn't matter who it is if the police can't find a connection between the owner of the bank account and the owner of the ebay account that posted the listing.

Anyway, how is posting the ebay name here going to help the OP?
 
Macky-Mac said:
of course it happens again and again. It's part of how people set up a scam so they can get away with it....it could be a hijacked account, could be an accomplice, it doesn't matter who it is if the police can't find a connection between the owner of the bank account and the owner of the ebay account that posted the listing.

Anyway, how is posting the ebay name here going to help the OP?
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Yeah. I don't think that an eBay name will help to find this guy unless it is his real username. And if this guy, and it seems to be, any more then an amateur scammer, I seriously doubt that it is his real name.

On a positive note, my uncle bought plasma screen TV from eBay and it was a scam, put him out $2000. Luckily, the cops were somehow able to track the guy down and he got fined out the a$$. Also, he apparently scammed eBay users for about $15000. He got jail time and my uncle got his money back.
So who knows, maybe in S.O.M.s case the scammer will be hit by the hard hand of the law. Good luck man.
 
If you have the name of the user, their bank account details, etc.

File a small claim in court against the actual named person, this should flush out whether the account holder is allowing his "cousin" to scam people.

When this happens with somebody fronting for the actual scammer, all you can do is go after the one who you have -- if they were identity victims, they can easily get out of it by filing their own police report.

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Generally people don't want to take the time to file a police report, and then file a civil court case -- since most times it is just a waste of time and money. Though filing the police report generally is just a database entry, if somebody scams enough people the police will generally find the money to investigate and prosecute.
 
Oh, for goodness sakes, SOM, just give us your eBay ID. We're not idiots here . . . we'll figure it out from there.

If you're not willing to do that . . . . then I guess I'd start to question this story also.
 
......oh God, I really hope we haven't been assisting a budding eBay scammer on this thread. :eek: Please let the OP come back and prove my worst fears wrong.
 
i got 'scammed' once, for Maya a to good to be true price, i was skeptical, very skeptical but i contacted the seller and everything seemed legit. but i did pay with paypal and got a full refund, i've also had my account hacked and had someone put up tons of auctions for DVDs that i had to delete.
 
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