How are con artists stealing money from eBay buyers? Case I
by:
Nikolai Nikonov
Person is exploitation another person as a middleman.
Just imagine: you want to buy a fast and modern laptop computer but you see that in retail stores and computer network superstores it cost tons of money. Wherever
wish you go? Right! You wish connect to Internet; start your favorite browser and type "www.ebay.com".
You find a laptop computer there and you like a price, you think: "Okay. It's really nice deal! I wish win this auction!" And you win.
You write to a marketer and ask him how to pay. The marketer is reply that you should send a money order to him/her. Then you send the money order and... nothing. You try to contact with the seller, but cipher replies on your messages.
You use eBay to get seller's information. What a hell!? I sent the money to another person!!! You call to the marketer and find that he doesn't cognize what eBay is. Person used his credit card to signup.
You find a phone number of a person who had received your money order. You call to her and discover that she is simply receiving money orders on behalf of an overseas company.
She doesn't cognize what eBay is also. Heck! You want your money back! But it's really problematic…
As I cognize it's impossible!
What do you discover from it?
Before bidding on an auction:
- Look at the payments part of a page. If a marketer accepts money orders and cashiers' checks only once
it's a 95% scam. Feedback means about nothing. I wish explain it later.
- Ask a marketer for his/her phone number and do a call to be sure that the marketer is real person who is merchandising an item.
- If a marketer is refused or avoiding to contact you via the phone ask for the eBay written agreement
service. Use eBay written agreement
only! Do not trust another companies.
- If you are paying a marketer by http://www.PayPal.com always check that a marketer name the same as on eBay. If several it's 95% scam.
- If you reached a marketer by a phone and negotiated with him simply about a payment know-how
you can bid on the auction safely.
Some advanced knowledge:
I aforesaid early that feedback means nothing. Why?
Because several scam artists are purchasing eBay accounts with a high feedback rating.
They are purchasing it from hackers who overtake legal users' accounts and inactive for a long time period accounts. It's besides true for PayPal accounts.
And why you should trust eBay written agreement
services only? Because rippers are running fake written agreement
sites and try to rip you off.
Theirs site looks really fine. You wish see a professional design and great domain name. But... it’s only fake, intended to take your money and run.
Very often such services tell you to remove money to an overseas bank account or e-gold account.
REMEMBER THAT A BIG PART OF SCAM ARTISTS Just DON'T DO THE NEXT STEP IF YOU Wish ASK FOR THE EBAY Written agreement
OR PHONE CALL. I Cognize IT, BECAUSE I'M THE RETIRED RIPPER.
Simply simply about the author:
Article by Nikolai Nikonov - the publisher of eBay and computer network fraud web log http://ebay-fraud.blogspot.com
