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BEWARE this Chinese seller scammer
 

Beware of this scammer on eBay qiuqip766

Very smart in what he does, has a whole bunch of stealth accounts and buys from himself to get good reviews, then starts listing popular items like GoPro audio adapters that sell for $100 for $9.98 and gets 300 sales and closes the listing meanwhile he opens up a 2 stroke bicycle motor for $15 and sell 300 and closes the listing relists it again at $10.98 as another seller sth54.

Both accounts are active (there may be more).

How they get around the claims and sanctions from eBay is their shipping is up to 7 weeks to receive so as a reasonable person would wait for a few more days for delivery and you find yourself over 60 days from the sale. No huge negative feedback, no item not received claim. If they get a few negative feedback's then they just do a few more buys from themselves for a product you can not buy and leave themselves more positive feedback all it costs them is a few dollars a feedback, in the mean while you have 1,000's into tens of thousands in the bank

Not sure how the PayPal side works out, I did a trial buy as I knew it was a scam and wanted to see how it worked. The PayPal transaction has no way to open a resolution case or contact the buyer so unless I call them at this present time I have no online recourse.

So for USA or maybe worldwide buyers who purchase from China from a seller who offers up to 7 weeks delivery time and no tracking, you will have no eBay or PayPal protection

Very clever person.

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I ran into the scam a few weeks ago. It was a wifi camera set with 4 cams + receiver listed for $10 where it's usually over $200.

I bought 3 from 3 different sellers, waited a month, and got my $ back from eBay on each transaction. I wanted the cameras..

Made me wonder how they're running this though. Buying BTC with the PP while never linking a real bank? :noidea:

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No doubt they are buying their BTC on here. :d

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I ran into the scam a few weeks ago. It was a wifi camera set with 4 cams + receiver listed for $10 where it's usually over $200.
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if it is too good to be true,then it is too good to be true.
Chinese factory workers are known to steal ,dumpster dive for defective products,they also receive products instead of $$ pay if they are layoff or factory runs into financial trouble

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If I were to have received the camera sets I would not have cared how the seller originally obtained them.

I knew each time it was 99% most likely a scam of some kind, but I knew I'd be covered by eBay buyer protection and I was in the market for cameras anyway.. so I took the bait intentionally to see what would happen. Nothing happened except a ⊗⊗⊗⊗ tracking number being uploaded each time that would show delivery in the wrong state with the wrong time line.

:violin:

Now I'm going to have to spend $50/each on actual outdoor wifi cams.

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Here is another scammer

https://www.leonistoreoffers.com/

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If the deal is too good to be true its a scam
$200+ item selling for $10 = scam, simplez

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some folks dont care,time is not money and they rely on seller protection.
Ebay and Paypal are known to remove seller protection for various reasons.

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If you want cameras, go for reputable brands like Ring, Nest etc.

Pricey, but also reliable.

These cheaper alternatives are temperamental, and aren't worth the hassle.

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Classic scams. You see them in most electronic categories.

I've seen £2000 electronics listed for like £400-500. You buy it. They quickly use the funds ... buy btc or whatever. And you get your money back through seller protection.

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Ya I love ring cameras I can always yell threw it when neighbor dog is pooping in our yard lol