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buyer scams..
 

Hey everyone,

Just a general ebay discussion really..
Recently been getting a lot of messages for high priced items im selling form African users, offering more money than the item is even listed for..

Obviously i know all these people are scammers...

But was just curious as to how they think they will be able to scam me?

Only thing i can think of is opening a item not as described case and sending back a piece of junk lol..

This every happen to any of you?

Re: buyer scams..
 

There are other ways for them to scam such as using a stolen credit card or a stolen paypal account.
And yes this happens to all sellers of high value items.
The type of scammer youll get depends on the items youre selling as well.

Re: buyer scams..
 

That is exactly one of the ways they do it :)

Or they claim SNAD

Unauthorized account use is another used method along with charge backs.

Well avoided!

Re: buyer scams..
 

right ok thanks guys haha :)

will avoid that lot

Re: buyer scams..
 

All they do is send you that bogus paypal email thinking you will fall for it.

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thats what i thought, but who would send something unless the funds are cleared in your pp acc?

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A newbie. They think all new accounts have newbies behind them and not master stealthers haha!

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haha fair enough, so they never actually send the funds lol?

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Never in my case. Just the poorly created email that usually ends up in the spam email lol!

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You gotta give them A for effort....every time I lost an item over $500....literally every scammer from Africa wants to overpay me....

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Ponziboss has been scammed?!? :eek:

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josh :yar:


Make sure to set your selling requirements to try to control such purchases.

'Orrible to be stung by scammers anytime.

:doh:

Re: buyer scams..
 

ive had someone in africa send me a ⊗⊗⊗⊗ paypal payment receipt thinking i would send the items.

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Actually I meant every time I list, not lost haha. Scammers will never get the best of me!