buyer scams..

[josh]

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?

[slokor]

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.

[JamesNorth101]

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!

[josh]

right ok thanks guys haha

will avoid that lot

[miketyson]

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

[josh]

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

[miketyson]

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

[josh]

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

[miketyson]

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

[MM78]

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

[rsot]

Ponziboss has been scammed?!?

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by josh

right ok thanks guys haha

will avoid that lot

josh


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

'Orrible to be stung by scammers anytime.

[Bunneh]

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

[MM78]

Originally Posted by rsot

Ponziboss has been scammed?!?

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