Massive eBay Scam

*Sally*_2

learned my lesson with a seller/buyer, even if they have great feedback. ALWAYS check all feedback, dont just assume cos they have 100% it means they are. Check what they leave for others
who can you contact if you are pretty sure someone is scamming but ebay dont think theres a problem ? tried contacting ebay, paypal and royal mail but because the buyer is not the person making the claim for item not received their name is kinda squeaky clean.
I have sent a pm to a board member asking for advice also. I wont name the buyer though so please dont ask.

vicx

At first I thought it sounded like a possibly hacked account. Upon looking at the feedback, I noticed two buyers have left positive feedback for the trainers so if it was a scam then why would they send at least two pairs?

I thought something might have happened to the seller but have noticed they have left feedback on 03rd Oct for those buyers that puchased the trainers so it seems likely that they have listed items that they don't have in stock and been unable to fulfill orders but why would they ignore messages and not refund. I don't get it.

RFW

vicx wrote: »

I thought something might have happened to the seller but have noticed they have left feedback on 03rd Oct for those buyers that puchased the trainers so it seems likely that they have listed items that they don't have in stock and been unable to fulfill orders but why would they ignore messages and not refund. I don't get it.

Feedback is easy to automate, I've often left feedback when I haven't been around. One irate customer once wanted to know why I hadn't answered her message as I'd just left feedback.

drc

Can someone post a link to the seller in question. Thanks.

theonlywayisup

drc wrote: »

Can someone post a link to the seller in question. Thanks.

I think it has been removed by the mods.

vicx

RFW wrote: »

Feedback is easy to automate, I've often left feedback when I haven't been around. One irate customer once wanted to know why I hadn't answered her message as I'd just left feedback.

Usually sellers automate the feedback so it is either left when payment is received or when the buyer has left positive feedback. The seller in question left a bulk of feedback on a certain date/time - I didn't know it could be set up to do that.

keyser666

Can see the name of the user here

http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/done-like-a-kipper-flea-bay-scam-1329633

originaladidas

Have to say that "transit" comes across a complete tool in that thread...

keyser666

originaladidas wrote: »

Have to say that "transit" comes across a complete tool in that thread...

Just seen what he said totally agree

mspritch

The scammers' latest tricks are to request payment by bank transfer (very difficult to reverse, even lower chance of getting your money back than from PayPal) and to use classified ads (put up one listing and scam everyone who responds).

Classifieds seem to be particularly prevalent in the Business, Office & Industrial section of eBay, where listings and photos for tractors, diggers and such like are copied either from completed listings or from ads on Mascus or such like.

If in doubt search Google for the item title to see if it comes up with a duplicate, searching for bits of the description can come up trumps as well. Google Image Search's search-by-image function does a good job at finding off-eBay source images but doesn't seem to index eBay's photo server so will rarely find a match back in there.