Fraud? Anything they can do?

onetwothree123

It's kind of unbelievable all that extra garbled bit at the end, so this dim "friend" was emailed via ebay messages, and the person who "stole the code " fessed up, went onto pay after earlier being accused of theft and fraud earlier and going to jail etc, then went on to pay for it legitimately? PMSL!:T

Only a total halfwit would take a picture showing the front and the back of e vouchers, ie barcodes and serial numbers that is the equivalent of £50 cash, to then come up on display on google to show the entire world these codes and never covered over indentifying info (as in serial numbers )or use photo editing software to blot it off...they are a clown.... but ps if your pal has any more auctions please send me the links....could be doing with some new clobber from M&S lol

RFW

This is all so unbelievable it must be true.

campdave

Dear PC Plod,

I set £20 down on the bench I was sat off, walked off, and came back to find it was no longer there. Can you help me find it?

Yours faithfully

marliepanda

RFW wrote: »

This is all so unbelievable it must be true.

Haha like I said I can link the auction. She certainly was a 'dimwit' to photograph the code but she did.

Nobody accused anybody of fraud, she didn't know who it was. She had no way of getting that info. The person who used it had messaged her with a 'best offer' of under her asking price, in a way I suppose it was 'blackmaily' in that they said 'you've photographed the online code, I've used it to stop other people stealing it.' So really she had no choice but to accept their offer (£30 on a £40 BIN) so not drastically low.

(It wasn't mns it was a sporting brand, I used mns as an example where photographing the card, stupidly, would allow someone to do that)

techspec

I thought the ending seemed somewhat far fetched - but then a pig flew past my wondow, so who knows.

Sounds like a fishing expedition to find out if retailers replace cards someone as already used and claims was stolen.

marliepanda

I have no interest in fishing for ways to commit fraud. My job requires CRB checks and to risk it for a few quid would be stupid.

I googled the issue earlier today and saw a few instances where this happened with Tesco clubcard vouchers on ebay, so my friend is hardly the only dimwit, though a dimwit she certainly is.

I believe the person who bought it did not want to commit fraud, as you indicated it would be traceable by delivery address, but wanted t 'force my friends hand' as she couldnt then sell to anyone else as she had nothing to sell, thus having to accept the offer.

The auction, as people seem t believe I wanted to lie about this. Note the description and both the pictures.

(Link removed due to pm recieved)