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Update on the eBay Scam

38 points by speckx

by the_arun

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Few years ago. A buyer cheated me on eBay. Basically, they purchased my mac and asked me to ship it to their son's address. They paid money through Paypal & cancelled the transaction after I shipped it. eBay didn't help/pay me because I didn't ship it to buyer's registered address. There is no accountability on eBay end. I lost $1.5K laptop. An expensive learning. Since then, I don't use eBay.

by mcyukon

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Just finished dealing with a eBay scam myself. Bought a used laptop, it got marked as shipped but the tracking number was fake and not real. Due to it being marked as shipped I had to wait 28 days for eBay purchase protection to do something about it as the seller was ignoring messages & making excuses. eBay protection refunded the purchase in less than an hour after opening the request. Did some searching online and learned there are quite a few scams running on eBay.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/how-carders-can-use-ebay...

by nfriedly

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I keep getting packages in the mail that are addressed to me, but not things I ordered. Lawnmower parts, plumbing hardware, a grill cover, a magnetron (!), etc.
One had an amazon slip in it, but most of them have come through ebay. I reported the one to amazon and the rest to ebay (I gave them the USPS tracking numbers since I didn't know the order numbers), and also contacted a couple of the sellers who were businesses with public contact info. The sellers I reached both said they would send me return labels, but neither has yet.
I feel like this has to be a scam, but I'm not sure exactly what the scam is. Maybe someone's writing fake reviews, but making real orders to match?

by rhoopr

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by petra303

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by buildbot

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Not the only scam on eBay these days - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566523

by sneak

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Got sold obviously counterfeit goods on eBay. eBay denied a refund despite me having clear photo evidence. Had to do a chargeback via the card. Will probably lose my 28 year old eBay account over this.
I’m convinced the platforms are more than aware of the wide range of frauds and simply don’t care; they are complicit.

by plagiarist

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