Wednesday, April 7, 2010
EBAY SCAM STOPPED
An eBay scam was stopped by U.S. Postal inspectors in Florida. A three year investigation uncovered that a Florida resident and his son were selling items on eBay but never delivering the merchandise. The two stole $717,000. The father was sentenced to 5 years in jail. The son is thought to be in Brazil. We have not heard of any antiques being offered in this scam.
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I am an ebay seller and I don't see how this "scam" could go on and on. I would have paypal and ebay all over me if I did not ship items I had sold. My current auctions would be shut down and my account frozen. I don't believe this is true. I think this is a bogus article made to scare people from buying on ebay. Ebay fees are scarey enough for me.
Unfortunately, it is true. They did this from 2003-2008 with 260 accounts and 5500 transactions and even faked their own feedback.
See the details:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/22/v-fullstory/1494672/how-a-bold-ebay-scam-was-tracked.html
There is always someone who can pull off a scam – look at Madoff.
If this is true, ebay needs to be investigated for fraud. Are they so greedy that they overlook scams?
I believe that I was victimized by this person. I purchased two expensive prints and paid with a MO. The prints were never delivered and the buyer closed there account. I was able to get a refund from Ebay. Seller was in Florida.
If there were no antiques sold by this ebayr why is this even on here? I feel that any slam that can be made to ebay is front page news for Kovel's....some of us support both.
I appreciate the information Terry. I too sell on Ebay but only go through paypal. The more sites I visit the more horror stories I hear. I am becoming reluctant to continue with this hobby.
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