Ebay: Am I paranoid?

objecterror · 10-10-2008, 03:08 PM

So, I've been a tad 'behind' in the recent online auctioning trend. It's not as formal and in your face as selling something directly to someone else.

But, now, I'm being I guess you would say, pestered about an item i'm selling. The buyer wants to pay a few hundred dollars more instead of placing a bid through the ebay website, wants me to request the funds via paypal and all of this other, "to good to be true" stuff. Does this sound like a scam?

lancec2c30 · 10-10-2008, 03:18 PM

Yes. If you have the item listed on ebay, only sell it through ebay. Tell the scammer to have a nice day.

fade2black2004 · 10-10-2008, 03:20 PM

if he is willing to do paypal before hand, let him send you the money, withdraw it, and delete the paypal account

objecterror · 10-10-2008, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fade2black2004

if he is willing to do paypal before hand, let him send you the money, withdraw it, and delete the paypal account

lol, I'd agree to that if I hadn't set it up for a business account. Thanks for the replies, my finger was itching on the invoice option on paypal. It's crazy though, this guy has a high ebay rating from sellers and buyers, how is that possible?

surgeVel · 10-10-2008, 03:36 PM

Probably a hacked account. The password was most likely phished

Saxon · 10-10-2008, 03:36 PM

Hijacked account, Fake account only selling items like digital downloads to himself, or to his buddies who will only leave positive feed back.

This is a scam an it's a prity common one mate, they offer to pay you more than its worth if you will deal with them out side of ebay an then they screw you over. Most of the time they ask you to ship to Africa or eastern Europe. Best thing you can do is say no sorry ebay only an report the bidder, hopefuly if it is a jacked acount they will get the account under control and back to it's rightful owner.

surgeVel · 10-10-2008, 04:02 PM

Beat you, Saxon.

objecterror · 10-10-2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxon

Hijacked account, Fake account only selling items like digital downloads to himself, or to his buddies who will only leave positive feed back.

This is a scam an it's a prity common one mate, they offer to pay you more than its worth if you will deal with them out side of ebay an then they screw you over. Most of the time they ask you to ship to Africa or eastern Europe. Best thing you can do is say no sorry ebay only an report the bidder, hopefuly if it is a jacked acount they will get the account under control and back to it's rightful owner.

Ah.

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgeVel

Beat you, Saxon.

lol. Okay, I'll adjust the time frame, this guy was pretty specific and quick to get the item away from me and as far away from transactions on ebay as much as possible. I guess there isn't any real effort to online auctions and scamming people these days.

Saxon · 10-10-2008, 04:06 PM

^ True, I would like to say i don't know enough about digital scam an digital fraud but I know two much FAR FAR to much. I have a white paper I am going to publish on my new page as soon as i get it finalized.

Object while i am on it, is there any chance you can keep me informed about this? I might want to reference it at some point.

objecterror · 10-10-2008, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxon

^ True, I would like to say i don't know enough about digital scam an digital fraud but I know two much FAR FAR to much. I have a white paper I am going to publish on my new page as soon as i get it finalized.

Object while i am on it, is there any chance you can keep me informed about this? I might want to reference it at some point.

Not a problem, I can forward the messages the user sent me to my email for back up. I haven't 'replied' to his latest claim that he was having trouble placing a bid on my page.

If it isn't people afraid to buy your item it's people trying to scam you out of it, i swear.

Member Login