Thread: e-Bay Scam ?

Too right it won't be collected.

Your mate would have been better off if he'd dug a big hole in the back yard and buried the car rather than being scammed like this.

As always, don't part with your goods until the money is in your account.

In regard to any additional funds, say that you'll hold it until the whomever can arrange the shipping themself or they pay with paypal.

If the vehicle hasn't been delivered and the full price of purchase and shipping hasn't been paid then your mate probably still has ownership. Talk to a lawyer or the police he may be able to claim the original paypal funds as compensation for the WU transfer and still re-sell the car.

Money laundering scam. Plenty around with various options.

Also happens on www.carsales.com - same warning signs should be looked out for.

They tried it on me a couple of weeks ago when I was selling my BMW.
One from China and one from the "person at sea".

They were so amateurish they were laughable. The seaman spelled his name FIZTSIMMONS or something.

Nigerians are probably not so good at spelling.

But how could your mate get caught? Does he live under a rock?
Tell him you have a great bridge to sell him.

These nuisance type things seem to be getting bigger and bigger on Ebay and the one from China was obviously automated and would have gone to every listing.
Regards Philip A

Yep..it is a scam....advise Ebay and PayPal immediately. Also Police.

Take urgent action to secure your vehicle.

Same thing happened to us we sold a protable DVD player & we got a western union pay slip thing so we sent it of ,then the hassels started ,never seen a sent..

Originally Posted by PhilipA

But how could your mate get caught? Does he live under a rock?

Thanks everyone for your input, I was 99.999% sure he'd been scammed, but needed the other .001%.
I advised him last night to contact the Feds.

My mate is a decent, hard working bloke. Honest as the day is long and just not used to dealing with ****s. He's not dumb, just naive to the ways of these scammers. He gives, or used to give, people respect and treat them as he would expect to be treated in return.
Welcome to the real world.

Thanks again for everyones input. I'm about to ring my mate and not looking forward to it.

Deano

Hi,

Everything is not always so terrible.

I was indeed "at sea" when I purchased my last LR. Thank goodness for the marvel of modern telephony and telecommunications!!

I would hate to think that I was disqualified from any particular purchasae by virtue of occupation.