Comments on: EBay Fraud

By: alice

alice — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:16:40 +0000

SALES,

I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A PRODUCT FROM YOUR,KINDLY LET ME KNOW IF YOU ACCEPT CHEQUE ,KINDLY ALSO LET ME KNOW IF YOU SHIP TO NIGERIA IN LAGOS BY UPS FEDEX AND DHL,IF YOU DO SO,KINDLY FORWARD ME YOUR WEB PAGE,SO THAT I CAN FORWARD YOU THE PRODUCT DETAILS I NEED AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I FORM USA BUT I HAVE MANY STORTE IN AFRICA , I WANT YOUR REPLY IF YOU WANT TO SELL THE ITEMS FOR ME AND YO WILL HELP ME SHIPPING ITEMS TO NIGERIA .

THANKS

By: alice

alice — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:00:17 +0000

SALES,

THANKS

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:10:22 +0000

I just had a terrible experience with fake clothing on Ebay! I should have known better, but bid on a Marni blouse and necklace from a seller who said I would get a discount for buying both items. I won, and then the items came in the mail…they were so pathetic. The stitching on the blouse is puckered and uneven. The blouse hangs lopsided on the hanger. The fabric is cheap, see-through polyester. The necklace is literally made of plastic beads and gold-colored adhesive tape! The pictures on Ebay were photos of authentic items that do not match the ridiculous junk I got. I am furious with myself for spending money on junk that is so cheap and badly made that it is too embarassing to wear. My advice to anyone considering buying designer clothing on Ebay: beware of any seller who lists information about previous auctions and buyers as “Private.” This allows them to hide details about the fake items sold before, and also does not allow buyers to communicate with each other. I wrote to the seller and asked for a refund, but never heard anything back. Ebay said that since I got items that match description and I do not have proof of non-authenticity from a licensed vendor, I do not have a legitimate claim. I regret flushing my hard-earned money down the toilet. I had only good experiences with Ebay before venturing into buying clothes. I really sympathize with everyone on this site.

By: Tsai

Tsai — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:06:28 +0000

I was ripped off by Abigail Enriquez who lives in California on April 23, 2007. I bought a Fendi bag from her as a Mother’s day gift for $420. She asked me to pay by cashier check and I was so stupid to do that. However, when I got the bag, I found it was not authentic and I asked for the refund immediately. She asked me to send the bag back and she will issue a refund to me. Until now, I did not receive any refund from her. I raised a dispute from ebay (it didn’t work and ebay did nothing for me) and also sent the mail to ask when she will return my money several times. Finally, I got a mail from her and said, her boyfriend used her account to sell the bag to me and there is nothing related to her. I don’t believe what she said because my cashier check was paid to her. Also, I got a mail from her boyfriend (I’m not sure whether it was really written by her boyfriend) and said, he will not reply any mail from me if I ask when he’s going to refund. If he wants to refund, he will. What a ridiculous person?? I tried to call her several times but she never picked up the phone. I left the messages but she never replied.

Anyway, I’m not a Native American and I’m sorry to use my poor English to say my long long story. I just cannot believe she does not deserve any punishment. Now, I decide never buy anything from ebay again.

I will continue to call her and email her for the refund (these are the only ways I can do now) and I’ll appreciate anyone of you can tell me what else I can do to ask my money back. My email: loveshiho0813@hotmail.com

Thanks.

Tsai

By: Val

Val — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:13:12 +0000

Message for “steven mcmanis”. Steven, I was ripped off too by horse trailer on eBay in March. Could you tell me, please, when did you contact the eBay about the fraud (date), and also what are the details of the fraud (was the ebay customer real, did you contact him through eBay or through e-mail, etc.). My email kit_v_kat@hotmail.com so would be great to discuss all that… Thanks!

By: Stop Fraud

Stop Fraud — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:21:50 +0000

Jason Sandison 95 Lemmen Dr 204-218-6907 or 204-667-7955

Winnipeg, MB R2K 3J7 (204) 667-7955 (204) 218-

6907 Report for online Fraud
Peel Regional Police

Report Number 07-02038 Jason Sandison from 95 Lemmen

Drive Winnipeg, MB CANADA is known by Winnipeg Police

for committing fraud on Ebay. I was taken for $1400 after

I thought I was buying a Dell computer . Jason aka Geoff

Hamel are known by police for taking your money. They

will tell you that their wallets were lost and ID was

comprimised and to wire the funds or send a moeny order

and not Paypal and then you will never receive the goods. If

you have purchased anything from Gifts4all07 or received an

email from Gifts4all@MTS.Net, GeoffHamel@MTS.Net,

jasonsandison@hotmail.com or sandman2@mts.net,

funclubtours@mts.net and allcanadiantours@mts.net Please

speak to Sgt. Molley at the Winnipeg Commerical Crime

Unit at 204-986-3094. Lets all work together to get these

individuals in Jail !!!!!!!!!!

By: steven mcmanis

steven mcmanis — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:01:46 +0000

Today I was the newest member in ebay fraud. A man put a horse trailer on ebay, sold it to me, with an ebay invoice and the whole nine yards. Ebay told me today that it was all fake and that he had stolen another sellers information to put the item up for bid. I am not an avid ebay user and did not realize that sending the money western union…. to Romania…. where he was “there on business” was unsafe. I asked ebay what there responsibility was since they sent me a “purchase protection and refund” statement and they said they had no responsibility. This seller too had positive feedback and substantial items sold. Now I am out of a few thousand dollars and nothing to show for it. I felt as though I trusted the ebay co. to have enough security that someone as naive as myself could trust the sell at hand. If anyone know’s how to help, please get in touch. The FBI said that there are so many cases that they usually do not even investigate them. I too believe that there should be stronger standards by ebay. They should be held responsible for something instead of the consumer being the one left without a leg to stand on.

By: geoff magee

geoff magee — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:14:49 +0000

I too have been ripped off but it always seems to be by some 3rd party who nhas acessed an innocent persons account. ebay are totally useless in doing anything about it and people should get together and sue them

By: William Borgstrom

William Borgstrom — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:21:18 +0000

Sent 150.00 postal money order to Ron G in Capon Bridge, WV for 12 TROY ounce silver MERCURY DIME. Ad said “THIS IS ONE POUND OF SILVER.” He sent worthless counterfeit as/per Loop Coin of Mobile, Alabama who tested it. His e-mail to me said,”I didn’t advertise it as .999 silver.” E-Bay was NO HELP AT ALL. I didn’t have the postal money order receipt any more and they wouldn’t pursue it. So I guess wire fraud is LEGAL ON E-BAY.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:44:53 +0000

eBay should protect our information and should not let criminals get out bidding history and our email addresses. I was had by the second chance offer scam and the criminal used a Google email address. Google will not tell me a thing about that address because they are protecting his information. Money Gram will not tell me where the money was picked up because they are protecting his information. WHY DOSE E-BAY NOT PROTECT MY INFORMATION????? Any Ideas???

By: michael

michael — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:36:03 +0000

Hi all,

I was taken for $500 from seller fashionless on ebay. I was not the only one as I started to get emails of concern from about 5 others who also purchased Ion detox machine from fashionless. This seller is no longer ebay member. I am sure after reading the posts here that I will get absolutely no help from ebay or paypal. I am now in the process of contacting credit card company.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:35:28 +0000

Hi all,

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:20:31 +0000

Hello!

I had payed for 3 items + shipping for $100 from Japan seller: Anime X and 2 items are never arrived and another was send defect. Than I have try to get a compensation but I receive only lies.

As I have give a negativ feedback I receive a negative feedback too. As I took back the feedback

Anime X have never send the items or the money back.

The best is, before bid to read the feedback from

the sellers.

Michael

By: Jacques

Jacques — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:30:39 +0000

I, too, was a victim of “Second Chance Offer”. A crook posed as the seller of a vehicle and scammed me of $2000. I filed a police report to no avail. I now realize how useless the Washington, DC police Fraud Department can be. They have all the needed information (the crook’s Bank of America Account Number and other correspondence). I filed the report and the Police Fraud Department kept giving me the run around. Finally, I stopped calling the police department. Ebay and the Police Department are useless in this regard. I am for any “Class Action Suit” against Ebay for allowing a crook to get my email address and send me fraudulent second chance offer.

Thanks,

By: Emilie

Emilie — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:07:40 +0000

Hi!

I was just victim of a small fraud, there wasn’t much money involved but i’m not very rich…

I bought a dvd box set from a seller, paid through paypal, the money went through very quickly. In the mean time, I received a tko email notifying me that a 3rd party had been using the account. I received 2 emails from paypal One for the receipt, the other for the tracking. the seller email addresses are different on each email. it seems that they come from China. there is a tracking number but ems has no record of it. I’ve filled a claim form on paypal. i have not much hope, but is there anything i can do? i read somewhere here that you have more protection using a credit card, which i did. what exactly am i supposed to do to stop the payment or get it back?

thanks for any help!

By: Tony M

Tony M — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:23:04 +0000

Beware of a Joshua Goldstein. I sent him 1K for a laptop that never arrived, after being held up at customs etc etc.

He has been deregistered by ebay but reckons he trades at amazon under es electronics.

Ebay and paypal have been pathetic, I got 175 back after naively? upping my dispute to a claim or vice versa.

I will be cancelling my accounts at both once all hope of retrieval is lost.

By: Carol Habets

Carol Habets — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:22:25 +0000

Happy New Year to me: I purchased an embroidery/sewing machine on 1/18, was a listing asking to contact seller before bidding. Offered a buy-it-now price, said everything was “legit” thru e-bay and they were using i-Sold It for their transaction, item was all packed and ready to be shipped. This bozo even said he was on his honeymoon in London but not to worry with i-Sold It, he was insured, rated, etc. I got the ‘invoice’ from i-S. and they had his name plugged in with all this high rating info and reassurances, told all about the process, (of course I was to send via Western Union, which I stupidly did), and the forms looked official with e-Bay logo, i-Sold it logo’s, the works. The e-Bay listing was yanked so fast that I didn’t even get a copy of the listing and item number! That evening I started receiving e-mails from the “i-Sold It Trust dept.” in charge of the sale, asking me to verify the name of the seller and the name of the agent who was supposed to receive the payment on seller’s behalf. My radar went up, I e-mailed back and they asked again, telling me to just send a scanned copy of the Western Union receipt. They e-mailed back afterward and said everything was OK and they would start shipping process. I have been e-mailing since Friday for proof of shipment, tracking number, etc. and (naturally) I am getting nada. I feel like such a gullible idiot after reading all of your posts…I will never use ANY kind of online auction again. Has anyone else been scammed by an i-Sold It connection? I am just sick because this was to be my $1200 birthday gift from my husband. I have an e-mail in to i-Sold It in UK, but no response yet…

By: Mikhail

Mikhail — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:03:06 +0000

I am not a victim but could easily be the one.

I saw tonight a posting for a Fuji 6×17 camera sold by belle_cashmere store. There were some other high tech items sold by the same seller (Power Seller, by the way!). All items were priced at 1000GBP which was several times below the market price. And there was a note to send requests directly to arrgger@cs.com, not through bidding process.

When I checked history of belle_cashmere I found that the store was selling only gloves, scarfs and other woven products. No high tech gear at all.

Now my question is – what kind of technology eBay uses that it is so easy to hack its site and substitute some stuff under some other seller’s name?

I almost positive that this “seller” is not belle_cashmere and the posted items do not exist.

I sent a question to eBay’s security center but have not received any response so far.

P.S. All listings are marked as 24 hour sales (take the money and go away)

By: terry

terry — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:08:28 +0000

i too was taken for 150.00 for n.b.a. jerseys i bought from thomval (thafiveanddimestore) i sent a money order and she cashed it a week later and that is the last i heard from AMANDA GIVENS i even called the phone number provided and she hung up on me. the real funny part- e-bay would not allow me to leave a negative feedback to warn others, e-bay also gave me the runaround. with their kind ,sympathetic words. i don’t want their sympathy, i want my money back.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:25:58 +0000

Well, I have to start with “Happy new year everyone!”

Then to the serious part.

I have been taken for over $1000 from paypal because they do no have the proper insurance that regular credit card company would have, and that is the consumer protection against fraudulent transaction. for example if someone comes to your store with a stolen credit card and bought $1000 worth of stuff, well the credit card company would never, never, never take the money back out of your account.

My personal opinion about Paypal is just a “CHEAP WANNABE” with NO pride and respect for their costumers. All they care about is making more money. What about this poor guy that sell is prize possession to pay his bills and then come to find out that the person that bought it used fraudulent funds? Well, if the guy would have used “visa” for example, nothing would happened, BUT if he used Paypal his account would go in the red… “Go figure”

I`m sorry if you work for them, I am not trying to hurt anyones feelings, just hoping that I can open some peoples eyes to where Paypal may actually do what credit cards company would do, or NOT do.

Sincerely

Stecool