BEWARE! Everyone read this! (even if weve had disagrements

[Chris_paul]

I wouldnt wish this on anyone.

Hi guys I recently got sucked into some dogey scammers tricks so im telling everyone possible if you use ebay watch out!
I got an email saying I had a second chance win because some one couldnt pay for an item and I was second highest bidder so I thought hell yeah cause it was a cp3 auto patch rookie 3 colour and they where like ok heres my details etc make sure you get it verfied with ebay I need you to verfiy your details through ebay so we did and I thought all was good then they were like im on holiday in italy for a bussiness trip I was like fair enough. They then said to send via western union money transfer so then I was like hold on how would they send the card if they on holiday and why couldnt they just use pay pal anyhow so I quirred them and asked them to send registerd and ill send extra cash never got a reply was so excited about getting the card I sent the money a day later (never told them though) and sent another email saying ive got the papers ready to send still no reply on email so I decided to send a msg through ebay to relise the identity of the user was different and I was like oh sh#t rang up western union at work asap when I got the msg and today got my money refunded so guys watch out theres some dogey scammers out there. Look out. It was a total of 220 au aswell. Luckly I only lost the transfer fee phewww

 

[nandalinnaung]

that was hell of a story....

thanks for letting us know..

 

[gemz23]

check what item u bid and if u havent bid on that specific item then its a scam. plus money transfer is a no no coz u might as well say goodbye to ur chance of getting ur item or money back. the scams are all around us ppl who doesnt read and investigate properly are the 1 to blame if they do get scam. hopefully this will give some experience on how scammers scam ppl.

 

[steve-o]

gem you are so right you have to be extra carefull scamers are smart and if you are not carefull well you willl say bye bye to money if you pay for it

 

[mattyj]

thats why at the bottom of every auction it says

eBay prohibits the use of instant cash transfer services such as Western Union or Moneygram. Learn about payment methods

 

[Ersk]

Been scammed too many times with WU.

IF it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

EBay is full of sharks and scammers. Most are good but there are just too many out there trying to steal your money - so be careful.

 

[buyingstuffformikelee]

Man, that's a bugger to be in.

Yeah, I get a heap of spam e-mail, pretending to be buyers asking for shipping all the time. Good thing I hardly sell and gave it away. Ssshhhheessshhh.

 

[bigsarg7]

thanks for the heads up!