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Wedders · 10 April 2019, 08:17 AM

I sold a watch on eBay today. The buyer paid by PayPal and I had some spare time so I shipped it early afternoon. When I got home I had a message from an eBay member asking me to ship to a different address. Something seemed strange so I looked more closely. The eBay name wasn’t the same as the buyer, and the message had a little broken English. I phoned eBay and got pretty much straight through and explained what had happened. The lady I spoke to was concerned and looked into the situation. To cut a long story short she said that eBay had already identified a problem and blocked the scammer. Asked how they had emailed me she said they use the contact seller off the listing and not my email address.
Sorry for the long post but thought people ought to know what goes on.

seabreeze60 · 10 April 2019, 08:23 AM

Good information!

Lot’s of scammers on eBay looking for Rolex watches. You handled it perfect.

bob78h · 10 April 2019, 08:33 AM

Wow, close call. Always ship to the Paypal verified address on eBay. Scammers seem to be everywhere these days.

Easy E · 10 April 2019, 09:19 AM

I have now heard of this very same tactic from a couple of people now. eBay is a cesspool

1665fan · 10 April 2019, 09:22 AM

So you already sent the watch out??? Do you think you will get it back and did you ever get any money from PayPal?

Wedders · 10 April 2019, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 1665fan

So you already sent the watch out??? Do you think you will get it back and did you ever get any money from PayPal?

Yes I had already sent the watch to the original eBay address not the scam one.

GLADIATOR · 10 April 2019, 11:52 AM

I have seen this on our site 2 or 3 times.
Luckily. so far we never got caught, but its been close.
ONLY ship to the verified email address
Thanks your post
Adam

orhanbalu · 10 April 2019, 12:49 PM

ebay just full if scammer, fraud and cheap Chinese products platform now.
I had scammed from buyer, who is changed my watch with the fake watch and return it back to me. I could not proof anything.

eBay FULL OF SCAMMERS !!!!

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10 April 2019, 08:17 AM	#1
Wedders "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Somewhere in U.K. Posts: 507	eBay Scam I sold a watch on eBay today. The buyer paid by PayPal and I had some spare time so I shipped it early afternoon. When I got home I had a message from an eBay member asking me to ship to a different address. Something seemed strange so I looked more closely. The eBay name wasn’t the same as the buyer, and the message had a little broken English. I phoned eBay and got pretty much straight through and explained what had happened. The lady I spoke to was concerned and looked into the situation. To cut a long story short she said that eBay had already identified a problem and blocked the scammer. Asked how they had emailed me she said they use the contact seller off the listing and not my email address. Sorry for the long post but thought people ought to know what goes on.

10 April 2019, 11:52 AM	#7
GLADIATOR "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Real Name: Adam Location: Costa Blanca, Watch: YMII,GMTII,DAYTONA Posts: 5,288	I have seen this on our site 2 or 3 times. Luckily. so far we never got caught, but its been close. ONLY ship to the verified email address Thanks your post Adam __________________ The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill "We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."

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10 April 2019, 08:23 AM	#2
seabreeze60 "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2017 Real Name: Dan Location: USA Watch: Tudor, Carl F. Buc Posts: 1,580	Good information! Lot’s of scammers on eBay looking for Rolex watches. You handled it perfect.

10 April 2019, 08:33 AM	#3
bob78h Banned Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 318	Wow, close call. Always ship to the Paypal verified address on eBay. Scammers seem to be everywhere these days.

10 April 2019, 09:19 AM	#4
Easy E 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: GA Posts: 5,069	I have now heard of this very same tactic from a couple of people now. eBay is a cesspool

10 April 2019, 09:22 AM	#5
1665fan "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: East coast Posts: 6,660	So you already sent the watch out??? Do you think you will get it back and did you ever get any money from PayPal?

10 April 2019, 12:49 PM	#8
orhanbalu "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Real Name: Obalu Location: Birmingham UK Watch: Rolex Submariner Posts: 67	ebay just full if scammer, fraud and cheap Chinese products platform now. I had scammed from buyer, who is changed my watch with the fake watch and return it back to me. I could not proof anything. eBay FULL OF SCAMMERS !!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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