I posted my cell phone to sell one ebay, and I ALMOST fell victim to a fraud. This person agreed to buy the phone but said that they would send payment to my paypal account. The person said to contact her via email when I received the confirmation email and that she would have the phone picked up by fed-ex. Well, the e-mail that I received said that the transaction could not be completed until I provided customer service the tracking number of the package. Luckily for me, I called paypal to figure out how to do this for their site did not have any information about completing this. The customer service rep told me that it was a prank--that the email didn not come from paypal--and that the person was going to take my cell phone and not pay me. So far, I have reported the person to paypal, to ebay, to the fbi internet crime site, and yahoo (since they used a yahoo account to stay in contact with me). Please send suggestions as to how else I can make sure this person face justice.
2006-09-14 16:58:01 · 4 answers · asked by M H 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
its hard to seek people youve never ever met. but you can just pray that they pay for the bad things theyre doing... theyll soon receive karma. donot worry and be careful to transact next time coz its hard nowadays to trust people.im not saying that you shouldnt trust people what im saying is that you must be just careful....
2006-09-14 17:10:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paypal has many protections built-in - wait until they pay then ship the goods sold.
But I doubt there is a good way to put these people to justice... Although I wish they did not exist so they don't make our life miserable!
2006-09-15 00:04:14 · answer #2 · answered by linen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good luck on that. just be glad that you didn't fall prey to the crime. it happens all the time, i hear. you just have to know what your doing on ebay. i've never had a problem and i sell all the time.
2006-09-15 00:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by annie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well look at that persons feedback see if they have good or bad get there ebay name and just about any thing else you can about that person. thats all i can say
2006-09-15 00:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by Peapodge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋