And YES...this was my wedding dress that I was selling!! (Don't worry...I already relisted it and sold to a valid eBay member)
maf00b:
I listed item number 130093433195 on March 22, 2007 and on the morning of March 23, 2007...member "feliad8" selected the "buy it now" option. She sent me an email saying she lived in SC (but she was registered on eBay with a FL address) but she said she was flying to the Philippines for her wedding. She said she would send me a money order.
I received an email from her stating she mailed the payment on March 26, 2007 for $2000.00 (ummm....HELLO the item was $199.99!) and as soon as I receive it, cash it and subtract the money for the amount of the item and the shipping costs and send the excess money via Western Union money transfer to a completely different name than what was registered with eBay (an address in the Philippines).
maf00b:
I listed item number 130093433195 on March 22, 2007 and on the morning of March 23, 2007...member "feliad8" selected the "buy it now" option. She sent me an email saying she lived in SC (but she was registered on eBay with a FL address) but she said she was flying to the Philippines for her wedding. She said she would send me a money order.
I received an email from her stating she mailed the payment on March 26, 2007 for $2000.00 (ummm....HELLO the item was $199.99!) and as soon as I receive it, cash it and subtract the money for the amount of the item and the shipping costs and send the excess money via Western Union money transfer to a completely different name than what was registered with eBay (an address in the Philippines).
So...I realized this was a little bizarre and went on to eBay to report the item unpaid and feliad8 was no longer a registered user. I relisted the item and sold it to a valid eBay member.
Ruth (eBay rep):
Please go on. I am carefully reading your concern.
maf00b:
Today I received a money order (mailed from the Philippines) via www.moneygram.com for $2000.00. This money order was dated for March 12, 2007, which was BEFORE I even listed the item on eBay.
I called the money gram customer service and entered the money order number and the automated system said that this money order number had been cashed at the end of Jan 2007!!! Soooo....the money order is obviously a fraud.
I just wanted to inform SOMEONE of this! I KNOW this happens a lot and I would hope that everyone else that would be in my situation would take the same precautions.
I watched Oprah the other day about these scams :)
I understand you very well. Thanks for bringing this to us.
This is the money order I received. I was refunded listing fees and finance charges from this transaction through eBay. They were very helpful in this.
Also...the name on this money order is the 4th name used in this whole transaction :)
DON'T BE SCAMMED PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 comments:
I'm just glad you're smart. Some people are really dumb and fall for this kind of stuff.
I watched the same Oprah! There was one lady on there at was REALLY dumb! HA!
Glad this worked out well for you!
How much do you want to bet that "Ruth" is somewhere in India and doesn't speak much English? Her responses seem automated.
Yeah, she was dumb too, but I chatting with another person in the billing department in order to insure my refund and he was American :)
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