Hacked PayPal account?
Selling a high value item (c£5k) on ebay, got a message, poor English, guy wants to go outside of ebay and deal direct, alarm bells ringing so it's a no from me. But check out the thread and tell me what the scam is please. Would be a reversal of PayPal money I'm guessing?
Hacked PayPal account?
I'd definitely stay away. You can add multiple cards to PayPal, so not a great excuse, and if a cards expired - where's the current card?
It's just a matter of time...
I think he wants your watch for free.
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
Yeah for sure I'm staying away, was just interested to understand what the scam was if he sends me the money first.
I imagine the money lands then gets recalled.
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
Just the wording is enough.
Guessing either hacked PayPal account that is not linked to the eBay account that you are corresponding through. Chargeback follows soon after, or scammer is wanting you to request money so he has your PayPal details. They then generate a spoof email that looks identical to the “you have funds” which they hope will be sufficient for you to release the watch without doing the appropriate checks to ensure funds have actually landed.
He will pay Paypal friends and family, you accept as you saved fees, more cash for you. You send goods, he does charge back. Paypal remove the money from your account. You have no leg to stand on as it was a friends and family payment and you accepted that form of payment. He gets the watch for free.
A fake email from PayPal saying he has paid the amount? At the same time they'll be an excuse why you should post immediately (before you check the account hasn't the funds in it) but there could be a host of options but it will come down to stolen CC / hacked PP or just plain bluff and delay.
Steer well clear .
And the fact someone is offering £50 for the post!.......why would someone want to pay way over what it will actually cost.
I presume the fraudster uses a hacked PayPal account and ultimately the payment would be reversed. Maybe not though as they are very polite .
I wouldn't sell anything of significant value via eBay simply because of risks like this and their excessive protection for buyers in scenarios where they're clearly scammers - I recall one member on here selling an iron and being mage to refund despite the returned iron clearly being a different, broken one!
Family & Friends is irrelevant here - the protection that using F&F removes is for the buyer, not for the seller. A scammer's chargeback will affect the seller regardless of whether the PayPal payment is Friends & Family or Goods & Services.
As other have said, it will be either a fake email (if a low effort scam) or a later chargeback (if a slightly higher effort scam).
I would be tempted to play him at his own game.
Let him send you the money but don’t send him the watch, sit back and see where it goes.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Inform Paypal as well, saying you think it's a hacked account.
I've had the same, it's a fake PayPal email where it will say the money will be held until delivery is confirmed.
I contacted PayPal and was told they never do this.
It’s really not worth the hassle
See here some time ago on this forum - https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...geback-advice-!!
Fight fire with fire, send the scammer a Pagani watch.
I don't even bother with any dialogue. Click report, click delete. FB, Gumtree etc, even a simple but brain dead "is it still available" gets deleted.