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SCRAP GOLD BUYING SCAM-SELLER BEWARE!!
I want to share a story, I
learned the hard way and hope to
help others. This is also an update
to my guide about scammers and
PayPal. After selling a gold coin
(180148426395) I learned of this
scam/rip-off setup. Here's how the
scam works. This guy stole a credit
card account and registered as that
person with eBay. He even used the
correct address on the account
because eBay requires that the
registration and credit card billing
address match.
When the auction
ended I did get this address, but he
quickly emailed me to ask me to
please send the coin to Latvia.
Saying that he was ONLY the
financial intermediary and would get
his commission if I sent the coin to
the "real" buyer. I thought I could
cover myself by asking for "proof"
in the form of emails from both
parties stating their instructions.
I DO know that I should only ship to
confirmed addresses..but I wanted to
be accommodating. WRONG MOVE!! Now I
have no seller protection! The real
credit card user has his account
cleared up, PayPal has their fees,
and I have -O- !! Don't fall for
this. If a buyer asks for favors,
DON'T DO IT!! This scammer has also
used other id's and other stolen
credit card accounts. I found out
another id was snejkeprysd15.
That
seller was also asked to send the
gold to Latvia, luckily he didn't
send it! The pattern seems to
involve gold and Latvia. If you sell
gold, be aware of buyers with a low
feedback score.
They sometimes
manipulate feedback to make them
look legitimate as in the case of
snejkeprysd15. But when it comes to
sending the items to a 3rd
party..DON'T DO IT!
I do feel that
eBay and PayPal have work to do to
protect sellers. I don't have the
answers, but I have learned a big
lesson. I hope my experience will be
a lesson for others too! If this
helps you in any way, please take a
second to vote. Thanks~