rc2002
02-01-2006, 11:13 AM
I'm getting pretty good at getting scammed. :( I think I'll be sticking to some local Bricks and Mortar shops for quite a while now. This online stuff just isn't working for me anymore.
So apparently feedback profile means nothing in ebay. I won an auction for some Defi gauges from a guy in Malaysia. He had been registered for 8 months and had 100% feedback rating. Had something like 37 transactions.
Anyway I guess I should've been smarter. There were no item numbers for the completed items - only private listings. I've seen this before so I thought nothing of it. Maybe he sells porn or something and wants to protect his buyers. haha.
So I guess how it works is that a huge group of Malaysians will start accounts and give each other feedback to build their profiles. Probably for $0.01 items. Then they list a whole whack of stuff all at once, and do a one time scam.
What made it especially bad is that he only allowed you to buy one item at a time - I offered to buy another item off of him outside of ebay (big mistake, I know), because he ended up giving me a really good deal on it. My first item would've been covered by ebay fraud protection but definitely not the second. I know I goofed there.
Malaysia isn't one of those countries that accepts Paypal due to the Patriot act. So it had to be wire transfer. I figured it was safe because my bank has his bank's information and it would lead right to him if fraud ever happened. Evidently not.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside
Oh well, you live and learn I guess. I just wish it didn't have to be so expensive. lol. I'm out $200US this time. Hope I can save someone else from making the same mistake. Bottom line, beware on ebay, especially if you think you're getting a deal that's too good to be true.
Big :thumbsdow to those scam-artist bastards in Malaysia. Scamming seems to be a way of life in a lot of developing countries. It's actually sad to see... the first thing they think of when they get technology is how to scam people with it.
So apparently feedback profile means nothing in ebay. I won an auction for some Defi gauges from a guy in Malaysia. He had been registered for 8 months and had 100% feedback rating. Had something like 37 transactions.
Anyway I guess I should've been smarter. There were no item numbers for the completed items - only private listings. I've seen this before so I thought nothing of it. Maybe he sells porn or something and wants to protect his buyers. haha.
So I guess how it works is that a huge group of Malaysians will start accounts and give each other feedback to build their profiles. Probably for $0.01 items. Then they list a whole whack of stuff all at once, and do a one time scam.
What made it especially bad is that he only allowed you to buy one item at a time - I offered to buy another item off of him outside of ebay (big mistake, I know), because he ended up giving me a really good deal on it. My first item would've been covered by ebay fraud protection but definitely not the second. I know I goofed there.
Malaysia isn't one of those countries that accepts Paypal due to the Patriot act. So it had to be wire transfer. I figured it was safe because my bank has his bank's information and it would lead right to him if fraud ever happened. Evidently not.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside
Oh well, you live and learn I guess. I just wish it didn't have to be so expensive. lol. I'm out $200US this time. Hope I can save someone else from making the same mistake. Bottom line, beware on ebay, especially if you think you're getting a deal that's too good to be true.
Big :thumbsdow to those scam-artist bastards in Malaysia. Scamming seems to be a way of life in a lot of developing countries. It's actually sad to see... the first thing they think of when they get technology is how to scam people with it.