internet scams

[dmcphee07SI]

has anyone here been a victim or know somebody that has been one of these online auto sale scams that involve a Shipping company and Sending money to the UK by western union? i was incontact with a guy named billy deyton in a deal that i am sure is a scam, anyone else delt with this guy? Somthing just ain't right with what he is saying, and he wants to use a shipping company called Cargo Line LTD, anyone ever here or use this company? i think it is fake because they have no phones???

[inov8ter]

FAKE!!!!. I looked into a deal with a car form craigslist. It was posted, the car was in Cali... that was a lie. it actaully was from overseas. Did some research, conversed with the dude over email.......SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!! now I just laugh when I see that crapola.

[BJ007]

Whats sad is that there are still people out there that believe these scams and who will fall for them.

[paul34]

It's going to Nigeria.

Anything that tries to get you to go outside eBay and/or PayPal is 99% a scam.

Western Union is usually the facilitator for these scams. It's not WU's fault, but its easy to use because it is extremely disadvantageous to the sender, in that there is no protection at all in case of fraud.

I tell everyone in these types of threads to ALWAYS use PayPal with a CREDIT CARD - do NOT use your paypal balance or do a transfer from your bank account!

This practice came in handy the other day... I had someone jump out on a transaction. Since they emptied out their PayPal account, I coudln't get my money back via PayPal claim even though I won the claim.

I called my credit card company, did a chargeback on the paypal charge, and got my money back. I would've lost money otherwise.

[jimmie jam]

this scam has been around for YEARS.

[Scottwax]

Any sales transaction via Western Union = scam

There isn't even any discussion about this. It is like giving someone cash. If you send the money via the postal system then it is postal fraud if the deal is bogus and the postal service does go after people.

[imageautodetail]

Originally Posted by Scottwax

Any sales transaction via Western Union = scam

There isn't even any discussion about this. It is like giving someone cash. If you send the money via the postal system then it is postal fraud if the deal is bogus and the postal service does go after people.

ditto, used to think of WU as a trusted company...ha
Anytime I sell anything online, I state in the add, will not reply to anything written in broken english from a yahoo account

[paul34]

Originally Posted by imageautodetail

ditto, used to think of WU as a trusted company...ha
Anytime I sell anything online, I state in the add, will not reply to anything written in broken english from a yahoo account

I go one step further. I actually usually do not sell to eBayers with 0 or less (negative!) feedback.

These are usually the fools who register at the last second (scammers), then bid on and win your auction, then try to say

HELLO FRIEND USE MY FEDEX ACCT IT IS GUD I LUV U MY SON IS KING OF AFRICA, I ADVANCE YOU US$1,000.0.0 YOU GIVE ME ITEM. OK TLK TO U SOON

despite you specifically saying "PayPal ONLY" and other stuff! UGH SCAMMERS! STupid scammers.