Beware, possible Ebay scam... What do you think?

[geckojohn]

Below is an email from this person with an email address of: arlneid@yahoo.com
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Hallo Sir,,
I interested with your item. i'll pay (us$850.00) and i
want you shipp
that item to my shop in Asia. I'll pay for shippment
cost. You can charge my
credit card for payment. But i don't want use paypal, bidpay,etc to process my
credit card as payment cause i ever lost much money at
there. I can't make check or money order cause i'm not
in US this time and no near office at here to make
that. If you don't have charge machine maybe you can
find at your family,
friends or the other who have charge machine for
charge my credit card. If you agree with my offer,
i'll give you my credit card info and i hope you can
find charge machine for payment. I hope to hear from
you soon.
Thank's.
Best regards
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Do you think this is a scam? I recently posted an Ebay auction and just got it in my in-box.

 

[pac1085]

Yes

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Duh. If it smells funny it's because it usually is.

 

[geckojohn]

Thanks for the advice... i wish i could report this person. I'm sick and tired of having to worry about possible scams.

 

[TallBill]

you could send it to ebay.. they hate when people do this.. it undermines their site

 

[ThaGrandCow]

More than likely it's a stolen credit card he's trying to use.

 

[ElFenix]

someone posted this exact same thing 2 or 3 days ago

 

[vegetation]

Don't reply, more than likely will use your email address to sell to spammers as well.

 

[rgwalt]

Either it is a stolen card, or if it is a legit card he'll dispute charges. How could he lose any money in Paypal, Bidpay, etc, that he couldn't lose if you charged his card directly?

Ryan

 

[Anubis]

sounds like a scam to me

 

[Chiboy]

Got one of thoes a couple of months ago too it is a scam.

 

[DaFinn]

*snif*... *something smells fishy here...*

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Vortex
Yes

 

[BennyD]

but how is it a scam?

once the money is in your account surely it can't be taken away again

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: BennyD
but how is it a scam?

once the money is in your account surely it can't be taken away again

Yeah, it can. This is how the scam works.

You get this email and agree to it. The guy gives you his CC number and you charge it. You ship the item out to him, then two weeks later, you get a call from the credit card company. Seems the card was stolen, so they're taking the money back. They take the cash, and you're out an expensive item.

This is why you never ever EVER ship high cost items out of North America.

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Scamorama.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Originally posted by: BennyD
but how is it a scam?

once the money is in your account surely it can't be taken away again

Yeah, it can. This is how the scam works.

You get this email and agree to it. The guy gives you his CC number and you charge it. You ship the item out to him, then two weeks later, you get a call from the credit card company. Seems the card was stolen, so they're taking the money back. They take the cash, and you're out an expensive item.

This is why you never ever EVER ship high cost items out of North America.

sure you ship stuff out internationally, just gotta know what to look for. This case is obviously a stolen cc, thats why he doesnt wanna use any of the online services (paypal wouldnt cost him anything). Stay away

 

[wnied]

Ska -AM

~wnied~

 

[Nocturnal]

LOL anyone wanting you to ship your item to Asia or any other country is always going to be a scam. Unless they win your auction and pay with a MONEY ORDER then it's probably a scam.