posted on March 8, 2001 06:05:02 PM new
So, in the last minute of one of my auctions, a bidder used buy it now (I don't know why they didn't just bid)and on the auction. So, when retrieving his email address, I realized that he had -1 feedback. OH GREAT!! So, I look at it and it says "Fraud alert!! Escrow agent (tradenable) says this guy is a known con artist". I play it cool and send teh usual winner email. He immediately send an email with all this cret card info including number and exp. date to me and asks where to pay. I head him over towards bidpay. He then send fake bidpay notices of confirmation then approval. Right away, I knew he was a fake, because he sent $642 on one money order. I emailed him saying "nice try" do you really want the camera? He replies that he "called bidpay and worked it out". Right... The real problem is that he leaves negative feedback for those who don't deal with him. Ebay does not have a place for me to file a fraud report as a seller, and bidpay has no competant service that i could find. What should I do??
posted on March 11, 2001 07:06:56 PM new
What you need to do is email Ebay at [email protected] and explain what is happening. They SHOULD cancel this person's account based on the information you have. Be sure and save any emails you received from the con artist and forward them to eBay as well.
posted on March 16, 2001 10:58:01 AM new
Hi Flamoral;
I recall your email to us and you're right this guy is a real looser. He's not a member of our services otherwise we would most certainly have denied him access.
The other poster here is absolutely right, you should be reporting this person to eBAY and getting their account shut down so they can't play these games with any other sellers.
