Scam Watch

Mike Rou and Jeremy Roybal from eBay’s Fraud Investigation Team recently helped the San Jose Police Department crack a case involving online criminals who misused eBay and PayPal to commit Identity Theft.

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Online buyers: Never pay with Western Union or Money Gram - That’s right — never! These methods have proven to be unsafe when paying someone you don’t know.

■ Never click on links sent in unsolicited emails;
instead, type in a web address you know. Use firewalls,anti-spyware, and anti-virus software to protect your home computer; keep them up-to-date.
Visit OnGuardOnline.gov for more information.

1. Spoof eBay Email Encounter
2. Unsafe Safety Board
3. Hijacked Account
4. Fake Escrow Account
5. Indonesian Credit Card Scam
6. The Western Union Wiggle
7. Win A Car Contest
8. UPS Exchange Collect Confusion
9. Counterfeit “Second Chance” Offer
10. Company Check Crumbles
11. Deceptive Double Whammy
12. ICQ, I Scam U
13. Buy-It-Now, But Off eBay
14. Spoofed eBay Pages
15. Drippy Drop Shipper
16. Dangerous Questions
17. Phony escrow.com
18. African Adventure
19. Weird Wedding
20. Uninsured “Insured Payments”
21. Reverse Western Union Wiggle
22. Fake Money Orders
23. Compromised Credit Card
24. FedEx® Follies

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A man with the initials D.V., purchased a dvd from me, via eBay, then complained and had me essentially shutdown, because it was missing the booklet…here is me opening the exact same item to show there is no booklet, and he doesn’t know what he is talking about

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My update to the original Truth about Paypal video.

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It seems that ebay and paypal might be up to no good with this latest alleged “glitch”!

Does it strike anyone funny that all these “glitches” are constantly happening, yet none of them are ever in the user’s favor? If they truly were “glitches” there would be some more random distribution of the effects. They would favor the users at least some of the time. Statistically, that would happen 50% of the time.

This is truly something that needs to be looked into by proper authorities!
I urge and advise everyone to complain!

Here are some links to start off with.
Any viewers who know of more , please share and I will add them here.

U.S. gov’t official web portal
http://www.usa.gov/

State’s Attorneys General List
http://tinyurl.com/2qv2v5
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qv2v5

Write Your Representative
http://tinyurl.com/5nexf4
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5nexf4

FTC website
http://www.ftc.gov

FTC Complaint form;
http://tinyurl.com/68y9ra
http://preview.tinyurl.com/68y9ra

ebay & Paypal Vertical Monopoly page:
http://tinyurl.com/696g9w
http://preview.tinyurl.com/696g9w

Update 11-04-2008 More info on this with comments at AuctionBytes blog:
“Something Smells Bad with eBay’s PayPal eCheck Glitch”
http://tinyurl.com/5o37za
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5o37za

Where I also found this place to send your complaints:
Contact Senator Schumer:
http://tinyurl.com/9o4kt
http://preview.tinyurl.com/9o4kt

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eBay : Buy safe and save you time and money.

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Avoid getting ripped-off by scammers and fraudulent ebayers. This video shows you the latest scam in eBay motors. Scammers attempt to steal downpayments and usernames and passwords from ebay users by posting fake motorcycle listings. This are typically expired listings that the scammers relist.

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http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/08/smbusiness/paypal_funds_freeze.fsb/index.htm

Could you imagine with these new rules how much money you will lose? You will send an item customer will use it for 2 weeks and then do a chargeback and get all their money back! AND KEEP THE ITEM!!!

This is a small video about the reverse scammers that prey on sellers and steal their goods. Please if you are a Paypal seller that has been burned comment here and lets get some justice. It’s not always the buyer of an item that gets scammed. Sellers get scammed as well. Listen to my story and see what I mean. Rate the video get it featured, make Paypal an ebay company wake up!

Here is the email that started the whole thing!

Dear XXXXXX XXXXXXX,

As you know, we have been using the information you provided to dispute a
chargeback filed against the transaction detailed below. Despite our best
efforts, the buyer’s credit card company decided in favor of the buyer.

Unfortunately, we do not control the outcome of the chargeback decision
reached by the buyer’s issuing bank in a credit card transaction. By
accepting the terms of the PayPal User Agreement, you agreed to accept the
decision of the issuing bank as final and legally binding for this type of
dispute.

Please review the information below for more details about this case.

After getting this I filed a complaint to IC3 and the buyer sent the item to Paypal.

Paypal then sent me this email

Dear XXXXX XXXXX,

One of your buyers has completed a chargeback of their payment through
their credit card company and returned merchandise to us for the following
transaction:

Buyer’s Name: XXXX XXXXXXXXXX
Buyer’s Email: SCAMMER@sria.com
Transaction Date: Mar 24, 2006
Your Transaction ID: 6RL38215T0XXXXXXXX
Buyer’s Transaction ID: 5K563344HY2XXXXXXXX
Transaction Amount: -$1,420.00 USD
Case #: PP-174-846-XXX

Once you have reimbursed us for this transaction, we will return the
merchandise to you. Please add funds to your account or send a check to
the following address:

PayPal - Accounting Department
P.O. Box 45950
Omaha, NE 68145-0950

Please respond within 30 days to chargeback-appeal1@paypal.com once we
receive your reimbursement on how you would like this merchandise returned
to you.. If you have a Fed Ex account you would like billed, please advise
us of the account number. Otherwise your PayPal account will be debited for
the shipping cost of returning your merchandise to you via Fed Ex Ground
shipping. Please be sure to include your street address and phone number
for shipment, and note PO Boxes cannot be shipped to.

If a reply is not received within 30 days, your rights to your merchandise
may be forfeited.

Sincerely,
PayPal Disputes Department

I get a whole 30 days to make my mind up if I want to send them 1420 dollars for an item they claim to have. I asked for pictures and never got any.

MY ANSWER

Have you determined if the item is in good condition? Have you tested
it?
Did you make sure all the original parts are there? I already filed a
report
with IC3 and I listed Paypal as one of the defendants.
You let the man file a chargeback before he even sent the item back.
This
is
called fraud and you helped perpetuate it! I have the right to determine
if

the item is retunable. I also have the right to see my item before I
issue
any refund.

You didnt want to help me at all in the matter, but now you have your
hand
out looking for money.

Why would I have to pay shipping?

The item was not even damaged he wanted to return it because he didnt
like
it. And that was after he painted it.

Paypal you need a redesign!

Why dont you address my needs and email me for real instead of sending
me
form letters?

Form Message
customer subject: Chargeback
customer message: Additional Information: ‘Ok I had a chargeback on my
account for an item I sold on ebay. The guy got the item and then
painted
it. After he painted it he wanted to return it. I said no. Well after
almost 4 months he won the chargeback! How did paypal let a buyer who
admitted he got the item and there was nothing wrong with it other then
“not liking it” let the customer do a chargeback and win and keep the
item!
That’s right you let him steal it! As far as I know in order to even
start
a chargeback you have to return the merchandise. Is this not true?
Paypal shame on you again for allowing this to happen to a number of
people
“THOUSANDS”!!! It’s call the reverse paypal scam and everyone knows
about
it. And to think you even charged me to “FIGHT” on my behalf. And all I
get
is form letters sent to me. I cant even have a real person talk to me
about
my case.

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Please read this text accompaniment.
This is a live screen recording of hacked hijacked listings on ebay.

Meet the Seller/Victim: fastlanetires (1352)
Member is a PowerSeller
Feedback: 99.7% Positive
Member: since Mar-14-05 in United States
Ebay Store: Fastlane Tires and Wheels

Meet the hijacker’s email address:
saradavidson90@gmail.com
We see when we conduct a quick google that this email address is known to be a hijacker- hackers address. Then we see searching through ebay with that term (email addy) as well as the the seller’s listings. Those items are are fake auctions. The seller/victim did not make them.

Note the bidder, ebay member “scam-listing-dont-bid-dont-contact” we see bidding on the fraudulent listings throughout as we look at individual items.
That is the ebaY’s idea of security in action apparently, rather than to fix the holes.

Do you really trust a site like that?
Should you?
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A few of the hijacked items are:
USO US Optics ST-10 17x Tactical Scope - NEW!!
Item number: 140128335795
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New Nokia N95 phone w/2GB SD memory card included.
Item number: 140128335711
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NEW Nokia N95 QuadBand HSDPA 5MP Camera GPS FM 256MB NR
Item number: 140128335720
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NordicTrack Elite 1300 Exercise Elliptical - NEW IN BOX
Item number: 140128335766
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NEW 2007 SANDSTONE 18′ ROUND ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL
Item number: 140128335470
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Like New Tucker Cheyenne Floral Tooled Trail Saddle NR!
Item number: 140128335415
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New Zeiss Diascope 65mm Straight Spotting Scope #528004
Item number: 140128335741
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NEW RECUMBENT TRIKE II BIKE ALUMINUM
Item number: 140128335729
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New Litespeed Tuscany Titanium Road Bike Ultegra 61cm
Item number: 140128335661
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BRAND NEW - Brownie’s Third Lung - Hookah Diving System
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LOWRANCE LMS-525C GPS FISHFINDER CHARTPLOTTER GPS NEW!
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Mint 2006 Trek Top Fuel 110 - 19.5″ new frame
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NordicTrack Elite 2900 iFIT Exercise Treadmill - NEW
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Scotty Cameron 2003 My Girl II Putter NEW
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Orbea Ordu 54 cm 2006 Durace New! TimeTrial Carbon
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CALLAWAY BERTHA GOLF CLUBS SET GRAPHITE IRONS NEW BAG
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Ebay is HACKED!!! IT is not longer a safe or trustworthy venue.
The HACKING of ebay has very recently been confirmed by the United States Postal Service Postal Inspection Service division, in an article entilted ” U.S. Postal Service Cracks Down On Cyberscams”, published Jun 4, 2007 03:00 PM, on the informationweek.com website. Therein, U.S. Postal Inspector Greg Crabb, program manager for the organization’s international affairs group, discusses über hacker Vladuz, who “has repeatedly gained unauthorized access to areas of eBay’s network…”
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Please visit these sites before you consider using, or continuing to use ebay:
suspendedfromebay.com
nekkidtruth.blogspot.com
www.firemeg.com
www.companyexposed.com
www.theauctionguild.com
www.pheebay.com
www.ebaymotorssucks.com
or you can follow the links from the cappnonymous channel page
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Note: This audio/visual digital document was created using the new & improved ZDSoft Screen Recorder 2.6.2.0, and “Super C v2007 build .22″, on 06-12-2007, @ approximately 21:11:19 Pacific Time.

I am using firefox 2.004 browser, with Adblock Plus, NoScript, Super DragandGo 0.2.6, Image Zoom 0.3, and SlimSearch 0.1.8 extensions, and my “bumped” SpoofStick 1.06, among others.

oops, did I forget again to mention thse listings are live as I edit this text now, Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 00:26:17 PDT. Not only are they live, but there are more of them.

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