Scammers are getting out of hand

[Baja Bronco]

Damn, trying to sell wheels, and said I’d ship at buyer’s expense in my ad. Didn’t know that would classify me as a scammer? Which I’m not.

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[ScottyC]

Damn, trying to sell wheels, and said I’d ship at buyer’s expense in my ad. Didn’t know that would classify me as a scammer? Which I’m not.

The scammers f--- it up for everyone else.

 

[dougcjohn]

I would Never mail cash unless you know the person. I always use A Certified bank check or through Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, Postal Money order.

I Also have used Walmart for wiring cash. They have to go to the Walmart and physically show ID to pickup payment.

Then you have some way of tracking where it was cashed and by who.

Only cash payments are in person.

Sorry you’re going through this. Been there a long time ago

PayPal protects both Parties... probably the only one in money transfer that’s safe. Caution on Zella and other ones. Even though Zella is through your Bank, it’s not traceable or recoverable. It’s meant only to someone you know or trust.

3 years ago, I thought it was safe method purchasing professional drone proprietary camera memory cards. Purchased 2 at $1000 each (great buy). We fussed for awhile to get his PayPal working, but it was having issues on business account. So we tried Zella… money sent off. I got emails on purchase and getting ready to ship… then it all stopped.
Jump to end… contacted Bank and was informed Zella is not recoverable. They would try over next 2 days, but said they can only see account transferred to… which the scammer immediately move to alternate acct. That was a $2000 loss!

Incidently, my recent Facebook February purchase of 5 BRaptor Beadlock OEM wheels & red beauty rings. Both Seller and myself were fearful of Scamer, from past experience. We talked on phone multiple times each calling the other, sent date verified photos, and learned we both banked at USBank. We went to our Banks, and each Bank verified their client… and we did a Zella. All turned out great, but I was butt-puckered the whole time.

 

[ThunderFlash]

Unfortunately PayPal / Ebay are not foolproof mechanism for not getting scammed. I ordered a small item on eBay, about $75. I never received the item, so I initiated a refund request via Ebay, then PayPal's buyer protection mechanism. It was rejected because the scammer provided a UPS tracking number for a package to the same city (Austin, Texas). The tracking number showed a 25 pound package delivered to a receptionist somewhere in my tiny town of 2 million people, instead of a 1/2 pound package delivered to a residence. That was enough for Paypal's automated rejection system to tell me to pound sand.

A couple of takeaways are that scammers can search UPS for recent tracking numbers going to particular location and provide that as proof of delivery, and I also didn't notice that the eBay item was mis-categorized as some sort of business category, which limited what eBay would do to help.

I am just glad that this was only a $75 "lesson"...

Interesting. I had a very similar situation ordering Morimoto lights. Got a shipment for much lower cost brackets, but the lights never showed up. Fortunately, I was refunded the purchase price.

 

[ThunderFlash]

Bad luck... hate to hear it!

Wow, with all of that you could take THE WHOLE FAMILY out for pizza and still have enough left over (after the tip) to fill your tank!

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