comprx said:schoffing said:A buyer from Ukraine is willing to pay for an item through paypal and wants it to be send to an unconfirmed Ukraine address. The buyer has above 500 feedback rating and 100% positive. Can it be possibly a scam?
YES!!!

A Buyer with 582 Feedback (99.3%) and has been with eBay since '99 has purchased an item and paid me to ship to an unconfirmed address in Michigan, USA. He is located in Germany and has a paypal account that is "Non-U.S. - Verified" but I looked through his FeedBack and he has purchased items from the United States before. I assume this is also a scam & that I should refund his payment?

HERES one to watch out for and i just ALMOST got screwed today but thank god for Google.. i googled Paypal and Western Union Scam... got a few good websites that had tons of ppl crying abuot this scam.. SOUNDS too good?.. probably is.. heres the email..

Hello!
I'm sorry but this email is not about your item.
I'm a seller of laptops from Europe (Estonia). Many our buyers want to pay us through Paypal system.
We can't use Paypal at Estonia. We are looking for money exchange manager.
Our buyers will send you money through Paypal and you will resend us that money.
We will pay you $200 for each transfer + all fees.
It's a good chance to got extra money. Will you work with us?
Please respond to email: riaallen@msn.com

however what happens usually is the buyer who sends u the money is actually a victim of CC fraud or identity theft.. point is its STOLEN FUNDS being put into ur paypal.. (he actually just deposited 1000 in my paypal today.. i notified paypal)... and what happens is that you send him Western Union and wen the funds are FINALLY realized to be stolen then the blame and money is on you!.. yeh very scary BE AWARE .. RESEARCH B4 DOING ANYTHING that SEEMS sketchy,,,
-mark the nark

ddddddd1 said:Here is another case.

Seller ID: AAsupplies
Feedback 177 (100%)
eBay ID TWO months old registered in UK.

This guy recently sold some iPod mini's in UK and bought equal amount of iPod mini's from US eBay sellers. He bought some from me and paid with same Paypal account but with different unconfirmed addresses, by which apparently he's dropshipping to his buyers. But the problem is, he is not making money that way, if not losing money!

I emailed him asking why he was doing all that and he replied those are his friends and he said "I told them the best way to buy them is through eBay to get my feedback up..."

Other than that, he seems to be a legit seller.

Any thoughts?
Could be setting you up for a reversal. Unconfirmed address = he automatically wins an INR complaint.

i recieved the following email....smells like a scam to me, is it?


BenchmarkPortal is an official partner of eBay and is conducting independent
customer satisfaction surveys at the request of eBay. BenchmarkPortal will not
request any of your personal or confidential information.

Dear eBay Community member,

On 07/27/05, we replied to an email message you sent to customer support. As
part of eBay's commitment to excellence, we want to make sure our response met
your needs. Would you please take a few minutes to answer some questions about
your overall experience and the specific eBay Representative who responded to
you?

http://eBay.benchmarkportal.com/eBay/survey.taf?survey_id=1151&user_id=9D059337-6318-4C07-AD40-09AAA8240D40

Please copy and paste the entire web address above into the address field of
your browser.

NOTE: Please respond within five days so that you can provide timely feedback.
AFTER 5 DAYS, THIS INVITATION WILL EXPIRE.

Thank you for your help!


eBay Customer Support

If you want to be excluded from future surveys and survey correspondence, please
click below:

http://eBay.benchmarkportal.com/eBay/opt_out.taf?id=9D059337-6318-4C07-AD40-09AAA8240D40

Protect your eBay Password and Your Personal Information

eBay treats your personal information with the utmost care, and our
Privacy Policy is designed to protect you and your information. eBay
will not request personal information (password, credit card numbers,
pin numbers, passwords, or Social Security numbers) in an email or in
most cases, our surveys. However, there are rare exceptions when eBay
performs usability surveys that measure participants' actual use of
eBay. In these exceptional cases, personal information is sometimes
needed, and participants are told explicitly in advance what will be
required. Additionally, participants are given contact information in
order to validate that the survey is indeed from eBay. For more
information on how to protect your eBay password and your account, click
here
http://pages.eBay.com/help/account_protection.html?ssPageName=CMDV:AB0008

eBay truly respects the opinions of its Members. We are contacting you
for customer support improvement purposes only. All information collected is
confidential and the information you provide will be used strictly within eBay's
Privacy Policy http://pages.eBay.com/help/community/png-priv.html

eBay has commissioned BenchmarkPortal to conduct this study among eBay
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tlaxson said:eBay does have a third party do surveys for them. I think Benckmark is the company. You can forward that email with headers to spoof@eBay.com and they will tell you if it's real or fake.

thanks. i was about 50/50 on that one.

Not sure if this has been covered yet, but when you get spoof emails from Yahoo, Overstock or BidVille Auctions, you may use these to contact customer support regarding the incident.

Yahoo Auctions:
mail-spoof@ cc.yahoo-inc.com

BidVille Auctions:
Please report all spoofs/spams by using the "Contact Us" link located
at the bottom of every page on Bidville.

Overstock Auctions:
info@auctions.overstock.com

Is this a scam?
This is regarding a $1000 laptop.

===
Hi.
I would like to send this unit to my friend to Russia. Please, provide me a cost of shipping to this place. USPS airmail 4 - 10 days
or USPS Expres 3-5 days (you can check on usps.com)
I can pay you today via PAYPAL.If I send money via paypal can you ship today?
If you agree tell me the total price and provide you paypal email.
shipping address:
Country: Russia;
Stayt: Saratovskaia oblast;
City: Engels;
Zip/postal cod: 413105;
Address: 1 mikrorajon yritskogo dom 5 kv 28.
====

Is this a scam:
________________________________________________________________________
Dear,

I interested with your item : ***** I want to make an offer $ 470.00 / each and I want to order 4 unit.
Please advise me soon if you can ship to Singapore using UPS Express and accept credit card payment directly.

Regards,

Brandon

P.S : Please response include your email address for a further information.
________________________________________________________________________

The price is what I asked for, not more.

explore786 said:Craigslist is driving me crazy.
Tried selling a new Dell inspiron on craigslist. Got 10 inquiries within a few hours and I feel most of them are scams. Help, help , help.
People trying to send me money order, money gram, cashier's check etc etc.

how to deal with this?

I think we should try to come up with a way to make it not worth their while to try and scam us...lets drive them crazy. I for one have started playing along and stringing them along, until they get frustrated and leave me alone!

Maybe we should start shipped loads of crap to them...

explore786 said:Craigslist is driving me crazy.
Tried selling a new Dell inspiron on craigslist. Got 10 inquiries within a few hours and I feel most of them are scams. Help, help , help.
People trying to send me money order, money gram, cashier's check etc etc.

how to deal with this?
Ignore them. Don't waste time even thinking about them. State in your listing: "Email me with your phone number and a good time to call." Ignore all out-of-towners.