Ebay car scam

pepi1967 said:
Agreed. Cash on collection on relist it. It's that simple really.
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Tell him to get a black light (UV light) to check the notes for counterfeit as well. If you're talking thousands it's quite possible that some notes will be duds.
 
TopBanana said:
Maybe the buyer doesn't feel comfortable with turning up at a location that the seller has choosen (or said is their address) with £5000 in cash - could be a 17 year buying their first car and scared at what/who would be waiting for them.
Just an idea, but IMO I'm not sure I'd be too happy about bringing that amount of cash to a deal I made on ebay (which may not even be local to the buyer).
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Good point I agree with that.
 
Steep said:
Tell him to get a black light (UV light) to check the notes for counterfeit as well. If you're talking thousands it's quite possible that some notes will be duds.
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This^^^^^^^^^^ :thumbs:
 
Steep said:
Tell him to get a black light (UV light) to check the notes for counterfeit as well. If you're talking thousands it's quite possible that some notes will be duds.
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If you are talking '000s of £s, you could also meet him near a branch of your bank (or go to the bank together once the deal is done), when he is satisfied go into the branch and deposit the money into your account together. Let the bank check for counterfeit notes and count the money for you ;).
 
Update- my mate emailed the "buyer" and said he wanted cash or BT - unsurprisingly there has been no reply........
 
big soft moose said:
and/or if you have a credit/debit card attached your paypal account - they will just draw the funds there.

You'd probably be reasonably safe with paypal gift , but it would be a very unwise buyer who went that route, because thered be nothing to stop you saying "car ? I didnt sell him a car, it was a gift, innit"
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Whoa.. Never accept a gift payment on eBay (not that you can if you pay via the auction).

stevetiler said:
Update- my mate emailed the "buyer" and said he wanted cash or BT - unsurprisingly there has been no reply........
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Start a non payment dispute and get the guy black flagged for the rest of us (who restrict people with non payment strikes from bidding)
 
one of the scams i have heard of but there usually for a few hundred quid rather than a few grand is a potential scammer will advertise an item for sale on places like gumtree , preloved etc and ask for the payment to be made via paypal
in the mean time the scammer will be searching the likes of ebay for an item of the same value
when they find what they want they ask the buyer of the item the scammer advertised to pay the paypal account of the seller he has found on ebay or wherever
the money goes through and the scammer sends a mate round to collect the item

so the buyer of the scammers non existent item pays for the item the scammer bought through paypal and after waiting and not recieving the item they thought they had bought does a snatch back of the money payed through paypal

the end result is the legit seller loses his item ( collected by the so called friend ) the money is snatched back and the buyer who was scammed in the first place has some inconvenience getting his money back

like i said iv'e never heard of the above scam for such a large amount of money though
 
cosmicma said:
one of the scams i have heard of but there usually for a few hundred quid rather than a few grand is a potential scammer will advertise an item for sale on places like gumtree , preloved etc and ask for the payment to be made via paypal
in the mean time the scammer will be searching the likes of ebay for an item of the same value
when they find what they want they ask the buyer of the item the scammer advertised to pay the paypal account of the seller he has found on ebay or wherever
the money goes through and the scammer sends a mate round to collect the item

so the buyer of the scammers non existent item pays for the item the scammer bought through paypal and after waiting and not recieving the item they thought they had bought does a snatch back of the money payed through paypal

the end result is the legit seller loses his item ( collected by the so called friend ) the money is snatched back and the buyer who was scammed in the first place has some inconvenience getting his money back

like i said iv'e never heard of the above scam for such a large amount of money though
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This scam would only work if the seller was stupid enough to allow personal collection of an item paid for via paypal rather than sending it to the "confirmed" paypal address as shown on their receipt.
 
boliston said:
This scam would only work if the seller was stupid enough to allow personal collection of an item paid for via paypal rather than sending it to the "confirmed" paypal address as shown on their receipt.
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difficult to 'send' a car though
 
What I would do is offer to deliver the car to them, just to get the address. Then if they said it was OK to drop the car off, I would give their land line a ring just to confirm things.

I would also do the deal inside their house, sitting at their dinning table. I would also take a couple of mates with me.

If they don't want you calling at their house, then there has got to be something dodgy!

In short, if they don't offer a land line and address, I would not bother!
 
Whatever they're doing it works both ways I still see £10,000 cars being advertised for £6,000 which must be a scam
 
chris954 said:
a few years ago I sold a bike on ebay and the buyer tried to pay with Paypal but they wouldn't allow the transaction to go through as the amount was too great (around £3000) . I don't know if it was anything to do with the buyer or if Paypal has a limit to how much you can spend on it.
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could well be, especially if the seller's account was not verified
 
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