Ian wrote:

On 14 Aug, 09:27, (Steve Firth) wrote:


That last isn't always true. A couple of years ago I spotted a series of
scams from sellers with very good feedback.


I believe the traditional method is to have two scammers each buy
fifty things from each other at a 50p buy-it-now price and give good
feedback. Bingo: +50 each for a few quid in fees.

Ian


mate was stung for buying some vouchers $850, the seller had about 35
transactions for small amounts. (most likely to build up creditability)

An envelope arrived via registered post, which contained NO vouchers,
the seller maintained they were stolen from the post. It was noted when
the registered item was collected the envelope had been tampered with.

BTW These vouchers could have been cancelled and reissued to resolve the
matter. They were not.

The item was paid by direct deposit into the sellers bank account.

the emails stopped so ebay sent the sellers particulars.

C XXXXX
suburb
phone number 0912 345670.

the number ran in consecutive numbers and did not match the area code of
the suburb.

All false information.

The only saving grace was from the banking information, he now has the
full particulars of that person.

Case is still being investigated by ebay its been 3 weeks since the
end of the auction.

I would say both ebay (sellers details) and the seller are liable for
the fraud.

I'm waiting to see what happens.

r