I think it was all frozen, someone above said they spoke to paypal agent who told them all funds were frozen
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I think it was all frozen, someone above said they spoke to paypal agent who told them all funds were frozen
It was all frozen is what the lady told me. She said that by tomorrow, it should be credited back to me. Just FYI
My dad ordered some random thing from eBay, it arrived exactly as described. Done deal. A short time later he received an email saying the sellers account was highjack or something and gave him info on how to initiate a refund (even though he actually got what he paid for). I would imagine that a scammer having hijacked an account would want to keep valid transaction and good feedback trickling in on the cheap stuff while baiting, say, the MBA buyers.
Seller's listings was FULL of RED FLAGs. If you guys still think you'll get what you paid for, stolen item or not. I have some U.S. banks stocks to sell you.
This from the guy who never really indicated whether his too good to be true item ever showed up.
This is fun..
I just called again and talked to "ruben" this time.. He said all the shipments were dropped off at the post office this morning.. lol
Why are they even bothering answering the phone at this point.
I just called again and talked to "ruben" this time.. He said all the shipments were dropped off at the post office this morning.. lol
Why are they even bothering answering the phone at this point.
This from the guy who never really indicated whether his too good to be true item ever showed up.
I know what you are referring to. I lost my job before the item was to be shipped. I contacted the seller and my money was refunde within an hour. Didn't even have to call the seller. I guess it was just a KILLER deal that I had to missed out on (not a scam like everyone on the thread said). Anyways, I have a job now and bought a MBP 2.5ghz for $1899 shipped, NEW. Got it today. See my post here with pics.https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/655479/
This is fun..
I just called again and talked to "ruben" this time.. He said all the shipments were dropped off at the post office this morning.. lol
Why are they even bothering answering the phone at this point.
I thought they were dropped off Monday? I think he's not telling the truth or their truck broke.
They were
1) Dropped off monday.
2) On their way to the post office now - on Tuesday
3) Dropped off this morning - today.
how fun!
Very stupid. Here we are collaborating on figuring out whether and how this person is trying to scam us and you go ahead and take away our advantage of secrecy.
Now he can potentially know what everyone is thinking and plan accordingly.
Not a big deal since his gig was basically up by the time you betrayed everyone, but still totally inappropriate for you to do that.
Now he can potentially know what everyone is thinking and plan accordingly.
Not a big deal since his gig was basically up by the time you betrayed everyone, but still totally inappropriate for you to do that.
This is fun..
I just called again and talked to "ruben" this time.. He said all the shipments were dropped off at the post office this morning.. lol
Why are they even bothering answering the phone at this point.
Just curious..what'd he sound like? Age? Nationality?
No idea on age.. could be anywhere in his 20's or 30's..
Could be an Israeli accent as stated earlier.
PayPal and eBay both deal closely with the FBI and several other fraud agencies.
They obviously have his bank account info, a working phone number, etc.
He will be caught eventually... if he is indeed trying to scam everyone... or is selling stolen merchandise.
To anyone who is still waiting on this guy: Stop wasting your time. Call PayPal, tell them you want to cancel the transaction, and get your money back.
They obviously have his bank account info, a working phone number, etc.
He will be caught eventually... if he is indeed trying to scam everyone... or is selling stolen merchandise.
To anyone who is still waiting on this guy: Stop wasting your time. Call PayPal, tell them you want to cancel the transaction, and get your money back.
My transaction "cleared" instantly the day I paid... It's all in Paypal's and Amex's hands now..
I guess it's different for credit card users maybe...
Or the fact that you seem to have bought and paid before me and the time where PayPal started immediately putting any payments to him on hold.
My transaction also seemed to "clear" instantly when I paid him. It never said "on hold" on my account's summary page. However, when I called to cancel the transaction, the lady said that the funds were indeed on hold.
Like I said before, my funds instantly went back into my account when I called PayPal and told them I wanted out.
You're still protected... just might be inconvenienced a little by having to wait.
If you didn't read my earlier post, this guy was my THIRD attempt at buying a MacBook Pro on eBay in the past couple weeks.
Since you are not involved (a victim) of the scam, you really had no right to do that. I think you were injecting yourself into the situation so that you could feel a sense of importance. Not too bright... Sometimes I think common sense is not common at all...
No they don't get caught, that's the point. The information he listed on ebay is SOMEONE ELSE'S INFORMATION. The phone number, address etc.. The phone number someone said they were talking to him on is a pre paid cell phone. I can buy one in Best buy with cash and they will never know my name, register it as anyone I wish and move on.
They don't get caught, that's the whole reason they do it over and over again and while he may not see all or even some of this cash this time, he/they will hi jack another account and eventually get money from someone.
Just because you talk to someone on the phone and get a "picture" of a item doesn't mean squat. I can fabricate up an entire person if you wish? Name, phone number address, pictures of all sorts of "Ebay items" I could sell. If that is all it takes to convince some of you it's "real" I feel for you, because your way to trusting.
The first clue this was a scam is he very simple fact someone questioned it enough to post a question on a message board because his gut told him this was BS. If your not 100% sure it's legit up front, it likley isn't. If you have to get confirmation just to convince yourself it's ok "to be stupid" your likely going to get scam'd. Nothing about the outcome of this entire thread should suprise anyone if you read it from the start and all the enteries. There were lots of people calling BULLS@#T the entire way.
In the end I'm glad people are not getting hosed for 1k+ a pop but if it did it would only make anyone that did lose money more careful in the future. The good part about being scam'd one time... it will never likely get you again because you will remember losing money and how that pissed you off and you will be a hundred times more careful and let common sense do your online shopping for you
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This is fun..
I just called again and talked to "ruben" this time.. He said all the shipments were dropped off at the post office this morning.. lol
Why are they even bothering answering the phone at this point.
I'm just curious what did you say to him? did you play along or did you pretty much call him on his BS and tell him the gig was up?
It's on the internet, it's on google. I involved myself because I'm a member of this forum. So I have the right. If you guys wanna make a non-public forum and go chat about it, go right ahead.
no, actually, you had the right to COMMENT, not to involve yourself in something you CLEARLY are not involved in. But I think you know that now, and are just feeling stupid...