Does this sound like a scam? Ebay question

[gadgetgirl85]

I had my MBP up on ebay as Australia only. The guy asked me to change it as he was in Indonesia but his ebay was that he was from the UK. Has 72 good feedback. Won the item, paid the money on paypal and now the money is being investigated and his name is entirely different to what he wanted it sent to in Indonesia. Does this sound like a scam?

 

[zirkle2007]

I had my MBP up on ebay as Australia only. The guy asked me to change it as he was in Indonesia but his ebay was that he was from the UK. Has 72 good feedback. Won the item, paid the money on paypal and now the money is being investigated and his name is entirely different to what he wanted it sent to in Indonesia. Does this sound like a scam?

I've had similar things happen. Usually turns out their account got stolen and used to purchase something. Thats why I ditched eBay and PayPayl!

 

[hayduke]

It would worry me. There are a few possibilities.

1) He has hi-jacked someone's PayPal.
2) He will claim his own PayPal was hi-jacked, get the charge reversed, but only after he has your computer.
3) It is legit, but like I said it would worry me.

Rather than eBay I would try to sell it on the Aussie equivalent of CraigsList (USA) or trademe (NZ). Face-to-face with cash.

 

[cbrain]

If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, and it waddles like a duck, then it probably is one.

 

[Melrose]

Given your description, there's definitely something up with the guy, yeah.

Be careful.

 

[Father Jack]

Mmmmmmh, sounds like a scam to me ..

 

[Osarkon]

I call scam on this. Not that foreign people are untrustworthy, but I've found that 99% of the time when someone tries to buy an item off ebay and says can you post to a country like Indonesia etc, then it's a scam.

 

[sushi]

I call scam on this. Not that foreign people are untrustworthy, but I've found that 99% of the time when someone tries to buy an item off ebay and says can you post to a country like Indonesia etc, then it's a scam.

I would tend to agree with this as well.

 

[gadgetgirl85]

Now I'm even more convinced. I asked if he could answer to paypal so they could resolve the claim and he tried to put ANOTHER 2000 into my account under someone elses name!

 

[::Lisa::]

Sounds like a scam. I won't send to anywhere else than what is registered on eBay/PayPal and has a verified account. I always worry about chargebacks, especially when it's a lot of money to loose.