Richard Acland Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I recently placed an advert in the wanted column for an engine part. After a few days I had an email from a guy saying he knew of a friend who had the said item and would be willing to sell it. After contacting said friend a deal was struck and I agreed to pay via pay pal. The strange thing was his pay pal e mail mail address was different from the address that I was contacting him on. After a long wait said item did not arrive and my e mails are not answered. I have contacted pay pal who are investigating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottenRow Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Richard, This very scam has been well publicised on this forum of late, I’m surprised that you hadn’t heard of it. Here is one of the threads: Hopefully PayPal will be able to help you, though if you paid by ‘Friends and Family’ they may not. In theory PayPal will have bank and other details of the person you sent the money to. The ‘seller’ wasn’t in Norfolk by any chance, was he? Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Acland Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 21 minutes ago, RottenRow said: Richard, This very scam has been well publicised on this forum of late, I’m surprised that you hadn’t heard of it. Here is one of the threads: Hopefully PayPal will be able to help you, though if you paid by ‘Friends and Family’ they may not. In theory PayPal will have bank and other details of the person you sent the money to. The ‘seller’ wasn’t in Norfolk by any chance, was he? Brian. I wasnt aware of it. Fortunately it wasnt for much money. I am not sure where the guy lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 13 hours ago, Richard Acland said: I wasnt aware of it. Fortunately it wasnt for much money. I am not sure where the guy lived. Richard, although it was a small amount of money, this scammer has your paypal and email details, so change your password on both to something more substantial. Once they get your details, they commence hammering away at passwords to get into accounts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Richard can you PM me the guy's name please. Just so I can remove him if necessary. Both his emails too please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 If anyone is approached by a user and suspects a problem then please let myself or a moderator know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) The scam can also work both ways. Person buys parts using PayPal , not friends and family, generally not a problem. They then contact PayPal and say item isnt as described . PayPal take back the money fto you the seller , they get a refund your stuff is gone as Pay Pal it seems are only interested in the customer and not the seller as are Ebay . Only safe way is to meet face to face and do the deal for cash. Or the old fashioned way with a cheque. Trust is a dying thing Im afraid and the scum bags that do this sort of thing ruin it for all the genuine people and seem to get away with it. Edited February 3 by Engine Doctor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Acland Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 11 hours ago, Denis Watkins said: Richard, although it was a small amount of money, this scammer has your paypal and email details, so change your password on both to something more substantial. Once they get your details, they commence hammering away at passwords to get into accounts. changed my pay pal password as advised by pay pal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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