Sold my bag on Craigs List-Scam

chris7891

chris7891

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Sep 22, 2008
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I'm not really sure if I posted this in the right section.

I was debating on selling my bag for weeks, and I finally decided to do it.
I really did not want to use ebay, so I put it up on craigs list.

The buyer ( from Texas) was willing to give me the exact amount that the bag cost $700, which kind of seemed strange but I didn't look into it.

Paypall emailed me letting me know that the $700 was "in" my account, but wouldn't be in my account until I provided them with a tracking #.

I received another email from Paypal saying that the buyer overpaid and I had to send $100 to Nigeria. Keep in mind the bag was shipped.

I ran to the post office and thank God they didn't send out the bag.

I feel like a complete moron :cry: On the bright side I have my bag.
 
#2
chris7891 said:
I'm not really sure if I posted this in the right section.

I was debating on selling my bag for weeks, and I finally decided to do it.
I really did not want to use ebay, so I put it up on craigs list.

The buyer ( from Texas) was willing to give me the exact amount that the bag cost $700, which kind of seemed strange but I didn't look into it.

Paypall emailed me letting me know that the $700 was "in" my account, but wouldn't be in my account until I provided them with a tracking #.

I received another email from Paypal saying that the buyer overpaid and I had to send $100 to Nigeria. Keep in mind the bag was shipped.

I ran to the post office and thank God they didn't send out the bag.

I feel like a complete moron :cry: On the bright side I have my bag.
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glad you didn't lost $$ nor your bag, there's a lot of SCAM paypal email, always log into your paypal to makesure the email is legit :yes:
always check your paypal transaction page about buyer/seller protection, NEVER ship until OK TO SHIP are given by PAYPAL ON THE TRANSACTION PAGE.
I once had a buyer bought a bag of mine from fleabay, I follow all paypal instruction and shipped, couple days later she received left me EXCELLENT feedback and asking to buy another bag at lower price, I agreed since she's return buyer, she paid via echeck, couple days later while I was waiting for her echeck to clear, I notice my paypal balance was negative??????? I call paypal and found out this particular buyer file dispute with her credit card company?????? anyway, I got my money credit back to my account since I follow paypal instruction. Another seller email me told me she did the same thing to her. couple weeks later, the buyer account was suspended on fleabay.
 
#3
wow! glad you caught on to it before you got scammed! I've never known paypal to send e-mails about overpaying....
I received a phony paypal email which was strange bc it said service@paypal, or something to that effect, and I could have sworn that was the legitimate e-mail address.

I have one bag for sale right now, after that, I think I'm pretty much done with selling period, there are just too many scams for me to have to be aware of. People are just so scummy these days :pout:
 
#6
LIke it or not, Ebay is still probably the safest place to buy/sell overall. We only hear about the bad transactions, and yes I am sure there are lots that go unreported, but I think that the vast majority of the thousands of daily transactions go through w/out a hitch.

As long as you follow the rules/guidelines and cover your heinie you should be ok.

If someone is determined to scam, they are going to try and do it no matter what the venue. So sad.
 
#8
That's why I either sell my designer items to my friends or at a consignment shop. I know I could probably get more $ if I went on ebay, but I prefer a consignment shop. No hassle, minimal risk of scam, no worry of needing to ship etc. I used to do ebay but after someone damaging an item and sending it back, all of the buyer's remorse cases and then all the fees going up---I'll pass!
 
#9
It sounds like the email you got from PayPal about overpayment was the scam...not the person who bought the bag. Unless I'm misunderstanding something?

I NEVER click links in emails from PayPal, eBay, my bank, etc. I always go to the site directly and log in. People are really good at making the emails and websites look legit and when you click through, you go to a fake website and if you log in thinking the real website, you give them your log in info. :sad:
 
#12
That paypal emails must have been fake- paypal does not do pending transactions like that, if the money is in, it is in, unless it's an e-check. So glad you recovered your bag! I get emails like that when I list stuff on CL- like they'll pay me in check and can you wire me the difference, blah, blah!
 
#14
I would be changing my passwords ASAP. It sounds like those PayPal emails were fake so they may have hijacked your account passwords or snuck a trojan onto your computer. Please be safe and run your anti-virus program and change those passwords AFTER you are sure your computer is clean!
 
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