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Hi can anyone help me with the scam that happened to me. If so that would be awesome.
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Hi can anyone help me with the scam that happened to me. If so that would be awesome.
philironista-0
OP2 years agoTy everyone that has replied. I figured all that out when I was trying to talk to the service help lol help. I should have known. Sincerely ty.
eburtonlab
Mentor2 years agoWhat happened?
philironista-0
OP2 years agoWell it looked pretty legit they even had live help chat. What happened was my dad paid 800 for a rv and it was from ebay had the 100% money back guarantee and when it came down to it to ship it the price was to low for the rv and ebay thought that it was priced to low. So they wanted 600 more for insurance purposes. I started thinking cause we didn't have the 600 so I asked for a refund. They couldn't give me a number to call someone and I couldn't get ahold of the seller so when I tried to get the refund they stopped replying and the real ebay Said there was no record.
jacbarcollectibles
Mentor2 years agoeBay has no money back guaranty for motor vehicles. If the vehicle was not listed on eBay then eBay has nothing to do with the sale no matter what the seller says. It sounds like a commo scam and eBay cannot help you as they were not a part of the transaction.
eburtonlab
Mentor2 years agoBeware scammers who advertise on other sites and tell you that the transaction will be handled through eBay.
That is not how eBay works. eBay does not rely on users finding ads on Facebook or other sites and sending contact information to a seller. Likely the seller will send a phony "invoice" that appears to be from eBay but is not, asking you to pay with gift cards to have the vehicle shipped to you for a free evaluation period.
eBay has no warehouse and does not ship vehicles. eBay does not handle such transactions or provide "vehicle protection orders". Scammers often promise those things, though. Any phone number you may receive on such an "invoice" does not connect to eBay, but to the scammer.
Anyone that asks you to purchase gift cards or to send card codes to them to complete a transaction is trying to take advantage of you. Anyone asking for a gift card is looking for a gift at your expense. Once anyone else knows the code, your money will be gone and you will have no recourse.
See here for some info about avoiding such scams (US links):
https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html
https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/online-vehicle-sale-fraud
The only way to purchase a vehicle on eBay is to sign in to eBay, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay, so that the item appears in your Purchase History. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle, pay the seller, and collect the keys, title and vehicle.
If you encountered an ad on another site, contact that site to have the ad removed. eBay is not involved with any ads listed on sites other than eBay itself.