Has anyone else had problems with ebay not reporting extra charges for their car purchase?
@jocar802093 : Please click the blue Reply button below and give us more detail on what has happened so far with this purchase. There is some (no - a LOT of) concern that you are involved in a purchase scam.
It's with a Lady in the army, being shipped out. Needed to sell her car. As the deal progressed, one fee for shipping, one for tariff on car for foreign charge. It looked fraudulent to Mr. This was NOT her!: let me repeat: it was not her. It was from ebay. I felt that these fees had been hidden and I did not trust that. I expected ebay to be on the up and up.
STOP SENDING THEM GIFT CARDS. You are being scammed. There is no car. EBay has nothing to do with this. The scammer is going to continue asking you for money if you keep sending it.
The "being shipped out" story is very common. They're deploying with short notice and have no time so they're selling their car/RV/boat for cheap. We've seen form letters for this. Only the picture of the car might change.
It's with a Lady in the army, being shipped out. Needed to sell her car. As the deal progressed, one fee for shipping, one for tariff on car for foreign charge. It looked fraudulent to Mr. This was NOT her!: let me repeat: it was not her. It was from ebay. I felt that these fees had been hidden and I did not trust that. I expected ebay to be on the up and up.
Sorry, that's an old scam and it has nothing to do with Ebay.
None of the emails you received were from Ebay, they were from the thieves that stole your money.
It's with a Lady in the army, being shipped out. Needed to sell her car. As the deal progressed, one fee for shipping, one for tariff on car for foreign charge. It looked fraudulent to Mr. This was NOT her!: let me repeat: it was not her. It was from ebay. I felt that these fees had been hidden and I did not trust that. I expected ebay to be on the up and up.
No. It is not a lady in the army. It is a guy sitting somewhere in Africa or Eastern Europe scamming you. You did not get anything from eBay. The scammer sent you a faked document. There is no car.
I am sorry. You were scammed and all the money you've spent on gift cards so far is gone. Stop sending these scammers more money.
@jocar802093 wrote: ... one fee for shipping, one for tariff on car for foreign charge. It looked fraudulent to Mr. This was NOT her!: let me repeat: it was not her. It was from ebay. ...
Oh, dear. Those messages were not really from eBay. Anybody can copy eBay's logo and put it in a fake email, pretending to be eBay.
eBay does not get involved with sales on other sites such as Facebook or Craigslist. It just doesn't work that way.
As noted in the above comment, this is a common scam and these scammers just keep asking for more and more money (well, gift cards) until their victim catches on.
It's with a Lady in the army, being shipped out. Needed to sell her car. As the deal progressed, one fee for shipping, one for tariff on car for foreign charge. It looked fraudulent to Mr. This was NOT her!: let me repeat: it was not her. It was from ebay. I felt that these fees had been hidden and I did not trust that. I expected ebay to be on the up and up.
It's one thing to be naive and fall for this scam; but another when there were 7 posts telling you that YOU are being SCAMMED and that eBay does NOT house cars, does NOT charge anything etc. etc.
Why are you continuing to believe this 'lady' and these 'charges' and the FAKE Ebay Emails with FAKE eBay headings on invoices etc.????
It's with a Lady in the army, being shipped out. Needed to sell her car. As the deal progressed, one fee for shipping, one for tariff on car for foreign charge. It looked fraudulent to Mr. This was NOT her!: let me repeat: it was not her. It was from ebay. I felt that these fees had been hidden and I did not trust that. I expected ebay to be on the up and up.
@jocar802093 : Where did you first see the listing for this supposed car? If it was on eBay please show us the listing number.
Unfortunately what you are describing is the pattern of a routine scam that originates elsewhere (e.g. Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist) that pretends to be using eBay to complete the transaction, and sends you all kinds of official-looking but completely fake emails dressed up with eBay or PayPal logos, and claiming to need payments for various fees before the car can be shipped to you. There will be an elaborate excuse of some kind for why you cannot inspect the car in person.
eBay has no connection to this supposed car sale at all, unless you can point us to a listing for it here on eBay. Please let us know if we're on the right track here. If so, any gift cards you have sent off are probably gone forever; sorry. Hopefully you have not lost too much on this. Don't buy any vehicle before you or someone you trust have inspected it in person.
Hope you didn't pay for the vehicle using gift cards and now they want money for insurance.
That's sure what it sounds like. As we know, once the victim falls for this scam and sends the first gift cards, there are demands for more gift cards to pay for this, that, or the other thing -- insurance, unforseen storage costs, additional shipping charges, any other bogus expense they can come up with to keep those gift cards coming. While they wait, the scammers sip another latte at the cybercafe in Lagos or Varna.
Hope you didn't pay for the vehicle using gift cards and now they want money for insurance.
That's sure what it sounds like. As we know, once the victim falls for this scam and sends the first gift cards, there are demands for more gift cards to pay for this, that, or the other thing -- insurance, unforseen storage costs, additional shipping charges, any other bogus expense they can come up with to keep those gift cards coming. While they wait, the scammers sip another latte at the cybercafe in Lagos or Varna.
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I hope we're wrong, but I have a feeling we're not.
Once they find someone that'll pay, they'll keep trying to get as much as they can.
Once the buyer realizes they've been scammed, there's nothing they can do.
I have a terrible feeling that you found this car on Facebook Marketplace or Craig's List or some other non-eBay site, advertised with the complete lie that eBay will be involved in the transaction.
If so, you have been scammed. eBay does not warehouse cars, ship cars, send cars out on approval, insure cars, or involve itself in any what at all in the sale of cars.
There is no woman named whatever name she used. There is no car. The sob story she told to explain the too-good-to-be-true price is a lie. "Invoices" and "receipts" you were sent were fake.
You were asked to pay in gift cards because they cannot be traced. Your money is gone for good. eBay cannot help because it was never involved in this. Law enforcement cannot help because these scammers and their accounts vanish in the flash of an electron.
I hope to goodness that I am misunderstanding your post, and that you did not fall for this old, old scam.
a_c_green
·2 years ago@jocar802093 : Please click the blue Reply button below and give us more detail on what has happened so far with this purchase. There is some (no - a LOT of) concern that you are involved in a purchase scam.
jocar802093
OP2 years agoIt's with a Lady in the army, being shipped out. Needed to sell her car. As the deal progressed, one fee for shipping, one for tariff on car for foreign charge. It looked fraudulent to Mr. This was NOT her!: let me repeat: it was not her. It was from ebay. I felt that these fees had been hidden and I did not trust that. I expected ebay to be on the up and up.
candd205
·2 years ago@jocar802093
STOP SENDING THEM GIFT CARDS. You are being scammed. There is no car. EBay has nothing to do with this. The scammer is going to continue asking you for money if you keep sending it.
toomuchstuffagain35
·2 years agoNo, this is NOT an ebay deal. You are being scammed.
The invoices etc from ebay are FAKE.
read what others have already told you.
annadryl
·2 years agoThe "being shipped out" story is very common. They're deploying with short notice and have no time so they're selling their car/RV/boat for cheap. We've seen form letters for this. Only the picture of the car might change.
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoSorry, that's an old scam and it has nothing to do with Ebay.
None of the emails you received were from Ebay, they were from the thieves that stole your money.
maxine*j
·2 years agoNo. It is not a lady in the army. It is a guy sitting somewhere in Africa or Eastern Europe scamming you. You did not get anything from eBay. The scammer sent you a faked document. There is no car.
I am sorry. You were scammed and all the money you've spent on gift cards so far is gone. Stop sending these scammers more money.
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nobody*s_perfect
·2 years agoOh, dear. Those messages were not really from eBay. Anybody can copy eBay's logo and put it in a fake email, pretending to be eBay.
eBay does not get involved with sales on other sites such as Facebook or Craigslist. It just doesn't work that way.
As noted in the above comment, this is a common scam and these scammers just keep asking for more and more money (well, gift cards) until their victim catches on.
maxine*j
·2 years agoRead this from eBay:
https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/
and this, if you scroll down to "The Third Party Scam":
https://www.gobankingrates.com/saving-money/car/used-car-buying-scams-watch-out-avoid/
or Google a hundred more explanations and warnings about this scam.
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stainlessenginecovers
·2 years agoIt's one thing to be naive and fall for this scam; but another when there were 7 posts telling you that YOU are being SCAMMED and that eBay does NOT house cars, does NOT charge anything etc. etc.
Why are you continuing to believe this 'lady' and these 'charges' and the FAKE Ebay Emails with FAKE eBay headings on invoices etc.????
a_c_green
·2 years ago@jocar802093 : Where did you first see the listing for this supposed car? If it was on eBay please show us the listing number.
Unfortunately what you are describing is the pattern of a routine scam that originates elsewhere (e.g. Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist) that pretends to be using eBay to complete the transaction, and sends you all kinds of official-looking but completely fake emails dressed up with eBay or PayPal logos, and claiming to need payments for various fees before the car can be shipped to you. There will be an elaborate excuse of some kind for why you cannot inspect the car in person.
eBay has no connection to this supposed car sale at all, unless you can point us to a listing for it here on eBay. Please let us know if we're on the right track here. If so, any gift cards you have sent off are probably gone forever; sorry. Hopefully you have not lost too much on this. Don't buy any vehicle before you or someone you trust have inspected it in person.
toomuchstuffagain35
·2 years agoI'm constantly stunned by how many people actually fall for this.
maxine*j
·2 years agoAnd we see about one a day on the Buying board alone, not to mention posts here and on other boards.
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kensgiftshop
·2 years agoYou would think with all the news reports and signs posted around the gift card sections, people wouldn't fall for this old scam, but they do.
annadryl
·2 years agoIf the worst case is true, yes it has happened to many others. Ebay has nothing to report, they don't even know it happened.
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoHope you didn't pay for the vehicle using gift cards and now they want money for insurance.
maxine*j
·2 years agoThat's sure what it sounds like. As we know, once the victim falls for this scam and sends the first gift cards, there are demands for more gift cards to pay for this, that, or the other thing -- insurance, unforseen storage costs, additional shipping charges, any other bogus expense they can come up with to keep those gift cards coming. While they wait, the scammers sip another latte at the cybercafe in Lagos or Varna.
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kensgiftshop
·2 years agoI hope we're wrong, but I have a feeling we're not.
Once they find someone that'll pay, they'll keep trying to get as much as they can.
Once the buyer realizes they've been scammed, there's nothing they can do.
maxine*j
·2 years agoI have a terrible feeling that you found this car on Facebook Marketplace or Craig's List or some other non-eBay site, advertised with the complete lie that eBay will be involved in the transaction.
If so, you have been scammed. eBay does not warehouse cars, ship cars, send cars out on approval, insure cars, or involve itself in any what at all in the sale of cars.
There is no woman named whatever name she used. There is no car. The sob story she told to explain the too-good-to-be-true price is a lie. "Invoices" and "receipts" you were sent were fake.
You were asked to pay in gift cards because they cannot be traced. Your money is gone for good. eBay cannot help because it was never involved in this. Law enforcement cannot help because these scammers and their accounts vanish in the flash of an electron.
I hope to goodness that I am misunderstanding your post, and that you did not fall for this old, old scam.
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