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verocha-62 · ‎11-20-2020

Please help me, i been scam with $1000 what can i do. All emails and stuff was coming thru ebay thats what it said. I need help please

mtgraves7984 · ‎11-20-2020

Have you found an item (vehicle of some kind, maybe) on another website? If that is the case, then yes, you may have been scammed. The sale of items on other websites do not involve eBay. Sorry this happened to you.

comics-scifi-collectibles · ‎11-20-2020

@verocha-62 wrote:
Please help me, i been scam with $1000 what can i do. All emails and stuff was coming thru ebay thats what it said. I need help please

I am betting that this was for a vehicle or other item that you found on another site.

I am sorry but gift cards are nonrefundable, they are like cash.

Read this:

https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html

AND this: https://pages.ebay.com/giftcardscams/

Report the listing to the site you found it on.

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eburtonlab · ‎11-20-2020

If you found an ad on another site, and sent your contact information to a seller there, who responded that eBay would "handle the deal" -- then I am afraid you are dealing with a scammer. eBay was not involved.

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:

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.com, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay. You may have to pay a deposit. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle and pay the seller.

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.

You can contact eBay and law enforcement to let them know you have been scammed, but your money was spent as soon as you turned over the card code to the scammer. All the information you think you have about the transaction most likely is either a lie or a dead end.