Scammers getting creative

[fatgrandmafinds]

So I got a message through eBay's system a few minutes ago from someone claiming they'd purchased an item from me but received the wrong item. The item in question was delivered almost a month ago and knowing this I checked the details of the sale and the item was sold to a completely different user than the one who messaged me. The username on the sale isn't even close to the one claiming they received the wrong item and the person who contacted me has zero feedback and has only been a member since Mid-September which is after the item was sold. I'm not sure how they're doing this through eBay's messaging system but I responded to let them know I'd be reporting them to eBay. This makes me wonder what they would have done if I'd fallen for their scam because if I'd sent a refund it would have been sent to the person who actually purchased the item. Has anyone else had one of these?

[inhawaii]

Not so smart scammer:

"Hello, I purchased an item a while ago and it's the wrong item. 

Before I send it back, can you mail me a refund in cash?"

[stephenmorgan]

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@vintagecraze50 wrote:

I had no idea Amazon banned more than one account under the same persons name identifiers, why then does Ebay not do this?

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If eBay bans an account, all accounts associated with that person is banned and any account associated with the IP Address is also banned.

[simply-the-best-for-you]

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@baydistributionllc wrote:

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@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:

How do you know it isn't the same buyer reaching out with a different ID?  Most sellers have at least 2 ID's, one for buying.  Some buyers only have multiple ID's & they may have just reached out with the 'wrong' ID.  I've certainly had buyers do that before, though not for this specific reason. 

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There is no honest reason to have two IDs. Amazon knows this. I wish ebay would wake up. Policies and consequences for breaking them make zero difference where anyone can just open another account.

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There are TONS of honest reasons to have multiple ID's.  Most sellers have at least 2, most sellers on here have at least 3.   It's SUPER common to have both a buying & selling ID.  There are also reasons for buyers only to have multiple ID's.  IDK about AMZN, but it's very common on eBay & your opinion of it, does not negate that it could have been the buyer, accidentally using one of their other ID's.  I've had that happen many times.  Of course it could be a scammer too. 

[femmefan1946]

but I responded to let them know I'd be reporting them to eBay.

That's a step I would have skipped. Not the report to eBay part, the letting them know part.

[femmefan1946]

@baydistributionllc There is no honest reason to have two IDs.

I have four active IDs. One is run by an employee. One is run for DH. One sells books and sewing patterns. One is for test listings.
Some sellers have buying IDs, so their customers don't know where or what they are buying.

Some sellers have posting IDs, because they are wary of cyber-attack on their liveliehood.

[fatgrandmafinds]

Well, for one, the person who contacted me is located in New Jersey (according to eBay) and the original buyer is located in Wisconsin. If one of the addresses had been in a warmer climate area I could believe they're snowbirds who spend winters somewhere other than Wisconsin but I don't think New Jersey is warmer in winter 🤣 Additionally if they were my original buyer they probably wouldn't have left me positive feedback almost 2 months ago if I'd sent them the wrong item.

[fatgrandmafinds]

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