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I bought thru eBay Motors 2008 Cruiser Funfinder x230...order # 792767304092...they asked to pay $1,600 vía eBay cards which I did...and the next day was asked for $800 for the shipping that it was refundable as soon as the 5 day trial period...have not heard from them...sorry but I trusted EBay and didn’t think they were scamming me...please help me

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This is a very old scam. You did not buy this on eBay, but found it on another website, no?

Report the ad to the website where you found it. Do NOT send the scammer any more of your money!

 

There is no camper. You've been robbed.

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@adame-claud 

 

That is not how eBay works. eBay does not rely on users finding ads on Facebook or Craigslist 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 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.

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Sorry, but your money is gone and you have NO way to ever get it back.

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