Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunmaster51
Yeah, I was also scammed by this guy. He was a pro at it too.
Offered to sell me the item and we agreed on the price. When I asked for his paypal, he asked me to pay him via bank transfer. I refused, considering that I wanted to use my paypal balance to pay for the item.
He then sent me an invoice on paypal. I paid it. 10 minutes later, he refunded me. He then messaged me and said he was trying to refund someone else and had sent me the refund by mistake. He asked me to resend him the money.
He probably thought that I would resend the money to him under payments for friends and family. When I resent it as a business transaction, he said that paypal would hold it for 21 days and he wouldn't be able to ship the item until the money cleared. He asked me to resend him the money under friends and family so he "could ship ASAP".
Considering that he had no feedback and I was already suspicious, I refused and told him I was fine waiting the 21 days for the money to clear. He said ok and claimed he would contact me with a tracking number once the money cleared and he was ready to ship the item. The 21 days passed nearly two weeks ago, but I haven't gotten any message from him since the day I sent him the money.
I filed a claim with paypal a few days ago. Hopefully I get my money back, as it was a fairly significant amount.
Just wanted to post this here as a warning to everyone to not deal with this guy and not to send money via bank transfer or paypal friends and family unless the seller has a great reputation on here already.
|
What a load of crap from him... Paypal only holds your money for 21 days when is an Ebay sale and to members with few Ebay sales.
Hope you get your money back
