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Old 13-02-2013
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Default I have been PayPal scammed by sandon18 on eBay, a tale of stupidity

Hi guys, I have been using PayPal for about 10 years now and up until recently had only had one scam attempt and it is easy to become complacent. I recently had a an picco engine on eBay and a seller called sandon18 expressed interest and he said he had a problem checking out the immediate payment required Item so he asked for my payment details and I awaited the money, to my amazement I then received 9 x £10 payments! He said keep the change, I thought this was suspicious as he was so blasé with the money but after listing the engine 5 times I just wanted to sell it. The second nail in my coffin was the fact there was no address on the payment.
PayPal investigated the transaction and the seller is refusing to verify the payments were authorised so PayPal are saying tough tits.
Yes I was stupid but I took a chance, my advice to my fellow ooples is ALWAYS stick to the PayPal guidelines or trusted names or hard cash.
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did the engine get sent to the paypal buyers address if so its his tuff titts as long as u sent it recorded
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The PayPal payment did not have an address on it, he told me the address in a separate email. I sent the item special delivery, cost me £8.00 that rubbed salt in the wound, PayPal don't want to know
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Is he just ignoring you on ebay?
Whats his real name? Might as well out him
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In fact, put his address up too
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i would never ever send to a unconfirmed or any address other than what is on there paypal, if in doubt don't send refund, but i agree with Jim bob on this one out him name address and all
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