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I was looking around Amazon for their prices for Photo iPods. They listed their price and also listed the lower prices of some of their marketplace sellers.
It was about £250 as opposed to around nearer £300 so I made payment, still through Amazon, on my credit card.
I then get a series of emails firstly from amazon saying they've cancelled the order due to the seller being unable to receive payment. Then I get emails from the seller saying he can complete the order if I pay by Western Union transfer.
The style, broken English and use of WU just reminded me of your typical Ebay scammer. And there is no way I'm paying for it by money transfer.
Am I being too cynical or has anybody else come across this?
It was about £250 as opposed to around nearer £300 so I made payment, still through Amazon, on my credit card.
I then get a series of emails firstly from amazon saying they've cancelled the order due to the seller being unable to receive payment. Then I get emails from the seller saying he can complete the order if I pay by Western Union transfer.
The style, broken English and use of WU just reminded me of your typical Ebay scammer. And there is no way I'm paying for it by money transfer.
Am I being too cynical or has anybody else come across this?
Scam. Next email you get have a look at the headers to see where it originates from. Most scammers love either Western Union or MoneyGram because its in cash and pretty much untraceable. Drop it like a hot brick! Also google his email address and any other details the seller has given you he may well be a known scammer.
>> Edited by MilnerR on Wednesday 13th July 09:08
The whole thing is fishier than market day in Grimsby.
The gentleman's email addy is martin_2_0_0_1@hotmail.com
His address seemed unusual; Luton Rd, London, so I Streetmapped the postcode he gave, which didn't tie up.
Sounds like a new angle for Northern African gentlemen abusing the internet.
The gentleman's email addy is martin_2_0_0_1@hotmail.com
His address seemed unusual; Luton Rd, London, so I Streetmapped the postcode he gave, which didn't tie up.
Sounds like a new angle for Northern African gentlemen abusing the internet.
OOOOOh now then. Don't get me started on Amazon marketplace. About a year ago I bought a DVD player from some geezer in their 'Marketplace'. Screwed me out of about £45 and I paid on Switch.
Never heard a sausage from him. Looked around at his other sales and they were all utter pie-in-the-sky bullsh1t fraudster cr@p.
Left him -ve feedback or whatever their Ebay like but it's not really it's better 'cos we protect you my ar*e system thingy. Suddenly he starts getting hundreds of -ve feedbacks. He's been doing this for months - what had Amazon done about it (rhetorical)?
Eventually got my money back after I sent some seriously fuming emails to them. WILL NEVER FOR THE WHOLE OF ETERNITY AND BEYOND EVER EVEN LOOK AT ANYTHING AMAZON AGAIN AS LONG AS THERE IS A UNIVERSE (at least).
Bottom line - yer fooked.
Never heard a sausage from him. Looked around at his other sales and they were all utter pie-in-the-sky bullsh1t fraudster cr@p.
Left him -ve feedback or whatever their Ebay like but it's not really it's better 'cos we protect you my ar*e system thingy. Suddenly he starts getting hundreds of -ve feedbacks. He's been doing this for months - what had Amazon done about it (rhetorical)?
Eventually got my money back after I sent some seriously fuming emails to them. WILL NEVER FOR THE WHOLE OF ETERNITY AND BEYOND EVER EVEN LOOK AT ANYTHING AMAZON AGAIN AS LONG AS THERE IS A UNIVERSE (at least).
Bottom line - yer fooked.
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