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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
tggzzz:
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--- Quote from: Cerebus on May 05, 2018, 05:26:53 pm ---Our ebay fraudster is back again, this time using the account ahimsaann. Same items listed as last week.
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If we can spot things like this, why cant Ebay?
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It isn't easy, they don't want to dissuade genuine - but strange - sellers, and it is cheaper to rectify things after they've gone wrong.
It is simply factored into their "cost of doing business", cf credit card fraud.
GerryBags:
Maybe if the seller was asked to take a picture of the item with a piece of paper on it with the date of the sale and the price before paying. A genuine seller shouldn't have a problem with that and it would be very hard to fake without them actually owning the item they're pretending to sell.
Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: GerryBags on May 05, 2018, 06:44:23 pm ---Maybe if the seller was asked to take a picture of the item with a piece of paper on it with the date of the sale and the price before paying. A genuine seller shouldn't have a problem with that and it would be very hard to fake without them actually owning the item they're pretending to sell.
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It's easy to photoshop a text on a piece of paper. It's more complicated for the seller, but not a perfect way of verifying the seller.
BillB:
In my experience, the seller's legitimate account was hacked, and the hacker never responded to any emails/messages from buyers. My guess is that they wouldn't respond to minimize any possibility of them being tracked.
They price things low enough that people will immediately buy and pay via paypal. The clock on ebay getting involved starts after the end of the estimated shipping period, which could be days to a week. At that point, the hacker is long gone with the funds and eBay has to pay the bill.
With a hacked seller's account, there is no way ebay is going to know about it until it's too late.
bd139:
Better idea: you must use two factor authentication or no selling.
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