I had a watch which i tried to sell. It is listed on Omega Forums. I havent listed it anywhere else besides here.
This watch was purchased by a buyer - Nicolas Andersen in London. I received his email and he was happy with the price.
He made the payment through Paypal. I received confirmation of payment from paypal. So I sent the watch yesterday,
Funds were not showing in my paypal account so I rang Paypal and they said its a fake transaction from fake paypal site. I gave them transaction ID but they said ID does not exist.

Any advises.

 

I'm afraid this is not uncommon. Either the account is fake or the buyer can do a chargeback or
http://m.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/jan/27/is-paypal-safe-protection?cat=money&type=article
PayPal is no guarantee of payment. You have to be VERY careful. Sorry it happened to you. Hope you can solve it somehow.
R

 

ouch! I have read of similar accounts in the past. Personally, I will not ship the item until am able to transfer and verify the money reached my bank account. Too many crooks out there and this will be tough to crack specially if you reside in the US and shipped the watch to Europe. Good luck.

 

And even that's not safe.

https://www.paypal-community.com/t5...ive/CHARGEBACK-SCAM-SELLERS-BEWARE/td-p/27035

PayPal is not safe.

 

Unbelievable, hopefully you can resolve this

 

That's a great approach to avoid possibility of problem

 

I don't know of any 100% safe method for doing business on the internet. Whatever method is available, some less than stellar a**hole will find away to compromise it.

 

Aye, there's the rub.

 

Only advice I can thing of, and it will probably be frustrating, is to keep on top of paypal & jump through whatever hoops they ask of you. IMHO, I would continue the good fight for as long as necessary, until I had resolution or an unsurmountable dead end.

 

The real Paypal had nothing to do with this - it's a fake site the scam artist set up to bilk people out of the stuff they're selling.

 

Ok, my bad for not articulating my response with more detail. I was of the opinion paypal would have some involvement or offer some assistance. This would not be first scam ever involving paypal fake sites. I could very well be wrong.

 

Respectable Member L*A*L*L

As days go by, more and more fake items and activities are coming our way.

We have to be wary at all times and hopefully, your issue will be resolved, eventually.

Thank-you.

 

I suppose, unless they had information, or were gathering information of a particular fake site that could assist paypal or they were gathering information to assist paypal in future litigation against a particular site/individual for unauthorized use of intellectual property own by paypal. Then again, maybe I'm wrong.

 

Paypal is also informed about the fraud. They are following it up.
Australia post has been paid a fee of $25 by which they can - Withdraw From Delivery in London - As the item is in transit and is going to be possible . Matter reported to London Police Online Squad. And Australian Police.
Will keep you posted.

 

Dude, we're pulling for you. I hope you get the watch back and that douchebag scammer gets nailed.

 

I second that