Yesterday I snagged a ridiculous steal on the bay...one that I knew was too good to be true, but with the e Commerce profilactic protecting against Scamsyphilis, I took a roll...
Emailed the seller a couple of questions after payment and never heard back.
Early this morning I got an alert from PP that my payment had been refunded with a note stating an issue with the PP account, and if I still wanted the watch, they would send me an invoice.
I said sure, and messaged through ebay as well.
Got a payment request, not an invoice, from another email address and PP user...um...ok. Also got a payment request from Square Pay...yeah right!
Scam is to hack a legit ebay user and PP account...accept payment...refund payment...send request from other PP account outside on ebay...vanish into the wind.
Rather complex, but would fool a noob in a dirt road second.
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