ReadyToGo
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This is new information regarding online sales. This is for anyone selling high ticket items such as RV's online.
This information is from WindowsSecrets newsletter and starts out this way:
"New wrinkle on an old ploy — the PayPal scam
It all starts when you place an online ad.
It doesn’t really matter what you’re selling, as long as it’s physically large and valuable. It doesn’t matter where you advertise — I’ve seen reports of this ploy being played on Craigslist advertisers and other major online sites."
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New scam re online sellers
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wny_pat
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ReadyToGo wrote:This is new information regarding online sales. This is for anyone selling high ticket items such as RV's online.
This information is from WindowsSecrets newsletter and starts out this way:
"New wrinkle on an old ploy — the PayPal scam
It all starts when you place an online ad.
It doesn’t really matter what you’re selling, as long as it’s physically large and valuable. It doesn’t matter where you advertise — I’ve seen reports of this ploy being played on Craigslist advertisers and other major online sites."
Here is the entire article.
New scam re online sellers The real scam here is that the link wants you to buy a book. It is not a news story!!!
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beemerphile1
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Certainly not a new scam, new twist on an old one maybe. There are always new victims and that is why these things continue. I often wonder about the intelligence of the people that fall for these things when there are so many red flags from the very beginning.
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If you want to sell something, advertise it, then handle all money transactions face to face.
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I expected this to be posted by a Left Coaster.
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wbwood
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Anyone who falls for any of these scams like this or even he Nigerian letter ones deserve what they get.
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AO_hitech
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The main indication that shows this to be a scam is when they ask for money back, and by a different method. That is ALWAYS an indication of a scam.
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WHS
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wbwood wrote:Anyone who falls for any of these scams like this or even he Nigerian letter ones deserve what they get.
Wow, that's pretty cold.
I remember my 95 year old Grandmother used to get slaughtered with these things, especially in the mail and some of them were pretty elaborate. One good thing, she always called one of us to check it out before she did anything... But, what if we weren't there? Also, when she passed, we found that she was sending off $5 to several different "save the ____" organizations on a monthly basis. It was not much, maybe $25 or so total... But, imagine how many people do that? I checked them out and each one was shady. They do give to whatever they advertise, but legally only have to give 1% to qualify as a "save the ____" organization.
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