Got Scammed on Reddit for $1200 FML ????????*♂️

[p0pperini]

Sorry to hear that someone is being scam ..... when buying from a seller for a 1st time, do buy smaller or less expensive items..... example, like accessories and etc......
See if you are satisfy with the purchase.... if everything is smooth, do put more trust on the seller and buy more expensive items.....

Spoken by someone who's never seen "The Sting"...

And what if the seller you're dealing doesn't happen to also be selling several smaller, less expensive items? Most of these scammers don't have an extensive array of items for sale on eBay at a range of prices to suit all pockets and levels of trust.

For the buyer, do file a report with PP and I am sure PP will able to cancel the transaction and return the money to the buyer......

The OP already said he attempted to get this resolved by PP and failed.

But apart from all that... excellent advice!

 

[legend]

Well... that’s been an expensive lesson.

Don’t Do Reddit.

I think there are good and bad guys both here and on Reddit or any other platform for that matter. We are just accustomed to the secure trading put in place by staff on this forum.

I personally believe in buying the seller (and buyer) before doing a deal with the other party.

I have mixed thoughts about the OP being “scammed” but will keep those to myself. Hope it ends well for OP.


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[Daryl70]

Story: Yeah so I posted a wtb thread there and this guy with 5000 karma (post upvotes) pmed me. Had over a year of history on designer replica (clothing) forums etc. He offered to sell me a noob v4 for td price instead of my $1000 offer.

Well, I trusted the guy because of his history and the way he was talking about realistic shipping methods (1 day shipping from Canada to usa)

I should have known immediately after first transaction his PayPal name being fake (“dasher dash”) and him giving an excuse as to why he couldn’t ship it that day as promised

I asked him to send photos with handwritten note which he did. Should have asked him to do a verified selling thread which requires pic of holding your id selfie style

overall I just had my guard down even send him another $500 for a vsf sub which he also sent a pic of.

my friend also got scammed a day or two before this.

I lost the PayPal dispute. If anyone has ideas for going after this guy let me know paypal emails [email protected] and [email protected]. One fake name dasher dash and other (probably real) name Jordan Leol Parker


overall I blame myself for not requiring formal sale thread. The subreddit admins banned him from everything and he deleted his own year old active account so they did what they could

Tldr I am stupid and inexperienced and trust strangers on internet too much. No noob v4 for me or vsf sub for my friend. Sigh

I got scammed for bike parts by paying friends and family paypal, fortunately I used my credit card and was able to do a credit card charge back. I lost PayPal but won the credit card dispute

 

[p0pperini]

I think there are good and bad guys both here and on Reddit or any other platform for that matter.

Of course there are. But it’s also fun branding the other place as where all the baddies hang out, isn’t it?

 

[ChineseGeraldGenta]

I got scammed for bike parts by paying friends and family paypal, fortunately I used my credit card and was able to do a credit card charge back. I lost PayPal but won the credit card dispute

What happened to your PayPal account?


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[P..DR..D]

Of course there are. But it’s also fun branding the other place as where all the baddies hang out, isn’t it?

Rumour has it if you say the R word three times, they appear

 

[legend]

Of course there are. But it’s also fun branding the other place as where all the baddies hang out, isn’t it?

Well I wish you didn’t call me out like that but screw the politics, yes you’re absolutely 100% right :legend:


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[ChineseGeraldGenta]

I got scammed for bike parts by paying friends and family paypal, fortunately I used my credit card and was able to do a credit card charge back. I lost PayPal but won the credit card dispute

What happened to your PayPal account?


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