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Rest in Peace
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A couple of weeks ago I was scanning ebay listings for Morgan dollars, 1883-O to be specific. I came across a nice looking example that appeared to be a listing from a seller that I've cherry-picked varieties several times over the years(a red background). It was even out of focus at 12:00 as I would expect. It turned out to be a different seller with only 3 feedbacks as a buyer, none being coins and over a year ago. I became suspicious so I checked the rest of the listings and found no less than 5 different photography methods. Now I'm even more suspicious. I've been watching the completed auctions and 9 days after closing this seller has not left feedback and even more important not received any from the buyers. Last night I came across another account with the same scenario - 1 feedback as a buyer more than a year old. Lo and behold, two coins sold by the first account are now offered by the second. I'm not getting a warm and fuzzy over these. Sold items from first buyer https://www.ebay.com/sch/aidasepans...046732.m1684auction listings from second seller https://www.ebay.com/sch/deanallen2...047675.l2562Do you think I'm over reacting....? *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Seller quote Quote:
Please be patient in case your package does not arrive on time specified above,
few delays have occurred in the past . . .
Other seller quote in same font Quote:
Normally, the package needs 7-15 days to arrive at the destination.
Sometimes it will be postponed a period of time I certainly wouldn't shop there  Edited by TNG
03/09/2019 10:27 am
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5680 Posts |
Nice detective work. Clearly a scam. They currently both have listed an identical photo for an 1879-O Morgan, one ending tomorrow morning, the other ending Monday morning. The both allude to a possible delay in shipping in their descriptions. Seems too easy to set up a new account (or hijack a rarely used account), sell several hundred dollars of coins using stolen photos, then disappear.
Edited by Zurie
03/09/2019 10:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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with Zurie. Unfortunate but true. Hope the buyers get their money back. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They would also have to hijack where the money goes, but that doesn't surprise me. About 5 years ago someone stole my PayPal credentials and sent themselves a direct payment from me. It could only have come via ebay because I never used PayPal anywhere else. You have to watch all your accounts like a hawk these days. |
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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Does paypal hold payments until delivery is confirmed or feedback received with accounts with such low feedback?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think paypal does hold money for new ebay accounts. Not sure if that would apply to hijacked accounts that technically have been around for a while. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8938 Posts |
It's 25 positive sales to stop holding payments
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Update - seller aidasepansk has now sold 40 Morgan dollars since 2/27 and has not received any feedback which means no one has received a coin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
900 Posts |
He has been busy. That is really disturbing. It is quite odd that the same seller would use such different techniques for listing coins as well, so I would agree that the photos are stolen. So, who is gonna eat the cost of this scam? Will ebay intervene on behalf of the buyers? |
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Forum Dad
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Moderator
United States
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I'm guessing they will all get packages from China.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Edited by dave700x
03/13/2019 8:52 pm
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Forum Dad
United States
24177 Posts |
Got it wiped for now. Post here if he relists, I'll subscribe to this topic.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Will do. Thank you for that!  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I can't prove it yet but I think this is another hijacked account by the same person(s) that ran the above scam... https://www.ebay.com/sch/dwil6262/m...047675.l2562Edit to add, I'm sure of it now. Looking at the items sold and bought it looks like a ring of hacked accounts... Edited by dave700x
04/04/2019 9:47 pm
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Posted 03/09/2019 10:26 am
