Do ebay scammers get prosecuted?

[Osman]

I have a friend who decided to "cash in" his good standing on ebay, has over 200 good feedback at 100%. He listed a number of laptops without any intent to send the goods. He racked up 8k thus far and wants to stop at 11k. I'm telling him he will get busted, but he says it's unlikely as they'll just go through the dispute proccess and Paypal will refund them though their protection program. He says no one will bother going to the police, and if they do, they won't do much, especially if they're from a different state.

I've been scammed before of a laptop, where some Arab guy who;s sold 600 shavers all of a sudden started selling Macbook Pros, I bought one of them. I didn't receive the laptop for 2 weeks, I got annoyed by his stonewalling and decided to give him his first negative feedback. In 2 hours, he had an avalanche of negative feedback, 11 customers complaining they got scammed from purchases made 3-4 weeks ago (all laptops). His account was closed the next day, I just filed a dispute and got my money back in a couple weeks.

So what you guys think? Will my roommate get away with it? What are the chances?

 

[Grand Eeezus Maxwell]

http://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Trus...-sucessfully-prosecute-scammers/qaq-p/1447295

 

[Im Kemet Rocky & I like penis]

Barely..

 

[Ohene]

Interesting hustle. Good luck to him

 

[Cabbage Patch]

I have a friend who decided to "cash in" his good standing on ebay, has over 200 good feedback at 100%. He listed a number of laptops without any intent to send the goods. He racked up 8k thus far and wants to stop at 11k. I'm telling him he will get busted, but he says it's unlikely as they'll just go through the dispute proccess and Paypal will refund them though their protection program. He says no one will bother going to the police, and if they do, they won't do much, especially if they're from a different state.

I've been scammed before of a laptop, where some Arab guy who;s sold 600 shavers all of a sudden started selling Macbook Pros, I bought one of them. I didn't receive the laptop for 2 weeks, I got annoyed by his stonewalling and decided to give him his first negative feedback. In 2 hours, he had an avalanche of negative feedback, 11 customers complaining they got scammed from purchases made 3-4 weeks ago (all laptops). His account was closed the next day, I just filed a dispute and got my money back in a couple weeks.

So what you guys think? Will my roommate get away with it? What are the chances?

He wants to 'cash in' his good rep for such a small amount?

 

[JamilALAmin]

I did that same exact shyt like 3 years ago. I got away with it but I only hit them for like 2 racks. 11 racks just might get them folks on you. Either way it ain't worth it in the long run. I totally regret that shyt because now one of my main things now is ecommerce and I still fukk with ebay but since I burned my name on there I gotta get a ghost account or buy an account from someone else. It works but with all extra work you gotta do to stay on there like that ain't worth it in the long run. At the time I was just downsizing selling my personal shyt and I didn't realize the potential money that could be made if you really made a grind put of it.

If it was me I wouldn't withdraw the money to my bank from paypal. At 11 racks I would leave the banks out of it. I would take that money and buy something else on ebay that I could flip locally. Then toss the laptop and get a new Internet connection. That's still hot but I think it's safer than cashing out and having the bank looking for you too. either way 11 racks is right around that range that will bring that heat. If you gonna hit on anything white collar like that you gotta do it smaller increments. 2-5 is cool, 10-15 off the same lick is getting greedy.

 

[scarlxrd]

He wants to 'cash in' his good rep for such a small amount?

shyt is mindboggling.

 

[Osman]

He wants to 'cash in' his good rep for such a small amount?

shyt is mindboggling.

Since when is 11k such a "small amount"?

I'd trade in all my 200+ feedback for 11k ANY ****ing day. The "good rep" was mostly obtained by buying random items and selling a few here and there since 2006. That shyt could be built up again.

 

[Osman]

I did that same exact shyt like 3 years ago. I got away with it but I only hit them for like 2 racks. 11 racks just might get them folks on you. Either way it ain't worth it in the long run. I totally regret that shyt because now one of my main things now is ecommerce and I still fukk with ebay but since I burned my name on there I gotta get a ghost account or buy an account from someone else. It works but with all extra work you gotta do to stay on there like that ain't worth it in the long run. At the time I was just downsizing selling my personal shyt and I didn't realize the potential money that could be made if you really made a grind put of it.

I'm interested to know how Paypal differentiates two people with the same name. How do they know your not some other dude with the same name?

If it was me I wouldn't withdraw the money to my bank from paypal. At 11 racks I would leave the banks out of it. I would take that money and buy something else on ebay that I could flip locally. Then toss the laptop and get a new Internet connection. That's still hot but I think it's safer than cashing out and having the bank looking for you too.

Why would the banks be looking for you? You don't owe the banks, you owe Paypal. If Paypal tries to charge, and overdraft your account, the bank will just reverse it. It's happened to me.

either way 11 racks is right around that range that will bring that heat. If you gonna hit on anything white collar like that you gotta do it smaller increments. 2-5 is cool, 10-15 off the same lick is getting greedy.

lol sounds reasonable. But I've seen too many cats eat off this shyt and still nothing happened, all in the 2-5k range though.

 

[I_Got_Da_Burna]

he's going to get prosecuted. no doubt about it.

Paypal isn't going to just relinquish $11,000.

 

[Osman]

he's going to get prosecuted. no doubt about it.

Paypal isn't going to just relinquish $11,000.

I'll keep you updated.

 

[Smoke]

His Paypal account prolly gonna lock up...I'm sure his limit is nowhere near 11k. Once they lock the funds, they just take it out to pay the refund.


On an unrelated matter, I think it's once it's above $500 it's felony fraud. I think.

 

[Osman]

His Paypal account prolly gonna lock up...I'm sure his limit is nowhere near 11k. Once they lock the funds, they just take it out to pay the refund.

Dudes already got 8k transferred in his bank account. I think the 30 day lockout period doesn't apply to users with good standing. But no doubt his account will eventually be limited.

On an unrelated matter, I think it's once it's above $500 it's felony fraud. I think.

This not the US.

 

[Smoke]

Tell your homie I can supply him with Verified Paypal Accounts with a cash out method for a small fee

 

[Master Teacher]

no, millions of scams take place on ebay a day
even do anything 5,000 and federal, it takes at l least 300k worth a damage for the feds to get involve in this type of fraud

only people who get prosecuted are dumb ass people selling bootleg items, and even then they only get caught after making millions, and dumb enough to use their real name and address on their ebay account

and I think some people stole some xboxes from walmart and sold them ebay and got caught because they used their real names and addresse, other than that, millions in theft take place on ebay dealing, so just blend it with the rest of the bullshyt
paypal is a scam company anyway and is not a bank, so you can rip them off as much as you please