Beware of eBay Scams: New Scheme Exposed & How I Prevented a Loss

[@spd1214]

I see the seller had zero feedback. That would have been a big red flag for me.

[@Star_Sn1per]

Absolutely, i never buy anything form seller's under 97% rating.

[@Badassvidsz]

@@Star_Sn1per Me not even below 98,5 and always checking the negative rattings

[@anjkovo2138]

I agree. Also i check to see when a seller account was opened👍👍

[@Nakamichi_Service_UK]

Well done for avoiding the scam and thanks for sharing

[@mechanoid5739]

Another good check is to ask for more pictures of specific parts of the item. If they are a real seller, they will oblige. If no response or no reply then steer clear!

[@NYyankeeboi]

The same thing happened to me. I filed an "item not received case". The seller responded with a tracking number that showed "delivered". I couldn't believe it, but when I tried to open the picture of where the item was left, the picture was not there. The following day, ebay decided in my favor and refunded me.

[@ravendixon1099]

Happened to me. They delivered to the wrong place. Seller files claim with shipper. Finally got my merch but seller filed a claim.

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

1:20 Fake images can be generated nowadays with AI tools, then additionally tweaked in some editing program. I'm not sure whether Google search could be of much help there - even if it could find the originals, they might be so heavily altered it would be hard to recognise them.

[@dawnr8511]

Always look for recent transactions and scrutinize the feedback and dates received.

[@AudioGuyBrian]

Man I hate these scammers. Thanks for letting us know they hold any payments over $800. I never knew that. Glad you got your money back. Good luck getting a 1000 ZXL for real. They are amazing decks for sure.

[@MrPitatom]

Thank you for sharing this information. Btw I bought a stack of the Sony HF-X cassettes from Japan. They are great cassettes

[@FeedScrn]

Reminds me... I need to check the tracking of an item I ordered as well. Thanks for the reminder. Have a good Christmas.

[@marccorbel7031]

Thanks for the sharing. A very bad experience for you. Glad to see you will normaly recover your money. Thank you for all your work and videos 😊 always full of advices .

[@theoracleprodigy]

Very common now days on eBay. I see camera's and other things around that $400 range. Your still protected for the most part but scary how often they do this.

[@hifirulezzz]

@@theoracleprodigy agree, scammers hunted Facebook and now switched to other services.

[@DrAlexNeverov]

Thank you for the video!

[@sayrany72]

Thanks for sharing

[@sc0or]

This is very sad to hear this. I wonder there was any chance to withdraw the transaction with your bank?

[@hifirulezzz]

eBay will return money next week. But experience is not very pleasant. As system shows package was delivered there is a little you can do.

[@sc0or]

@@hifirulezzz Phew.. Good. But how is this possible? There must be some integration between a delivery service (which really dispatch an item to your physical address) and eBay. Some API should answer eBay "yes, delivered". How did scammers frauded eBay, do you have any idea?

[@hifirulezzz]

@@sc0or They just add tracking numbers to eBay, that is how it gets verified. However, I am not clear how they get valid tracking numbers originated from the same location on multiple shipping services. Both USPS and UPS looks like hacked.

[@umeshupadhyay...]

Sir , after seeing your video I will not go for buying or selling any electronics stuff on ebay .Thsnks for your update .

[@SonicFlare]

The scams have definitely gotten out of hand, however, you should never have transacted with a 0 feedback seller... especially on an item like this.

[@Zimmy_1981]

Man, I hope u get your compensation in full. You're stateside?? 😂 I always thought u were in Russia or Europe. Nice gear u got. Will check your page, tho I can't afford anything. Appreciate the videos and contents therein

[@kravchuk007]

I am checking ✔️ since which year he is on EBay... How long ...

[@duno3105]

Спасибо за инфу

[@salermo42]

Aliexpress has a slightly better approach, until you confirm that you have received the item, the money does not go to the seller. BTW, I know your address. :)

[@AudioGuyBrian]

Yeah, but it is Aliexpress. The land of counterfeits and cheap junk.

[@giuseppelavecchia775]

Essendo un appassionato sfegatato da sempre della cassetta,ho apprezzato i tre cataloghi tdk sony maxell,spero che li farai vedere,ci tengo

[@Johny666EU]

lol, it must be someone who has access to ups, there is lots of dodgy people in western world now which try to get job to still.

[@mr.t8148]

Leaving that long in the US you just realized about a scam on Ebay? Every year at this time hundreds scam deals on Ebay. BTW PayPal moved their customer service to Thailand or Philippines and the people there don't care about buyer problems. The seller and if there is a company 100% protected by PayPal today!!!!! Personal advice...please start work on your pronunciations since you always say Z instate THE.

[@hifirulezzz]

I know about scam, that is new scam as they do fake shipment delivery.

[@mr.t8148]

@@hifirulezzz They are using the same scam in Amazon for past 6 months with fake shipping tracking.