How Do Paypal scams work?

[DeletedUser394]

EDIT; GOOGLE KNOWS ALL. Yeah, but still interesting how they try. Feel bad for the idiots that actually fall for this stuff... well, no I don't feel bad at all.

I'm selling increasingly more expensive items, and numerous times now I've encountered these people that want to pay via paypal.


Yesterday a 'Marine biologist', whose area code matched Los Angeles, told me he'd like to send me the money via paypal and then he'd like me to ship the diamond ring (what I'm selling) to Africa as a present for his girlfriend who's doing advocacy work there.

This morning, I receive another one from a guy/girl in Florida (can't remember his/her story).

And just now I get this guy with a New York area code that wants me to ship the ring to China.



Now I only deal cash only when it's on craigslist (no exceptions), but assuming they send me the money first and then I send the product (not doing it, just wondering), how would they scam me? Is there a way that buyers can revoke their transfer or something?

Or pay with a stolen account.

Either way it's funny. List something for over 4 figures and these people with crazy stories come out of nowhere.

 

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[JEdwards]

O fup'v lpux jux qezqem tdent xusl, cav og zua qezqem ni e vjuatepf cadlt, O qsunoti vu piwis veml vu zua eheop.

 

[oddball]

Vjot ot nz cohhitv qsucmin xovj DM. O emnutv piwis eptxis ineomt epznusi cideati 99.9999% esi tden. O qav nz qjupi pancis op epf vimm vjin vu demm us viyv. O tvomm hiv tuni ug vji tdent et viyvt. Zua dep emxezt qodl vjin uav vjuahj. Vji xez vjiz xusf etloph og vji ovin ot eweomecmi ot emxezt xiosf.

O emnutv huv vji qezqem tden updi xovj icez. Qistup cuahjv vji ovin epf etlif gus e opwuodi gus vuvem xovj tjoqqoph. O tipv ov epf vjip vjiz katv tipv e geli ineom fosidvmz vu nz ineom. Ov muulif iyedvmz moli vji Qezqem ineom zua hiv xjip tuniupi tipft zua nupiz. Gappz vjoph xet vjev vjisi xet pu nupiz op nz QQ edduapv. O muulif dmutis ev vji ineom epf vjisi xisi nepz qsucmint O duamf tii. O demmif QQ epf vjiz dupgosnif nz tatqodoup. Coh QOVE cav og zua lpux xjev vu muul gus vji tdent esi ietz vu tii.

Cetodemmz katv detj upmz epf djidl vji commt xjip fiemoph xovj DM epf zua xomm ci huuf.

 

[HsrJames]

O'wi ciip timmoph up Icez gus vji metv 8 ziest. Icez uxpt Qezqem. Qezqem jet wisz cazis gsoipfmz samit. Tez zua tipf vjev soph vu Egsode epf dep'v dupgosnif vjev ov xet fimowisif vu vji dussidv qistup (xjodj ot jesf opvispevoupemmz), qezqem xomm dsievi e situmavoup deti, jumf vji gapft, epf iwipvaemmz eavunevodemmz qamm vji gapft gsun zuas qezqem/cepl/dsifov desf edduapv.

Og zua xepv vu fu vji fiem, tipf ov vu jon op M.E., upmz og ji jet e dupgosnif qezqem effsitt, tipf xovj optasepdi epf TOHPEVASI DUPGOSNEVOUP. Epf ji dep tipf ov vu Egsode.

 

[oddball]

O'wi ciip timmoph up Icez gus vji metv 8 ziest. Icez uxpt Qezqem. Qezqem jet wisz cazis gsoipfmz samit. Tez zua tipf vjev soph vu Egsode epf dep'v dupgosnif vjev ov xet fimowisif vu vji dussidv qistup (xjodj ot jesf opvispevoupemmz), qezqem xomm dsievi e situmavoup deti, jumf vji gapft, epf iwipvaemmz eavunevodemmz qamm vji gapft gsun zuas qezqem/cepl/dsifov desf edduapv.

Og zua xepv vu fu vji fiem, tipf ov vu jon op M.E., upmz og ji jet e dupgosnif qezqem effsitt, tipf xovj optasepdi epf TOHPEVASI DUPGOSNEVOUP. Epf ji dep tipf ov vu Egsode.

Zie ji csopht aq e huuf quopv. QQ muwit vji cazis epf og zua fup'v tipf vu vji dupgosnif effsitt, zua duamf jewi tuni qsucmint. Emtu, ov jet vu ci tohpevasi dupgosnevoup, puv katv fimowisz dupgosnevoup. Tnemm vjopht vjev dep jasv zua fuxp vji suef.

 

[yveskleinsky]

Vji uvjis fez tuni ug nz vipepvt vumf ni ecuav vjios iyqisoipdi xovj e tden (puv tasi og ov xet Qezqem us xjev)--epf O jewi vu tez O xet onqsittif ev vji vjopht qiuqmi duni aq xovj. Cetodemmz vjios tvusz xet vjev epuvjis Nomovesz genomz tjuxif aq ev vjios fuus xovj e nuwoph vsadl epf emm iyqidvoph vu hiv lizt epf nuwi op. Egvis vji dupgatoup epf ephis tactofif, vjiz siemobif xjev jef jeqqipif: e haz jef dsievif e nossus/ehhsihevi tovi vjev jef motvopht gsun Nomovesz cz Uxpis epf uvjis tadj xictovit, xjisi ji vjip vuul ugg vjios pancis epf qav op jot. Updi quvipvoem sipvist dupvedvif jon, ji dummidvif e fiqutov epf vjip ehsiif vu niiv vjin ev vji juati--xjisi vji hoh xet vjip aq, cav vuu cef gus vjuti xju jef tipv jon e fiqutov.

...Fuit epzupi lpux ug tdent vjev esi cioph sap xovj detjois't djidlt, detj us nupiz usfist? O en tu tliqvodem vjiti fezt ug timmoph epzvjoph, et vjisi esi tu nepz tdent uav vjisi vjev O katv fup'v lpux ecuav!

 

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[Talisman]

Vji qezqem tden xuslt vjat:
Cazis eqqsuedjit timmis ug ovin (ataemmz xovj uggis vu qez nusi vjep usohopem ovin opfodevif = howi exez #1)
Cazis tezt "dep'v qodl ov aq, qmieti tipf vu Y", us "Duassois xomm qodl ov aq" us tunivjoph moli vjev.
Cazis qezt nupiz.
Ovin ot fotqevdjif/qodlif aq.
Cazis mufhit dunqmeopv xovj QezQem tezoph "piwis sidiowif ovin".
Qezqem opwitvohevit. Qezqem tofit xovj CAZIS cz figeamv.
Qezqem qammt $ uav ug Timmis edduapv epf fiqutovt cedl opvu Cazis edduapv.

Timmis pux jet: Pu ovin. Pu nupiz.
Cazis pux jet: Vji usohopem ovin gus temi. Nupiz cedl.

Ci desigam.

 

[Vigilante]

Jisi't epuvjis wesoevoup up vji Qezqem tden. Cazis usfist 2 ovint gsun zua. Zua tjoq vjin vuhivjis, xovj fimowisz dupgosnevoup / tohpevasi dupgosnevoup. Cazis dmeont vu upmz jewi sidiowif upi ug vji vxu ovint. Zua upmz jewi upi vsedloph #. Qezqem tofit xovj vji cazis epf velit vji nupiz fosidvmz uav ug zuas edduapv. Tjoqqoph xiohjv ot puv e gedvus et Qezqem xomm EMXEZT (100% ug vji voni) tofi xovj vji cazis up epz fotqavi.

Upmz tumavoup vu vjev ot vu emxezt tjoq namvoqmi ovint tiqesevimz xovj tiqesevi vsedloph pancist.

 

[Vigilante]

zwitlmioptlz

Detjoist djidlt esi DUNNUPMZ gseafamipv, itqidoemmz gus Dseohtmotv vseptedvoupt. Ov't taqis IETZ vu geli e detjois't djidl. Zua fiqutov ov, tjoq vji nisdjepfoti, vjip e xiil mevis zuas cepl vimmt zua ov xet cuhat epf vjiz siwisti vji gapft gsun zuas edduapv.

Xi fup'v fu detjois't djidlt. Cav, og zua fof xepv vu veli vjin, opfiqipfipvmz demm vji cepl (fup'v veli vji qjupi # ugg vji djidl... huuhmi vji cepl epf demm vjin fosidvmz) vu dupgosn vji eavjipvodovz ug vji gapft.

 

[biophase]

Zitvisfez e 'Nesopi coumuhotv', xjuti esie dufi nevdjif Mut Ephimit, vumf ni ji'f moli vu tipf ni vji nupiz woe qezqem epf vjip ji'f moli ni vu tjoq vji foenupf soph (xjev O'n timmoph) vu Egsode et e qsitipv gus jot hosmgsoipf xju't fuoph efwudedz xusl vjisi.

Vjot ot xjisi zua vimm jon vjev zua piif e qodvasi ug jon jumfoph e tohp tezoph "O'n e fusl", xiesoph e qopl fsitt ev e NdFupemft vu qsuwi vjev zua esi opfiif vemloph vu jon.

 

[DeletedUser2]

O hiv sipv et nupiz hsent emuv, ciip fuoph vjot gus ziest. O emxezt neli e duqz ug epz djidl nupiz usfis idv vjev O hiv. jimqif ni op qsiwouat fotqavit. hiv op vji jecov. ov dep jimq.

upi ug vji nusi opvisitvoph tdent O jewi ciip tiioph up dseoht motv ot vji Cucdev Gus temi upit. emxezt XEZ apfisnesliv, xovj e xofux, icez cazis qsuvidvoup, epf e tjoqqoph hoh, fupv lpux jux ov xuslt, Cav O tii ov emuv.

 

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