Well my friend found a AWESOME looking jeep on eBay, dude was working on a cruise ship full time and didn't have time to drive it. Well he SAID the it was at a "eBay" warehouse and that they will be taking care of the transaction. My buddy, if he still wanted it needed to send payment via WESTERN-UNION to a individual (not a company) within 24 hours if he still wanted to buy it.

Anyways, my friend told me this story as he was talking to his fiance about it and I was like, wait a minute, that's a scam, First off eBay will NEVER email you directly for money, and you NEVER pay for anything on eBay with western union. (or I don't). So I saved them a cool $2800. She reported that to eBay, and the transaction didn't happen. I caught it at the last minute too, she sister was going to send the money in the morning to these asses of people.

So moral of the story is a pat on the back for me, but I am bewildered that these people take others for idiots and try to scam people. In all actuality they WOULD'VE probably been off skweeky clean. It would've taken forever for a case to start, and they would have sent money to a individual. It would have taken a long time if they ever would have gotten their money back. Beware folks and watch out for scammers.

 

eBay even warns buyers of transactions using Western Union et al. Good save.

 

Classic Ebay "like" scam right there.......... good advice there Bubba ..... very good

 

anything with western union = scam

 

Butbutbutbut you've been selected as the winner of the $1,000,000 lottery! All you have to do is Western Union the notary and legal fees (1%) and we'll get the check right out to you!

 

I'm heir to Persian royalty. All I need to do is provide my social security number to verify my identity and a money transfer of $500 via Western Union to complete the paperwork for my inheritance. Don't worry. I'll remember all of you... lesser humans.