PayPal is Complicit With a Chinese Online Scam
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There is a growing scheme where Chinese web sites advertise items for sale but send something worthless via First Class mail to some other address. This gives them a tracking number that indicates delivery to the Customer's zip code. By sending the envelope to a different address, there is nothing to alert the buyer that anything has "arrived." In my case, the "seller" sent a First Class envelope to someone in my town (I have no way of finding out to whom). USPS tracking does not capture the details of the package, except class and destination zip code. The item I ordered weighs about 10 lb, well above the 16 ounce First Class weight limit - but PayPal considers any tracking record to your town as proof that the seller met his obligation. It's very difficult to reach anyone to register a complaint, but when you do, they are powerless to listen to logic or take action. I'm sure this scam has already yielded millions of dollars stolen from PayPal customers - it seems the company is complicit, with their illusion of protecting customers encouraging people to feel safe. It's a good idea to look elsewhere for a financial system.
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I doubt it's just chinese sellers doing it. Random scam sellers do it all over the world do it. Just do research on the seller/merchant before you buy. Don't always bank on price because it may end up biting you. Stick with the merchants you know and are reputable. Don't go to strange websites or ads you never heard of or do the research. If you find little to no info, keep it movin'.
Anyone can put a nice store/ad together. Buyer beware.
Kudos & Solved are greatly appreciated. 🙂
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or paypal could simply eliminate the burden on scam victims to waste money to return worthless junk to china.
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Even when you check the website it is hard sometimes to show it is a scam. I believe someone, possibly representing PayPal, suggested a way to do it. I tried! Could not prove a known scam was a scam! If it's that easy why don't PayPal run the checks themselves before allowing scammers to use PayPal?
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Had the same thing happen to me so I reached out to my bank and now they are handling this. I have all of my email correspondence with London Meichi, even the one where they apologized for sending the wrong item, and I still have the packaging that has the name of the end incorrect item clearly stated in it. Good thing I kept my original confirmation email too because it shows clearly what I ordered. So when I got the denial from PayPal this morning, I sent the company a nasty gram (they'll probably ignore it, I know) and I decided to be evil to PayPal and resubmitted a claim but under unauthorized purchase. Made me feel better, anyway. But yeah, you would think that PayPal would trust the consumers in the USA before a foreign company. SMH!
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