Ive been doing some research and apparently this type of scam is growing. Why the feeds don’t shut it down is beyond me but now that I understand how Mohammed Kahn conned me it makes sense. First, once I used PayPal he was somehow able to see all my addresses, not just the preferred. I had changed my preferred one just last month, so when a) PayPal didn’t ask me which address to use and b) it went to an old one I was confused by the emailed rec. sure enough when I logged in the old address showed ad preferred. How did that happen?? From there it was just a matter of stringing me along knowing I would cancel the transaction. Should have been no problem (less than two minutes after purchase) but then EBay reports the seller has ALREADY shipped. And of course seller didn’t answer my message on the address change. So of course I tried to cancel payment. Meantime PP sends a message saying there has been unusual activity on my account and in a separate text that they have found nothing unusual with the transaction so the ‘dispute’ was closed. Only 4 hours after the txn - how was an up to 9 day investigation done in only 4 hours? Yet Another message suggests I change my Pw. Very unusual stuff, but then seller responds late at nite saying all is well and the phone was shipped to the correct address. Now it’s very late on April 1. But no tracking down s given until April 4. USPS tracking now shows the package wasn’t even received until late the next am. Plenty of time for the seller to make sure the claim was closed, assuring that I will have no recourse if he sends a sham. And then on the 6th, just before the package arrived I get a message saying PP had JUST informed him I was trying to claim the payment was unauthorized and I must be guilty of fraud. Diversion, distraction, deception. Then repeat messages after I ask why he sent me a doorbell saying I’m the criminal, swearing he sent the phone, all the while knowing that I had no recourse since the claim was closed. I wonder how many others are hurt by this?? I’m going to the press. This is a crime committed across state lines, and I believe under federal guidelines this amount is considered grand theft larceny.
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