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  I'm sorry to hear about that PayPal takes lots of liberties with other peoples money, just think if you took one million people and times that number by $20.00 in their accounts do you know how much money that they have that they make interest on and then the nerve to make you pay them interest it comes out to be $2,000,0000.00 and you know that there a lot more people that have a lot more money. Send you complaint to The District Attorneys' Office in Santa Clara, California where PAYPAL is located.  Also, keep all your information and send copies to the agencies listed file complaints with The Justice Department, State Department of Banking, "DFI" Department of Financial Institutions, The BBB, The Federal Trade Commission,The Consumer Affairs Department for fraud and unfair business practices.  Its faster online and for the ones who can't send it email get sent regular mail or faxed. You can't get in contact with the other people, you might want to Face Book them.  My "MESS" started in October 2011 and its still Morphing into what I have no idea I still send all my information to the District Attorney's Office along with the other agencies. If you get someone to give you a name good luck on that one 98% give no name and the other 2% give false names. ... View more

I'm sorry to hear about that PayPal takes lots of liberties with other peoples money, just think if you took one million people and times that number by $20.00 in their accounts do you know how much money that they have that they make interest on and then the nerve to make you pay them interest it comes out to be $2,000,0000.00 and you know that there a lot more people that have a lot more money. Send your complaint to The District Attorneys' Office in Santa Clara, California where PAYPAL is located.  Also, keep all your information and send copies to the agencies listed file complaints with The Justice Department, State Department of Banking, "DFI" Department of Financial Institutions, The BBB, The Consumer Affairs Department for fraud and unfair business practices.  Its faster online and for the ones who can't send it email get sent regular mail or faxed. If you can't get in contact with the other people, you might want to Face Book them.  My "MESS" started in October 2011 and its still Morphing into what I have no idea I still send all my information to the District Attorney's Office along with the other agencies. If you get someone to give you a name good luck on that one 98% give no name and the other 2% give false names as I have found out  along with non igissistant supervisors and they ALL use Form Letters as I have found out and that is why they can't get the story straight and answer the questions you are asking them! They will get competition if the story in The Wall Street Journal actually happens with the other banks and they are going to make what happened to Netflix look like Child's Play.  You don't treat customers like this and hold their monies causing them to lose customers, having to wait for money, making money on their money and then charging us interest,etc., etc.,  Well, at the rate "The Big Three" PayPal/PayPal Smart Connect, GE Money Bank/GE Capital Retail Bank it's easier to type them this way you only have to do it once, and besides I have a life and don't have the time keep writing them in each time I mention them in correspondence.  I hope "The Big Three" get prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law because they deserve it. You can't operate like this especially when money is involved and believe me none of my numbers add up in my PayPal Account that deals with money in the billions.  They have treated us customers like C*((&& I hope they get taken down by the proper authorities you don't keep records like this when you deal with money especially other people's money. Go and read Horror stories in the water cooler community there are many.  Good Luck Crafty_1-two                   on their the seller  Good Luck Crafty_1-Two       pam2271 wrote: OMG!!! Who do these people think they are. They locked up my money cause I hadn't sold anything in a while, so I had to pay for the shipping out of my pocket so I could get my item out on time. Great way to do business Papal. My buyer has already put up great feedback and gotten their package. BUT STILL NO MONEY!!! This is not right!!!   ... View more

HI BLACKHAWKMEDIC6   DID THIS EVER HAPPEN?  JUST CURIOUS. THANKS Crafty_1-Two @blackhawkmedic6 wrote: ON the paypal website, there is a link for "contact us".Click on it and select "email" and you will be able to send an email with your concerns. I did and received a response already. I was told that if I provided them the tracking number or the buyers info taht left the feedback for the item that I sold, they would be able to apply my funds within 3 days. We'll se if this happens. ... View more

YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO WHAT I HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.  SEND ALL YOUR INFORMATION DATES, TIMES, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO YOUR SITUATION AND SEND IT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SANTA CLARA, CA WHERE PAYPAL IS LOCATED THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING EVERYTHING FROM ME ALONG WITH THE AGENCIES LISTED THAT I HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS WITH, THEY ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE BBB, THE "DFI" DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING, THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND FRAUD, THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION THESE AGENCIES HAVE THE INFORMATION AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IS THAT PAYPAL/PAYPAL SMART CONNECT/GE CAPITAL RETAIL MONEY BANK/GE MONEY BANK ARE NOT VERY POPULAR AND HAVE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS.  IF YOU FILE WITH THESE AGENCIES MAKE FOR SURE YOU TELL THEM EVERYTHING AND GIVE THEM DOCUMENTS ESPECIALLY COPIES OF EMAILS AND THE PHONE CALL DATES WHICH CAN BE VERIFIED THROUGH THE TELEPHONE COMPANY ALONG WITH WHAT IS DONE AND SAID  ANYTHING THAT A COMPUTER HAS IN IT A PROFESSIONAL CAN FIND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THAT COMPUTER AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SAID OR DONE ANYTHING IN THAT COMPUTER.  I ALSO COPY AND PASTE MY ANSWERS OR QUESTIONS THAT I RESPOND TO OR ASK PEOPLES ADVISE ONLINE IN THE WATERCOLORS.  WHEN THEY ARE EDITED AND NOT ALLOWED AND TAKEN OFF, I STILL HAVE THE COPIES AND SO DO THE AGENCIES LISTED ABOVE. MY PROBLEM STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2011 AND ITS STILL NOT TAKEN CARE OF ITS STILL MORPHING INTO WHAT I HAVE NO IDEA.  IF YOU TAKE ONE MILLION PEOPLE AND TIMES THAT BY LETS SAY $20.00 IS HELD FOR ONE MILLION PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT THEY MAKE ON US $2000,0000.00 AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE MORE THEN ONE MILLION PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COMPANIES TIMES THAT THAT IS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE MAKING BY HOLDING FUNDS, THE GUY I TALKED TO AFTER I HAD EMAILED A ZILLION TIMES WHEN THEY TOLD ME LAST YEAR THEY WERE PUTTING A HOLD ON MY ACCOUNT WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED AN ANSWER I WAS FORCED TO CALL AND THEY GUY I SPOKE TO TOLD ME THEY JUST DO THAT AND THERE ARE TOO MANY ACCOUNTS TO GO THROUGH!  NOW IMAGINE THAT!!!!!!  WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM FOR WHEN WE LOOSE CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF THE HOLD POLICY WITH SHIPPING PROBLEMS PAYING PROBLEMS ETC., ETC. THAT MONEY BELONG TO US NOT THEM YET THEY ARE MAKING MONEY ON IT.  WE NEED TO GET UNITED HERE THE MORE THE BETTER START FILING COMPLAINTS ALL OF YOU ESPECIALLY THE  ONES THAT RECEIVE NO ANSWERS.  THIS WAS IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL  PLEASE READ!!!!!! “BIG BANKS JOIN BATTLE FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS”- HIGHLIGHTS; BANK OF AMERICA, WELLS FARGO AND JP MORGAN CHASE JOINING FORCES TO CREATE “CLEAR X CHANGE” TO COMPETE WITH PAYPAL (ARTICLE NOTED THAT PAYPAL REVENUES ACCOUNT FOR 1/3 OF EBAY'S TOTAL REVENUE) AND OTHER ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEMS, HEAVILY MENTIONED IN GOOGLE'S SYSTEMS. ... View more

Hi blueluxe,   You need to report and file a complaint with The District Attorney's Office in Santa Clara California where PayPal is located and these agencies, The Department of Justice, The Consumer Affairs Department for Unfair Business Practices and Fraud, The BBB, The State Department of Banking, The "DFI" Department of Financial Institutions, The Federal Trade Commission I have and "they are listening" because if not everyday its everyweek that I send documents to them, emails, phone calls and copies of my statements and all the changing amounts that don't add up. You need to also file a complaint with The Postal Inspector General about the package.  You can also take the customer to court and sue them for all the monies plus any fee's you have incurred. The bank that the customer has can also have a complaint filed with The State Department of Banking which is one of the government agencies listed above.  By PayPal not doing anything they are also committing fraud and they violate their own rules you can go online to EBAY and PayPal rules and regulations and see what I mean if you file file online its faster some you will have to mail the information to.  PayPal doesn't care and hasn't cared for a long time and the laws they have broken by agreements, rules, regulations etc., etc., not to mention the laws and people's rights they have violated are going to be their undoing they have been getting away with this for so long they have gotten really sloppy.  The article that was in The Wall Street Journal about other banks and financial institutions wanting to get part of the action like EBAY, PayPal, PayPal Smart Connect/GE Capital Retail Bank/GE Money Bank have with the way these companies treat their customers and their money when these other banks take over or become part of the action what happened to Netflix as far as the customer goes will look like Childs Play and they deserve it. When you outsource to any country you are still responsible for what those people who work for you do and because 98% of the people I have dealt with give no name and the 2% that do give names give fake names well, lets say these companies have their work cut out for them and it serves them right.  My "Mess" started in October 2011 and it still is not resolved in fact its still Morphing into what I have no idea it is like that Energizer Bunny it keeps going and going and going Energizer manufacturer holds true to their advertisment.  I can't believe that the customer put unauthorized use of the credit card and never corrected it, you know you can report that to the Bank along with The State Department of Banking because not only are they defruading you they are defrauding their bank and PayPal is also defrauding by doing nothing about it and they really don't care they have their money. Who knows maybe that customer does this alot and if they do well, I hope they enjoy the view from a prison cell maybe that customer needs to be investigated to find out if this is a regular practice.  If you take one million people and times that by $20.00 it comes to $2000,0000.00 that is how much money and you know their are more then a million people and most of the people (customers) have more then $20.00 not only do they hold your money they make interest on it, charge you interest and they keep it until they feel like giving it back to you even if it goes against their own rules and regulations like thumbing their noses up at us. You should go to the Water Cooler Community and read some of the Horror stories its pretty scary and this is with other peoples money.       blueluxe wrote: Hi.  I could use some help regarding a recent chargeback won by a consumer against my online business. Here's what happened:   10/12: A customer bought something from our online store.  10/13: We shipped item to customer 11/1: Customer filed a chargeback saying 'unauthorized use of credit card'.  We checked and the tracking information showed 'notice left' by the USPS on 10/15.  We sent this info to PayPal. 11/10: PayPal opened a case with the buyer's credit card.  12/20: PayPal informed us that the buyer won the chargeback case and the funds were reversed (debited from our merchant account and sent back to buyer) 12/30: Went online to USPS website to file insurance claim for a missing package (since last we checked on 12/20 the item still wasn't delivered). However, the tracking information was now updated to show the packaged being delivered and signed for by the buyer (I have a copy of the signature) on 12/21, ONE DAY after the buyer won the chargeback case. I have emailed back and forth with PayPal dozens of times and they insist that there is absolutely no way to re-open the case and send the updated information to the credit card company showing that the customer did in fact receive the item.   So now the customer has his money and the goods, and we have nothing.   PayPal insists that the only next steps are for me to contact the buyer (why would the buyer tell me anything after having committed fraud?), or get a subpoena for more information on the buyer and his credit card company (which I guess I would then use to contact his credit card company directly?).   However, according to the PayPal website (https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=security/seller_problem_resolution), it says that:   "When a claim is found in favor of the buyer, you may be able to appeal the decision. The decision could be reversed in the event of one of the following: * The item is returned to you, but not in the same condition as when the buyer first received it * No item was returned at all-just an empty box * The wrong item was returned to you"   Therefore I should be able to appeal the decision by the credit card company. But I don't have the appeal option when I view closed cases.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.   ... View more

  YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO WHAT I HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.  SEND ALL YOUR INFORMATION DATES, TIMES, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO YOUR SITUATION AND SEND IT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SANTA CLARA, CA WHERE PAYPAL IS LOCATED THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING EVERYTHING FROM ME @wowzer101 wrote: WOW FROM THE LOOKS OF IT WE ARE BEING FLEECED...MY MONEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN  AVAILABLE TODAY AS WELL IS BERNIE MADEOLPH RUNNING PAY PAL NOW? WHAT A BUMMER... ALONG WITH THE AGENCIES LISTED THAT I HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS WITH, THEY ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE BBB, THE "DFI" DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING, THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND FRAUD, THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION THESE AGENCIES HAVE THE INFORMATION AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IS THAT PAYPAL/PAYPAL SMART CONNECT/GE CAPITAL RETAIL MONEY BANK/GE MONEY BANK ARE NOT VERY POPULAR AND HAVE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS.  IF YOU FILE WITH THESE AGENCIES MAKE FOR SURE YOU TELL THEM EVERYTHING AND GIVE THEM DOCUMENTS ESPECIALLY COPIES OF EMAILS AND THE PHONE CALL DATES WHICH CAN BE VERIFIED THROUGH THE TELEPHONE COMPANY ALONG WITH WHAT IS DONE AND SAID  ANYTHING THAT A COMPUTER HAS IN IT A PROFESSIONAL CAN FIND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THAT COMPUTER AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SAID OR DONE ANYTHING IN THAT COMPUTER.  I ALSO COPY AND PASTE MY ANSWERS OR QUESTIONS THAT I RESPOND TO OR ASK PEOPLES ADVISE ONLINE IN THE WATER COOLER CONVERSATIONS  WHEN THEY ARE EDITED AND NOT ALLOWED AND TAKEN OFF, I STILL HAVE THE COPIES AND SO DO THE AGENCIES LISTED ABOVE. MY PROBLEM STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2011 AND ITS STILL NOT TAKEN CARE OF ITS STILL MORPHING INTO WHAT I HAVE NO IDEA.  IF YOU TAKE ONE MILLION PEOPLE AND TIMES THAT BY LETS SAY $20.00 FOR EACH ACCOUNT IS HELD FOR ONE MILLION PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT THEY MAKE ON US $2000,0000.00 AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE MORE THEN ONE MILLION PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COMPANIES TIMES THAT THAT IS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE MAKING BY HOLDING FUNDS, THEY CHARGE US INTEREST AND MAKE INTEREST ON US AND WE PAY THEM INTEREST AND WHAT DO WE GET? We get a hard time customers who are mad at us not being able to do business because of holds, lose customers get customers mad at us all because they hold your funds for 21 days and then some are even held longer!!!!!!  It's just absolutley CRAZY!!!!!!  THE GUY I TALKED TO AFTER I HAD EMAILED A ZILLION TIMES WHEN THEY TOLD ME LAST YEAR THEY WERE PUTTING A HOLD ON MY ACCOUNT WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED AN ANSWER I WAS FORCED TO CALL AND THEY GUY I SPOKE TO TOLD ME THEY JUST DO THAT AND THERE ARE TOO MANY ACCOUNTS TO GO THROUGH!  NOW IMAGINE THAT!!!!!!  WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM FOR WHEN WE LOSE CUSTOMERS AND OUR BUSINESS IS EFFECTED BY THEIR HOLD POLICY BECAUSE OF THE HOLD POLICY WITH SHIPPING PROBLEMS PAYING PROBLEMS ETC., ETC. THAT MONEY BELONGS TO US NOT THEM THEY MAKE INTEREST ON IT AND WE PAY THEM INTEREST ON IT NOW IS THIS NOT CRAZY AND ONE SIDED?  YES IT IS ONE SIDED ALL THE WAY  THE AGENCIES LISTED WILL MAKE IT RIGHT.   WE NEED TO GET UNITED HERE THE MORE THE BETTER START FILING COMPLAINTS ALL OF YOU ESPECIALLY THE  ONES THAT RECEIVE NO ANSWERS.  THIS WAS IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL  PLEASE READ!!!!!! “BIG BANKS JOIN BATTLE FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS”- HIGHLIGHTS; BANK OF AMERICA, WELLS FARGO AND JP MORGAN CHASE JOINING FORCES TO CREATE “CLEAR X CHANGE” TO COMPETE WITH PAYPAL (ARTICLE NOTED THAT PAYPAL REVENUES ACCOUNT FOR 1/3 OF EBAY'S TOTAL REVENUE) AND OTHER ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEMS, HEAVILY MENTIONED IN GOOGLE'S SYSTEMS. ... View more

YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO WHAT I HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.  SEND ALL YOUR INFORMATION DATES, TIMES, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO YOUR SITUATION AND SEND IT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SANTA CLARA, CA WHERE PAYPAL IS LOCATED THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING EVERYTHING FROM ME ALONG WITH THE AGENCIES LISTED THAT I HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS WITH, THEY ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE BBB, THE "DFI" DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING, THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND FRAUD, THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION THESE AGENCIES HAVE THE INFORMATION AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IS THAT PAYPAL/PAYPAL SMART CONNECT/GE CAPITAL RETAIL MONEY BANK/GE MONEY BANK ARE NOT VERY POPULAR AND HAVE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS.  IF YOU FILE WITH THESE AGENCIES MAKE FOR SURE YOU TELL THEM EVERYTHING AND GIVE THEM DOCUMENTS ESPECIALLY COPIES OF EMAILS AND THE PHONE CALL DATES WHICH CAN BE VERIFIED THROUGH THE TELEPHONE COMPANY ALONG WITH WHAT IS DONE AND SAID  ANYTHING THAT A COMPUTER HAS IN IT A PROFESSIONAL CAN FIND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THAT COMPUTER AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SAID OR DONE ANYTHING IN THAT COMPUTER.  I ALSO COPY AND PASTE MY ANSWERS OR QUESTIONS THAT I RESPOND TO OR ASK PEOPLES ADVISE ONLINE IN THE WATER COOLER CONVERSATIONS  WHEN THEY ARE EDITED AND NOT ALLOWED AND TAKEN OFF, I STILL HAVE THE COPIES AND SO DO THE AGENCIES LISTED ABOVE. MY PROBLEM STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2011 AND ITS STILL NOT TAKEN CARE OF ITS STILL MORPHING INTO WHAT I HAVE NO IDEA.  IF YOU TAKE ONE MILLION PEOPLE AND TIMES THAT BY LETS SAY $20.00 FOR EACH ACCOUNT IS HELD FOR ONE MILLION PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT THEY MAKE ON US $2000,0000.00 AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE MORE THEN ONE MILLION PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COMPANIES TIMES THAT THAT IS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE MAKING BY HOLDING FUNDS, THEY CHARGE US INTEREST AND MAKE INTEREST ON US AND WE PAY THEM INTEREST AND WHAT DO WE GET? We get a hard time customers who are mad at us not being able to do business because of holds, lose customers get customers mad at us all because they hold your funds for 21 days and then some are even held longer!!!!!!  It's just absolutley CRAZY!!!!!!  THE GUY I TALKED TO AFTER I HAD EMAILED A ZILLION TIMES WHEN THEY TOLD ME LAST YEAR THEY WERE PUTTING A HOLD ON MY ACCOUNT WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED AN ANSWER I WAS FORCED TO CALL AND THEY GUY I SPOKE TO TOLD ME THEY JUST DO THAT AND THERE ARE TOO MANY ACCOUNTS TO GO THROUGH!  NOW IMAGINE THAT!!!!!!  WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM FOR WHEN WE LOSE CUSTOMERS AND OUR BUSINESS IS EFFECTED BY THEIR HOLD POLICY BECAUSE OF THE HOLD POLICY WITH SHIPPING PROBLEMS PAYING PROBLEMS ETC., ETC. THAT MONEY BELONGS TO US NOT THEM THEY MAKE INTEREST ON IT AND WE PAY THEM INTEREST ON IT NOW IS THIS NOT CRAZY AND ONE SIDED?  YES IT IS ONE SIDED ALL THE WAY  THE AGENCIES LISTED WILL MAKE IT RIGHT.   WE NEED TO GET UNITED HERE THE MORE THE BETTER START FILING COMPLAINTS ALL OF YOU ESPECIALLY THE  ONES THAT RECEIVE NO ANSWERS.  THIS WAS IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL  PLEASE READ!!!!!! “BIG BANKS JOIN BATTLE FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS”- HIGHLIGHTS; BANK OF AMERICA, WELLS FARGO AND JP MORGAN CHASE JOINING FORCES TO CREATE “CLEAR X CHANGE” TO COMPETE WITH PAYPAL (ARTICLE NOTED THAT PAYPAL REVENUES ACCOUNT FOR 1/3 OF EBAY'S TOTAL REVENUE) AND OTHER ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEMS, HEAVILY MENTIONED IN GOOGLE'S SYSTEMS. @blackhawkmedic6 wrote: Hi...I am in the same boat. it's been 11 days since the item I had sold and my funds are supposed to be available today and they are also still in pending status. Even a bank can clear a check almost instantly and at most in 3 days. So are sellers supposed to hold onto the merchandise until the money is deposited? I'm sure paypal would go out of business because no one would be happy, sellers or buyers. I think it's a scam on their part to hold our money, collect interest on it, and hope that we forget that we had money to collect so they can keep it. I am reporting them to the BBB for abuse of sellers money that is owed to them. I've bought and sold on ebay for 15 years and have used paypal for most of them. I have NEVER had to wait like this to get my money befoer. I'm not sure what the heck they are trying to do by **bleep**ing the sellers that obviously are selling the items for money and then holding it from us. Tell everyone that you know about this experience and maybe the bad service we receive will spread to enough people that it will impact the money they can make on us. Oh, did you also notice that paypal was sure to take out their fees from us selling before the funds are supposedly available? What's up with this? Obviously the money is available from the get go since they can take their share. I am SOOOOO irate! ... View more

About three years ago someone tried to scam me but I don't scam very well but they keep trying you need to not give them any information about yourself period! Why do they need this information? Ask yourself each time this happens. I would say in the last four months someone has tried to scam me total so far 11 times all for items listed on Craigslist except two one was suppose to have come from Wells Fargo I don't have a Wells Fargo account they wanted to update my account information the other one came from someone I had dealt with in another county her email had been hacked into it and they didn't put my name and anyone who has lost or had their passport or purse stolen in another country they don't send emails out like that.  The other one came from someone who had hacked into her email and stated she had lost her purse passport everything and if you wanted to help her please call and send money of course its overseas in India.  The best way to catch a scammer, look for bad grammar and spelling, too much information about why they can't pick it up themselves, paying you more money then you want and asking you to cash the check and you keep what you want and send the rest to them, also you can check the properties of the email and compare them to other emails to see if it is the same person, also since I have had to deal with scams a lot I have learned what to look for.  Anyone can open a zillion emails with fake names and the other thing is if you think it is a scam compare it to the emails from other emails if you think they are scam email they all sound alike in my case they have been copied and pasted so they don't have to type it in each time some even forget what alias they are using.  You have to go to the FBI website and fill out the form IC3 and also The Federal Trade Commission.  Anyone that sends you an email and tells you they will give you more money then you are asking, sending you emails telling you their life story and why they can't come themselves, sends you a check to cash or a money order or cashiers check that once cashed and sent to them will bounce and the bank will take it back minus the money for the check that was cashed by you.  Good Luck ... View more

Sorry to hear that that happened to you there are tons of scams out there.  I would say in the last four months someone has tried to scam me total so far 11 times all for items listed on Craigslist except two one was suppose to have come from Wells Fargo I don't have a Wells Fargo account they wanted to update my account information the other one came from someone I had dealt with in another county her email had been hacked into it and they didn't put my name and anyone who has lost or had their passport or purse stolen in another country they don't send emails out like that.  The other one came from someone who had hacked into her email and stated she had lost her purse passport everything and if you wanted to help her please call and send money of course its overseas in India.  The best way to catch a scammer, look for bad grammar and spelling, too much information about why they can't pick it up themselves, paying you more money then you want and asking you to cash the check and you keep what you want and send the rest to them, also you can check the properties of the email and compare them to other emails to see if it is the same person, also since I have had to deal with scams a lot I have learned what to look for.  Anyone can open a zillion emails with fake names and the other thing is if you think it is a scam compare it to the emails from other emails if you think they are scam email they all sound alike in my case they have been copied and pasted so they don't have to type it in each time some even forget what alias they are using.  You have to go to the FBI website and fill out the form IC3 and also The Federal Trade Commission.  Anyone that sends you an email and tells you they will give you more money then you are asking, sending you emails telling you their life story and why they can't come themselves, sends you a check to cash or a money order or cashiers check that once cashed and sent to them will bounce and the bank will take it back minus the money for the check that was cashed by you.  Good Luck ... View more

IF PAYPAL AND EBAY STATED IT WAS DELIVERED WHEN IT WASN'T THEN THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A FEDERAL OFFENSE AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD WHEN ANYTHING GOES THROUGH THE MAIL IT COMES UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS JURISDICTION, THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.  IF THEY CHANGED DATES ETC., THAT ESCALATES IT TO AN EVEN HIGHER OFFENSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TAMPERED WITH THE MAIL.  BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU MESS WITH THE MAIL AND FALSIFY INFORMATION THAT CONCERNS THE MAIL THAT IS WHEN IT BECOMES A FEDERAL OFFENSE THE SAME ALSO APPLIES TO THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, GOODS ETC., IF THEY ARE MISREPRESENTED IT BECOMES A FEDERAL OFFENSE. YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SANTA CLARA, CA WHERE PAYPAL IS LOCATED SEND THEM EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO THE SITUATION WHO YOU SPOKE TO GOOD LUCK ON THAT ONE, ETC.  THEN FILE WITH THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE BBB, THE "DFI" THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING, THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES, IF THIS WAS DONE ON THE INTERNET AND YOU WERE SCAMMED OUT OF YOUR MONEY OR GOODS THEN YOU CAN FILE ON THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS WEBSITE (FBI) THE FORM IC3.  TRY TO DO THE FILING ON LINE ITS FASTER GOOD LUCK I HAVE FILED WITH ALL THE AGENCIES LISTED EXCEPT FOR THE IC3 FORM PERTAINING TO MY MATTER WHICH STARTED IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR 2011 AND ITS STILL MORPHING.  I SEND ALL MY INFORMATION EMAILS, LETTERS, CHECKS, ETC., ETC., TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.  ... View more