That bloody Anna has been around for a while emailing TONS of people. You should see the numbers of people asking about her on the Selling board. eBay's done nothing about this witch. It's highly possible the people didn't report her or didn't report her properly or that she keeps opening/stealing IDs. I don't know.
Kat, you can't tell why this is a scam? Are you serious?
First clue - Russia
Second clue - money for doing nothing
Third clue - using your PayPal account to transfer funds
Fourth clue - send them payments by Western Union or Money Gram (no way to recover your funds)
Can you say money laundering? And on top of that, when/if you get a payment it will be from a stolen credit card which will then have a chargeback done on your account. They send you $2000. You send them $1800. They then do a chargeback on you for $2000. You lose everything and if you don't have the funds in your account, PayPal closes your account till you repay them. If you don't repay them, they come after you legally. Ruin your credit and your business.
Because of the laundering aspect of it you could be in trouble with law enforcement agencies too. PayPal could even want to sever ties with you permanently. Not just freeze your account till you repay what you owe them.
It's a nightmare and a half. They appeal to people's greed and foolishness. Money for nothing? SURE! :^O Multiple payments of at least $1500 - cha-ching! WooHoo!! Ya, until you start losing your shirt and everything else you own! Who knows, these guys may even be involved in identity theft.
You got that right Andrew! I went through that early stage as well. It amazes me that people fall for it. I can't for the life of me see how. Some things are so transparent and to me, this is one of them. Very sad indeed. 😞 Imagine the numbers of people that fall for this? Only a very small percentage of people report. The rest are so ashamed they suffer silently. In can absolutely devastate people's lives. It's awful but in many ways they brought it on themselves.
Kat, you can't tell why this is a scam? Are you serious?
First clue - Russia
Second clue - money for doing nothing
Third clue - using your PayPal account to transfer funds
Fourth clue - send them payments by Western Union or Money Gram (no way to recover your funds)
Can you say money laundering? And on top of that, when/if you get a payment it will be from a stolen credit card which will then have a chargeback done on your account. They send you $2000. You send them $1800. They then do a chargeback on you for $2000. You lose everything and if you don't have the funds in your account, PayPal closes your account till you repay them. If you don't repay them, they come after you legally. Ruin your credit and your business.
Because of the laundering aspect of it you could be in trouble with law enforcement agencies too. PayPal could even want to sever ties with you permanently. Not just freeze your account till you repay what you owe them.
It's a nightmare and a half. They appeal to people's greed and foolishness. Money for nothing? SURE! :^O Multiple payments of at least $1500 - cha-ching! WooHoo!! Ya, until you start losing your shirt and everything else you own! Who knows, these guys may even be involved in identity theft.
You got that right Andrew! I went through that early stage as well. It amazes me that people fall for it. I can't for the life of me see how. Some things are so transparent and to me, this is one of them. Very sad indeed. 😞 Imagine the numbers of people that fall for this? Only a very small percentage of people report. The rest are so ashamed they suffer silently. In can absolutely devastate people's lives. It's awful but in many ways they brought it on themselves.
NO Sunshine!! Do not just delete it. You have to report it to eBay so they can do what they can to get this person off the site. They rip off many unsuspecting foolish, greedy people. The only way to try to stop them is to report them to eBay.
Deleting them does nothing. It's not a spoof, pretend/fake eBay email. This person is using eBay accounts, either their own or hijacked ones to send this crap via the eBay email system. You have to report them so eBay can do something. It seems like they're doing nothing but they have to be reported so they can. If nobody reports them eBay doesn't know and can't do anything about it.
Deleting them does nothing. It's not a spoof, pretend/fake eBay email. This person is using eBay accounts, either their own or hijacked ones to send this crap via the eBay email system. You have to report them so eBay can do something. It seems like they're doing nothing but they have to be reported so they can. If nobody reports them eBay doesn't know and can't do anything about it.
