Hopefully this is not a repost...
Just got scammed out of a laptop due to the infamous paypal reverse/unauthorized payment. The new scam involves the person offering to use their shipping label/account.
The buyer messages and emails me a printable UPS next day label with my name on the label and to the correct address on the paypal account. Then they intercept the package and reroute it to a different address. I have no control over this whole process because I am not the original shipper.
The thing is, right before I shipped it, I was somewhat suspicious but didn't act upon my instinct because I've let people use their UPS or Fedex accounts in the past to ship my items to them without any problems.
So just a heads up, beware of any scammer asking if they can use their own shipping labels.
A little update...
The tenant returned the package back to the leasing office of the apartment complex. The office now has the package but it may have been tampered with. Tried to call the Plano PD but they wouldn't help and told me to go to my local PD in California. Went to my local PD and they wouldn't help either, they said that only if I receive the package back and it wasn't the same as what I put in, I might have a case. Other than that, the only thing I can do now is fax/email a UPS shipping label to the leasing office and have them ship it back.
5/22/09 Update
Got my Macbook Air back all in one piece. Fuck off scammers.
Just got scammed out of a laptop due to the infamous paypal reverse/unauthorized payment. The new scam involves the person offering to use their shipping label/account.
The buyer messages and emails me a printable UPS next day label with my name on the label and to the correct address on the paypal account. Then they intercept the package and reroute it to a different address. I have no control over this whole process because I am not the original shipper.
The thing is, right before I shipped it, I was somewhat suspicious but didn't act upon my instinct because I've let people use their UPS or Fedex accounts in the past to ship my items to them without any problems.
So just a heads up, beware of any scammer asking if they can use their own shipping labels.
A little update...
The tenant returned the package back to the leasing office of the apartment complex. The office now has the package but it may have been tampered with. Tried to call the Plano PD but they wouldn't help and told me to go to my local PD in California. Went to my local PD and they wouldn't help either, they said that only if I receive the package back and it wasn't the same as what I put in, I might have a case. Other than that, the only thing I can do now is fax/email a UPS shipping label to the leasing office and have them ship it back.
5/22/09 Update
Got my Macbook Air back all in one piece. Fuck off scammers.