eBay
Complaint 7519 Details

  • Date Occurred: 07/25/2013
  • Reported Damages: $2,936.00
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The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

International boundaries

One Sarah Patel advertised a 2005 Lexus RX 330 white SUVon the web site of cheap used cars for sale. She said that the car belonged to her son who died in Iraq in 2010. She stated in her email to me that the look of the car constantly reminded her of her late son, hence, she was disposing the car. As a result of my sympathy with her, I decided to go ahead with the transaction without thinking about any possibility of fraudulent act. I was instructed by the eBay agent in the name of Brian Scott to send the money by Western Union to the following address:
Brian Scott
Via Giovanni Lulli (Personal Info Removed)

The eBay agents email address is [email protected]. Sarah Patel's email address is [email protected].

As soon as the money was sent to this agent, they stopped communicating with me regarding the car. Several emails were sent to them by me, but there was no response. I started suspecting at this point that this could be a scam. My friend sent an email to inquire about the same car the next day, and the same woman - Sarah Patel responded to him with the same tone that she used in the first email she sent to me.

I will be glad if I can be guided as to what next to do in order to recover this money and expose this scam artists wherever in this world they are residing or hiding.

Thank you.

Samuel A. Pius

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  • Mutlaq
  • Mutlaq SBID #679d87ef75
  • Posted 03/21/2014
  • yes i also found a BMW 750 LI by the seller name of Alexandra Hest

    and she told me the same exact words and that the payment is through eBay

    i have an account on eBay and i was trying to look up the car or the sellers name but there is nothing .

    after seeing your msg i know now that it is a Scam Be careful .

    and thank you for reporting this
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