Craigslist.com
Complaint 24924 Details
- Date Occurred: 10/05/2013
- Reported Damages: $100.00
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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
Buyer wanted to buy a dresser from me on Craigslist for $200. Paid through paypal since he was out of state. Told me the trucking charges to pick up the dresser were $100. So he put $350 in my paypal account. I got a notice from paypal stating this and needed confirmation that I Western Unioned the $100 to the trucking company in New Jersey and then they would release the money for me to have. I did even though I can't touch the money in my Paypal account until they got this confirmation. As soon as I did that, the $350 disappeared from my Paypal account. Then I got a notice today from a "[email protected]" stating that they verified my transaction okay, but there was an error and I was required to send an additional $130 to cover it and that the buyer "Steve Jones" had now added $500 to my Paypal account to cover it. I'm not THAT stupid. The $500 has never been in my account. Then I have sent several requests to Paypal asking for advice on handling this transaction and have never heard one word back from them. I believe with the emails that I've be receiving that they are allowing this kind of scam to happen. I didn't even know a person could "pull" a payment back out of paypal once its been giving to someone. THIS IS DANGEROUS and exposes honest people to easy scams.
- Steve SBID #3e470bb4d4
- Posted 10/07/2013
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- Complaint Against Craigslist.com
- Complaints Filed: 293
- Reported Damages: $1,699,738.51
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