How a scam occurs is through deception. Also those who are being deceived do not know that they are being deceived, one way to avoid these is to catch the deception before it gets to you. Doing this on eBay is really going to be tough. That's because your transaction is not face-to face.
There is still hope. All you have to do is to read up the 5 ways to avoid being scammed on eBay below.
The Overpaying Buyer
The Scam: When you are about to sell an item the buyer offers to pay more than the price that you are putting on the item. Then they’ll send a faked Paypal email Or a cashier's check(REAL ONE) that has no monetary value attached to it that requires you to show a “shipping/tracking number” before the funds are transferred.At that time you have sent the item and it is too late.
How It Gets You: Obviously it is Greed. You put up your old ipohne to sell for $200 then because the buyer promises to pay more lets say $350. The promise of extra money entices you, and that automatically shuts off the reasoning centers of your brain in favor of "I am going to be rich!".
How to Avoid It:Don't ever send out your items until you get the money in your hands.
The Let’s-Finish-This-Elsewhere
The Scam:A buyer might contact telling you He will make the payment immediately if you offer to do the transaction outside eBay.The transaction goes smoothly until they contact you that afterwards and complain of a defective product / false advertisement / dishonest eBay listing. They’ll blackmail you into paying them or else they’ll contact eBay and get you banned.
How It Gets You: The promise of guaranteed money, as opposed to potential money from an auction, can sweep you off your guard. Plus, these people are going out of their way to pay real money and make this transaction happen. They couldn’t possibly be con artists, right? Wrong.
How to Avoid It:Why scammers wants you to settle the transaction outside eBay is because eBay won't help you when you get scammed. So never do a transaction outside eBay.
The Bait-and-Switch Refund
The Scam:In this eBay scam a seller puts up an item, a buyer buys it you send the item everything goes on fine, but before He bought your item, he also bought a broken version of the same exact item.They then use this to blackmail you into paying them full refund or else they report to eBay and you are banned.
How It Gets You:When this happens to you you feel helpless, like the scammers outsmarted you. So you just return the money to move on while the scammer has just got a free item from you.
How to Avoid It: This scam is a little bit harder to avoid. But you have 2 options. Firstly, you can require your buyers to purchase shipping insurance to protect yourself against this kind of thing. Secondly, you can state on your eBay listings that there are NO REFUNDS on your items.
The Vanishing Cash
The Scam: The scammer sets up an eBay listing that looks entirely legitimate. The deal is finished, you send in your payment… and receive nothing. They run away with your money.This scam is common withthe sales of vehicles and real estates.
How It Gets You: Normally, this type of scam is prevented by eBay’s Buyer Protection Policy. That is, if the seller doesn’t ship their listed item, eBay helps to resolve the dispute. However, items in the Vehicle and Real Estate sections of eBay are excluded from the Buyer Protection Policy.
How to Avoid It:The best to prevent this scam is to avoid buying vehicles and real estates. You can go through more secure channels.
The eBay Phishing Email
The Scam: The scammer sends you an email disguised like an eBay official. The email contains a link to eBay and will ask you to click on the link to log into your account, secure your passwords, review payment details, or anything.What they really want is for you to click on link which then takes you to an imitated eBay website where you are asked to enter your login information. The next thing is they have your login info and steal your eBay account.
How It Gets You: eBay emails are automated, so it’s easy to deconstruct them and then replicate them. Fake eBay emails are easy to make and then sent in mass. The level of detail is high and so only a trained eye can spot fake eBay emails.
How to Avoid It: Never, ever click on links in emails, whether they claim to come from a trusted source or not. This applies to services other than eBay, too. Never, ever click email links! Always type the address into your browser and log in manually.
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