Yet More Scams!

[Grauntie Mag]

A couple of weeks ago my eBay account was hacked. Some delightful creature bought 3 pairs of hedge trimmers at £50 each on my account. Luckily I have apple pay on my phone so I see each transaction immediately. It took a few days to sort it out, but all is ok now.
Today I am trying to sell a craft paper cutting machine on Market Place. I had a reply and a flurry of messages from a would-be purchaser. All fine until she said she would send the money via a DSV courier, but I would have to pay an insurance before the money was handed over, which she would reimburse. 😳 I replied that I was contacting DSV now and of course she disappeared. I did email DSV, they rang me back and confirmed that they only deal with companies, and no money couriers. DSVExpress is a fraudulent company. Beware!

[Lizzie48]

I had something similar to that GM a year or so ago, both with the Ebay account and the delivery, so strange!!

[Plantaholic]

Thanks for that, I must be very careful

[Oma]

So many going around ,
Ive had a few text just saying Hello , nothing else obviously wanting me to open a conversation to start scamming,I’ve just blocked the numbers.

[Gemini]

Grauntie,my OH had something similar when she was selling something a while ago, with the courier business.
She smelt a rat and just said I'm not happy with the courier thing, then they unsurprisingly disappeared!

[Nanto2girls]

We had something for sale on Market place a couple of months ago.
Loads were offering to buy it via a courier service. We just ignored those.

[Daisy]

I find all these scams very worrying. I hate selling things online and avoid it as much as possible.

Grauntie, what a good job you were suspicious.

[Grauntie Mag]

Now a WhatsApp in Portuguese if you please! Whatever next. I’m so fed up with changing all my passwords etc.