Surprisingly the thread I started asking for opinions about the wavy base 20 cent resulted in 4 pages of responses in the same day. Many warned of the dangers of scammers and had suggestions on how to deal with them.
I thought I would start a thread to educate forum members about the scams they may encounter and what to do about them. This is solely to bring all the scams into one thread so you don't have to search through a multitude of information for quick answers.
To start with can I promote the Federal Government website ScamWatch:
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/OnlineAuctionShoppingScams
for info on existing and emerging scams and how to report them.
Please feel free to add your own experiences.
very good steve , but doesn,t ebay and paypal ask for your bank details when you join ebay ??
then when the winner of your item on ebay wants to pay by bank transfer or direct deposit , he gets your bank details from ebay ,so if he is a crook , he has your bank details on hand,thats why I have a special account with no more then $ 200.00 in it , that is the one I use . also I have direct credit with .power , gas ,lights , rates , insurance , and so on and so on , so they also have my other acc number , and I pay my rego for 6 vehicles by direct deposit on line when I get them , so how many of their staff , can get any account number if they want it ..very hard these days and getting harder all the time .. so how can we stop it ? I would like to know .. ,, kel ,,
by the way , I am not rich , saying I have 6 rego,s to pay
they are my ute , dawn,s car , our boat , our boat trailer ,
our box trailer , and our camper .. ,, kel ,,
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='17918' dateline='1371075933'...can get any account number if they want it
An account number won't do them any good on its own. You have to complete an authority for anyone to draw on your account. And
THAT you should do very, very carefully (only Optus have one for me, and I can revoke it anytime, though it will then cost me admin fees every month).