WARNING- eBay fraud

[keldaw]

Australia Post prohibits banknotes or currency notes and coins in:
•the International Post
 
thanks Jeff , that was my misunderstanding  ,
I was trying to post to the USA .

 ,, kel ,,

[JeffH]

However, everyone does it but thinks of something obscure (not "coins") to put on the customs declaration.
There are some strange rules e.g. Canada prohibits coins being sent there in the post unless they are addressed to a coin dealer [if I remember correctly].

How do coin dealers despatch coins to international buyers or PCGS for grading? Is there an economical, third party service, for small deliveries to international address?
Please post responses here https://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=594&action=lastpost to avoid sending this thread off topic any more.

[nealeffendi]

Seller is not sure where he lives either.  Bexley or Sutherland.

The fraud attempt insurance was taken out at Campsie post office. Notice the crook is now offering a 24K gold plating kit. So what other con jobs involving fake bullion etc was this chap involved in?
Stupid Australia post is so crooked that when they found the mail with the razor slit in it they didn't call in the police to find out what happened but instead tried to pretend to the recipient (me) that it was unfortunate machine damage. I guess they thought that it was another case of light fingered postal staff and they don't want the public to know how common that is. The con man was probably hoping for that.
Worst part is that the thief has my address and knows I collect expensive coins.
Best part is that he doesn't know we have 2 trained German Shepards (one is trained to bite HARD) and a couple of gun nuts. So does he feel lucky?:angel:

[Basil]

Stupid Australia post is so crooked that when they found the mail with the razor slit in it they didn't call in the police to find out what happened but instead tried to pretend to the recipient (me) that it was unfortunate machine damage. I guess they thought that it was another case of light fingered postal staff and they don't want the public to know how common that is. The con man was probably hoping for that.

I hope you sort it Neal,Ebay was like this circa 1999/2000,every Petty Crim. in Sydney had a scam going of some sort.
The slit may have been there when he posted it or he may know someone that works in that PO.,the possibilities are endless but the whole Transaction smells.

[nealeffendi]

Hi Basil
No, the sender sent it like that and relied on 2 things.
The envelope was sent Self Service registered post (so nobody sees the slit is already there went initially posted).
The postal system covers their butts to pretend that thefts by staff don't happen.
It was a con from the beginning. The image was stolen from a dealers website and if they were worried enough to take out postal insurance then you wouldn't include the receipt in the envelope (otherwise the sender would not be able to make a claim if the mail was lost/stolen). Sending the receipt was to make it easy for me to make an insurance claim instead of a PayPal claim.

[runway]

Any genuine seller would package items properly to ensure tampering isn't possible

[nealeffendi]

FINAL RESOLUTION. :yahoo:
Was contacted (email) by Paypal yesterday. The $300 will be refunded. Must have spent 10+ hours filing police reports, photocopying correspondence etc. But worth it knowing the fraudster didn't win AND is on the fraud squads radar.

[ausproofs]

FINAL RESOLUTION. :yahoo:
Was contacted (email) by Paypal yesterday. The $300 will be refunded. Must have spent 10+ hours filing police reports, photocopying correspondence etc. But worth it knowing the fraudster didn't win AND is on the fraud squads radar.

Well done Neal, main thing is honest person 1, fraudsters 0.

:wavemulticolor:

[Robster]

Great result.!

[gnome]

Well done.

[ausjack]

Well done Neal and thanks for letting us know how it ended up :good:

[runway]

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Good

[Basil]

Glad you got your money back,Ebay has certainly opened a Pandora's Box of Scams & Cons.