EBAY is promoting Nigerian FRAUDS to cheat sellers into paying listing fees

[sanjay-k]

I think that in the disguise of Nigerian Frauds, EBAY is actually cheating sellers out of listing fees. There is no other reason that they refuse to verify buyers properly in the same manner as sellers. I am sick and tired of spending time listing items on EBAY and paying listing fees only to find that sone NIGERIAN FRAUD promoted and encouraged by Ebay has made a fake bid. Sure Ebay grants Fee Credit, but you still end up paying listing fees. This is how Ebay is cheating sellers

[praveenb77]

hai friends i also got the same message to ship that item to NIGERIA..
THE ADDRESS THE BUYER PROVIDED IS:

VICTOR OKOJIE
#4B IZUWA STRESST OFF,
NEW LAGOS RD,BESIDE FORMER,
EBS NEW BENIN BENIN CITY,
EDO STATE,
NIGERIA.

BUT HE SENT MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.CAN I SHIP THAT ITEM OR LEAVE IT.CAN U PLZ SUGGEST ME...
MY EMAIL IS BOLLAPRAVEEN@YAHOO.COM
PLZ HELP ME ANY ONE...

[pratik1036]

ATUL HOW CAN U STOP NIGERIAN BUYERS BY PLAICNG A BUYER BLOCK/ KINDLY TEL ME AS EBAY IS IMPOTENT AND HELPLESS...............I AGREE, MAYBE THEY ARE PROMOTING NIGERIAN BUYERS SO EBAY CAN GET FREE FINAL VALUE FEES........HOW CAN EBAY IGNORE SO MANY PLEAS BY SELLERS THEN?

WE SHOULD ALL BOYCOT EBAY AND STOP SELLING ITEMS ON EBAY IF THEY DO NOT LISTEN TO US..... I AMA LSO LOGGIN COMPLAINS WITH THE USA WEBSITE, AS THIS INDIAN EBAY OFFICIALLS DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, JUST GETTING FAT EATING A GOOD SALARY AND DOING NOTHING......

THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING.......

PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO AVOID NIGERIAN BUYERS USING BUYER BLOCK?
IN MY CASE, TWICE IN 3 DAYS, MY ITEM WAS BOUGHT BY NIGERIAN BUYER BUT HE WAS REGISTERED WITH WWW.EBAY.IN WITH AN INDIAN MAILING ADDRESS AS AN INDIAN EBAY MEMBER........ONLY AFTER HE BOUGHT IT AND EMAILED ME TO SHIP IT TO NIGERIA DID I FIND OUT THAT HE WAS A FREAKING SCAMMER........SO HOW DO YOU STOP SUCH IDIOTS??????
REPLY URGENTLY........

[sapana@ebay.com]

Hi,

Thanks for taking out time to give feedback to eBay team.

I totally understand and agree with you that fraud buyers are a huge concern for sellers, especially for the seller of high value products, who are constantly being targeted by fraud buyers.

To address the concerns of such users, eBay had deployed some filters to block potential fraud buyers. We have received feedback from various sources that such filters have significantly helped reduce fraud buyers. However, we also understand that we need to constantly evolve the filters to keep such fraud users at bay. In this aspect, we will request active community support by reporting such buyers via the contact us link so that eBay could investigate them and take appropriate action.

I will like to reiterate that eBay shares a seller’s concern against fraud buyers and will continue to take steps against such buyers. All users who have bids from such fraud buyers are requested to file for Final Value Fee credit, to get a reversal of eBay fee. Also, I will strongly encourage sellers to use Bidder Management tools, whereby you can block bidders according to criteria or by user ids. You may block buyers by criteria by My eBay>>>My Account>>>Preferences>>>Selling Preferences>>>Buyer Requirements

Warm Regards,
Sapana

[sastaitshop]

Hey every1 ..

Would appreciate if we can have normal text and No ALL CAPS, they are considered impolite !!sAsTaITsHop!!

:) Sunny 🙂

[sastaitshop]

" EBAY is promoting Nigerian FRAUDS to cheat sellers into paying listing fees " -- Sorry this is not the case. I have tracked the nigerian offers (IP) they are from nigeria itself.

Regards !!sAsTaITsHop!!

:) Sunny 🙂

[dcomsystems]

I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling that ebay.in's practices are questionable at best. I've been tryign to sell two laptops for months, without success. I have been selling on ebay.com for mroe than 7 years, so know how ebay works inside and out. ON ebay.com, if your buyer does not sell, the UPI process is straightforward and you get a refund right away. But on ebay.in - your bill just keeps increasing, UPI's are ignored, and your account simply gets suspended. Look at this link:
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/2503/x8ky.jpg - this shows all the items I listed on ebay.in, but the buyers never paid, I diligently filed UPI against each, but never got a credit and ebay keeps sending threatening emails saying pay up or we'll suspend your account. I have written to ebay twice with full details - but no reply.

ebay.in - are you listening?

[atulnc1]

THE ONLY WAY OUT,WHICH I SEE IS,
BOTH SELLER AND BUYER VERIFIFICATION,IT IS A MUST.
BECAUSE OF NO BUYER AND EVEN SELLER VERIFICATION PEOPLE ARE LOSING HOPE IN EBAY(YOU CAN SEE POSTS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED DUE TO FRAUD SELLERS AS WELL AS BUYERS).

THIS WASNT THE CASE IN BAAZEE,IF BAAZEE CAN DO IT WHY CANT EBAY.

ATUL

[flyer58uk]

I am sick of these Nigerian fraudsters on Ebay!
Is Ebay suppoerting this, just to get listing fees, if s this should be publicised!!!!!
3 times within 48 hours, I am sick of it!

Anyone else have views on this!!!!!

[nanosystems_aci]

Now this nigeria frauds are getting registered and showing there registeration as if from India.

[nisha_online]

something has to be done ,to stop this nigerian fraud wave. we end up wasteing our time and money. I still cant undersatand why the hek ebay is not takeing any measures to verify buyers........