I recently saw a post on my local craigslist put there by a guy whose phone # is somwhere else. He says his name is Daniel, and has a PhD after his name. He claims to have obtained 20 laptops (alienware) at wholesale, and needs help selling them on eBay from people who have a high satisfaction rating. His post links to a geocities site where he explains that he will pay 30% commission on each laptop sold at a “buy it now” price of $2,000, with sellers being responsible only for the eBay listing fees. He instructs the reader to view his sample eBay listing, create one of their own just like it using the person’s own eBay account, and then call him with the item number of the listing. Then he says once a purchase it made, the funds should go striaght to your own PayPal account, he will ship same day, and you are then to just send him his 70%. It sounds both safe and fishy at the same time, but I’m not savvy enough to figure it out.
sounds fishy.
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its a known scam.
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why would he want the account in your name….? Sounds fishy……too fishy…there’s easier ways to make money than that….that guy is an idiot
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there never is such a thing as a free lunch . . . .
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It’s a SCAM !!!!
What will happen if you do this, is as follows:
1. You set up a listing
2. Someone bids and buys it
3. They send you the money
4. You send Daniel his 70%
5. He NEVER sends the buyer the laptop
6. You have to reimburse the buyer in full because they never got the goods – and you are out the 70% you sent to Daniel.
By the way, anyone can put any letters after their name – doesn’t mean they earned them!
Even if the buyer DOES get the laptop, it’s probably stolen and YOU are the one who has sold Stolen Goods!
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Most definitely a scam!!! Don’t do it!
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If it sounds too good to be true, then it usually is ! steer well clear and have nothing to do with it. If they are stolen, you could be in serious trouble for fencing stolen goods.
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Sounds like a scam…report it to eBay if it’s possible to do so.
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