Information about scummer ID

[mushtak_84]

New message to: ****

If I want to take legal action against the scummer what kind of help I will get from eBay. According to his ID eBay must have some sort of information about that scummer. Whom do I need to pass his ID and messages? If you can please help. After bidding scummer sent me a message and told me I was second highest bidder. If I pay money to his bank he will send item with first class delivery. So I paid him 707 pounds 50 pence using online banking. Now he is not contacting for nearly a month. Please help.

[red_magpie]

Unfortunately, as the message itself was a scam your agreement with the "seller" has nothing to do with eBay, and they won't divulge their contact information to you.

As you have been the victim of fraud you need to report this to the police, and get a crime number. (The police may refer the case to action fraud, which deals specifically with online fraud.)

If the police carry out an investigation, they have their own procedures for contacting aBay.

Good luck, but don't build any hopes. This scam is almost certainly the work of professional criminals. Your money could be anywhere by now and it's unlikely that the perpetrators will be easy to trace.

[plpmr]

adding to the advice already given -

As you indulged in an off eBay deal eBay won't have any interest in matters.

Legal action?

It's a very bad start to call out the member on the boards and accuse them of criminal offences.

Do as advised and talk to CAB.

[redwick1]

If you had followed ebay policy and bought on ebay and paid that way you would have been covered by the ebay money back guarantee

Paying by bank transfer is just like giving cash

There is nothing you can do on here

You could contact your bank and see if anything can be done there but they may say you paid willingly.

If you wat to take action then you would have to do it yourself but I cant see you winning

Contact Citizens advice for their help

[pixiesen2012]

there is nothing you can do through ebay, you fell for a scam