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It works because the royal mail system doesn't include the FULL postcode on the tracking information, only the first portion, so for example YO1 which allows th
by NikkiA 7y ago
It works because the royal mail system doesn't include the FULL postcode on the tracking information, only the first portion, so for example YO1 which allows the fake recipient to be anywhere in central York. Since it shows as being delivered to 'broadly the right place', ebay refuse to refund, the '£3,000 camera lenses' in the article probably never even existed - the seller will have just sent some random junk that was vaguely the right weight to a co-conspirator in the same town/area.
- ryanlol 7y agoOkay, so where does the money come from if the seller and buyer are co-conspirators? Stolen money makes no sense, this kind of trickery would have zero impact on chargebacks.
- NikkiA 7y agoThe buyer isn't a co-conspirator, someone in the same area is. The buyer is out the money they paid. But it actually works both ways, this scam has happened on sellers and buyers.
- tachion 7y agoThe £3148 camera lens existed, it wasn't eBay but Amazon, and there was no fraudulent seller, but fraudulent process around handling misplaced (or stolen) delivery. Read with attention.