Bart
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A friend of mine sold his Iphone on ebay.
He had an email through from "paypal" to say the money had arrived and of course shipped it off.. only to later find that the email was fake.
As it didnt go through paypal, does anyone know if theres anything he can do?
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fazza
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not much no unless he can get hold of the courier or psotal service he used and get it returned
didnt he check his paypal balance 1st?
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Bart
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Originally posted by fazza
not much no unless he can get hold of the courier or psotal service he used and get it returned
No, you need a court order to do that.
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Originally posted by fazza
didnt he check his paypal balance 1st?
clearly not 
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johnhara1
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PayPal wont help or cover the cost as it didnt go through paypal.
He has lost his phone.
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Bart
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even though he has the end address, the police dont want to know.
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fazza
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Originally posted by Bart
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Originally posted by fazza
not much no unless he can get hold of the courier or psotal service he used and get it returned
No, you need a court order to do that.
why a court order??
thats mad. how are you going to get a court order in the time it takes to send someone a parcel
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_Allan_
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Should always check your paypal balance directly. Don't use any links but I guess he knows that now 
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johnhara1
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Where is the end address? In the UK?
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Sam
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Oh dear...
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by fazza
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Originally posted by Bart
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Originally posted by fazza
not much no unless he can get hold of the courier or psotal service he used and get it returned
No, you need a court order to do that.
not really, its understandable.
I guess it stops anyone from walking down the post office and claiming mail.
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Originally posted by johnhara1
Where is the end address? In the UK?
yes
why a court order??
thats mad. how are you going to get a court order in the time it takes to send someone a parcel
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eddiewhiteley
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if he didnt sell through paypal, why did he send the phone after he recieved an email from fake paypal?
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marklaruk
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He means the transaction never went through poaypal... it was fake.
Wheres the address?
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Gareth
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was it a paypal echeque?
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Andrew
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Can he not get a lock put on the phone or something? That would fuck them off a little 
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M2RTY
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TIP OF THE DAY
use 1 account for email, and another for PayPal
any "fake" emails sent to your email account will be more obvious
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Bart
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Well, there has been developments with this!
The poor chap has been ringing round, speaking to as many people as possible (inc the police) and didn’t manage to get anywhere with it.
Yesterday he set off from Bath to Kent at 3am, arriving at the local depot at 7.30am. Spoke to the manager who was very sympathetic, but still couldn’t legally do anything about it, the parcel still had to be delivered by law.
However, they did ring the police who followed the delivery van driver to the address and waited in a car. When the driver arrived, the house was boarded up, clearly no-one living there. When the driver approached the house a man stepped out from a van to claim the parcel, only to be nicked by the police!
The courier company said they won’t try to re-deliver and it will be sent back to the sender via the normal channels, so great result for him!
According to the courier manager, it’s really frequent in the Kent area, its full of immigrants all doing the same because thats where there slipping over the channel from.
1 nil to the people of England I say.
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_Allan_
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nice 
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Bart
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probably 1-10000 to immigrants, but hey 
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Voyto
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Excelent result, almost makes me want to jump up and punch the air in a typical english way!
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radicalry00
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Great news  .
Glad to hear that the scamming twat got what he deserved.
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marklawton
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wow, wasnt expecting an outcome like that. well done to your mate
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sand-eel
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excellent indeed.
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