How was/is this scam going to work

[Jetblackonetenth]

Son has ebay account and gets a mail this morning saying he has purchased a PC last night. Money has been allocated from his bank account. Logs onto ebay (not through email) and sure enough he has bought a PC and paid by the card linked to his ebay account (does not have paypal account)
Contacts bank cancels card. Contacts seller who cancels purchase and refunds payment, has email from paypal (genuine) saying seller refunded (not in bank yet)
PC was due to be sent to his verified address.
How was/is this going to work?

[Phil Dicky]

Sale gets cancelled a refund to a different paypal account ?

[Jetblackonetenth]

The refund is going to his account

[TooMany2cvs]

He was more pissed than he thought last night?

[Jetblackonetenth]

That was Saturday night

[bitchstewie]

I'd be more concerned with how they logged into his eBay account.

Tell him to change and check anything that uses the same password he used for eBay and to run a malware check asap.

[Jetblackonetenth]

bhstewie said:

I'd be more concerned with how they logged into his eBay account.

Tell him to change and check anything that uses the same password he used for eBay and to run a malware check asap.

Already on that thanks
That was my worry

[bitchstewie]

Jetblackonetenth said:

Already on that thanks
That was my worry

No worries, someone I knows daughter got done to the tune of £1800 because of crap passwords.

eBay/Paypal sorted it quickly because the goods hadn't been shipped but if they had shipped I think it would have got interesting as to who's fault it was.

Glad he caught it in time

[ElectricPics]

I'd suggest setting up two step verification - every time you log in to a new device - or if someone else tries to - you get a PIN by text.

[tankplanker]

Only way I can see this working is if the seller withdrew the money so PayPal couldn't refund the cash using the seller's funds. As you have caught on quickly I suspect you have beaten them to it.

I had this happen with a genuine purchase, seller never sent the goods and either eBay or PayPal had to put their hand in the pocket to pay for my refund.

[Jetblackonetenth]

tankplanker said:

Only way I can see this working is if the seller withdrew the money so PayPal couldn't refund the cash using the seller's funds. As you have caught on quickly I suspect you have beaten them to it.

I had this happen with a genuine purchase, seller never sent the goods and either eBay or PayPal had to put their hand in the pocket to pay for my refund.

Think that because he gets up for work at 1am he picked it up quickly and that helped

Didn't help me as he woke me up to tell me

[Mr Classic]

Several ways:
-Item is actually worth £10, seller makes a sale he would have never have made for an extraordinary amount.
-Seller waits outside the address, catches delivery driver just as he's popping to the shops/putting the bins out/feeding the cat. Scammer just has to be outside the front door or in the driveway
-Scammer emails seller the next day to ask them to send to a different address which isn't on the PayPal account