Hi fellow eBay members,
This is eBay member jettux. It is Feb. 17th, 2008 when I am writing this guide, or rather, a journal of my current struggle with a possibly fraudulent member, jojoeddie81. I put up my lens for sale (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130195314114), and jojoeddie81 was the winner: http://myworld.ebay.com/jojoeddie81/

He paid with PayPal, and I was about to send the lens off, when I got this e-mal from PayPal (names starred out):
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Dear *** ***,

We have conducted an investigation regarding a payment you received in your PayPal account. This investigation determined that those funds were fraudulent. Therefore we have completed a reversal of the payment and removed the funds from the following transaction from your account.


Transaction Date:  Feb. 10, 2008 00:24:54 CST
Transaction Amount:  $56.00 USD
Buyer's Email:  ***@yahoo.com


Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department


Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

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It immediately put me on edge, and I wanted nothing to do with this user. I told him/her that I am not going to go through with the sale, and that I am reporting the problem to eBay. The person became very insistent, and tried to pay off a second time with a different PayPal account.

I complained to jojoeddie81 about his/her behavior and he/she became very angry. I couldn't refund the money through PayPal because the Deny option was disabled (I think it takes some time for PayPal to verify the payment before enabling the Deny option.), but the person left a negative feedback, claiming that I stole his/her money. Of course, the next morning, PayPal sent me another e-mail same as before, notifying me that the payment has been reversed.

The chain of feedbacks we threw back and forth now has become quiet ridiculous. In essence, I have an obnoxious non-paying buyer who has said in feedbacks that I am the liar and cheat, when his/her payments have been reversed by PayPal TWICE for using fraudulent funds.

I reported the problem to eBay and PayPal, but they have not been too much of a help. Now the sale is at a standstill, and I am considering reporting this incident to jojoeddie81's local police department. Even if he/she offers to pay with legitimate funds, I do not want to sell my lens to such a person.

As a bonus, I am including the feedbacks we have thrown back and forth. I will first put the feedback jojoeddie81 left for me and my response to it:
!!WARNING!! they refused to send me item or refund my second payment !!BEWARE!! Buyer: jojoeddie81 (3) Feb-11-08 18:57
*Reply by jettux (Feb-12-08 10:55): jojoeddie81 is under investigation for fraud. He left this as a blackmail. Jerk.
*Follow-up by jojoeddie81 (Feb-12-08 22:28): Why would I blackmail YOUR A LIER buyers "BEWARE" HE IS THE ONE BEING LOOKED AT!

Now the feedback I left and his/her responses.
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*This person is under investigation by PayPal and eBay for using fraudulent funds. Seller: jettux (30) Feb-12-08 09:33
*Reply by jojoeddie81 (Feb-12-08 10:23): I am not your under investigation by ebay I reverified my card with paypal LIER -- (#130195314114)
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