Ebay Lego resellers SCAM !

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Just to warn you about a scam that is very popular nowadays.. ( saw it on 4 different sites in the last week)

They offer you to be ebay reseller. You need good feedback and then they sell you a list of Lego products.
After you sell the item , you receive money, send them shipping address.. finally when the buyer receives the product, you send them 75% of the money. Seems too good to be true.. easy money. The items are directly shipped from the official lego.com website.

Where is the catch ? I searched over the Internet and read a lot.. finally got it. They use stolen credit cards to buy the legos from the official site, then you sell them and send money via western union (probably the hardest to track)
When the police start investigation, its easy to track you but the guy who steals and uses the credit cards is basically uncrackable somewhere in Asia.

The ad look like this :
We are big supplier and we need many sellers who want to sell our products on eBay or Amazon

Our products are Toys, Kitchen Equipment, Travel Equipment, Movies and Video Games Disc.

Seller can sell our products on eBay US, eBay Canada, eBay UK and eBay Australia and Seller can sell on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Our products are very hot and you can sell about 20-50 items daily. Price of our products are from $35 to $200.

What do we need from you?

- Your eBay account must have more than 5 Positve Feedbacks and Registered over 6 months.

- You must have a bank account in US or EU if you want to sell on Amazon. You can open new Amazon account to sell.

- You must have a verified paypal account to link with your eBay account.

- You must have time to check and answer buyer's message everyday. You can forward buyer's question to us and we will give you the answer.

- You must have an Instant Messenger account (Yahoo, Skype or MSN ) We will contact by email and Instant Messenger.

- We will give you all information to list our products on eBay or Amazon.

- You will check orders everyday and forward order details ( item name, buyer's address, sold price) to us. We will ship items and give you tracking numbers within 2 business days.

- You only pay us after buyers have received their items. We need to make sure buyers receive correct items and without a problem about our products.

We always stay online about 14-16 hours daily. We can help you resolve all problem or answer all questions from buyers.

About your profit 25%:

If you sell an item with price $100. You have to pay ebay fees about $9 and paypal fees about $3.
Total fees = $12
Amount after fees = $100 - $12 = $88

Your profit: 25% of $88 = $22
You pay us: 75% of $88 = $66
 
They use stolen credit cards to reload giftcards over the internet and purchase the items at the Lego Stores. Off the record, I've sold some of these till I found out how they were acquired. You can be charged for selling stolen property if you are caught! Avoid it at all costs.
 
Best thing to think about is if it is to good to be true it probably is.
Sell your own stuff and stay away from shady resellers.
 
Happened to a guy I knew who sold alot on ebay, it all came crashing down for him.
 
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