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1. Re: Ebay scam. Maybe you've seen this?

   

   Comment by derryb · October 21, 2018 7:25AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   buyer has the option to temporarily change ship to address in ebay during checkout. To permanently change the shipping address of an ebay account a scammer has to access the ebay account, normally with a phishing email that gives them the password. Some scammers have been successful at changing another's ebay shipping…

2. Re: Ebay scam. Maybe you've seen this?

   

   Comment by messydesk · October 20, 2018 6:57PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Dating back over a year. Nice to see the scammer has found a sustainable business model.

3. Re: Ebay scam. Maybe you've seen this?

   

   Comment by U1chicago · October 20, 2018 9:09PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Happened to me a few months ago. It was even the same name. https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1003175/another-ebay-scammer

4. Re: Ebay scam. Maybe you've seen this?

   

   

   Comment by Aspie_Rocco · October 21, 2018 1:06PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I like the can idea. One could also send a bag of loose glitter or dog poop to the scammers requested address >:)

5. Re: Ebay scam. Maybe you've seen this?

   

   Comment by derryb · October 21, 2018 7:34PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   And, to prevent high value items you ship from being forwarded to a scammer always mark the package "Return Service Requested, Do Not Forward."

6. Re: Ebay scam. Maybe you've seen this?

   

   Comment by dcarr · October 20, 2018 9:07PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I would be tempted to send the scammer my canned response to these sort of things: "I would be happy to send the [proof set] to Hell. You can go pick it up there."

7. Re: Ebay scam. Maybe you've seen this?

   

   Comment by ricko · October 21, 2018 7:05AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Thanks for the warning... Though I do not sell on ebay, it is good to see how scammers work. By the way, the Philadelphia set is really nice, I have one... Cheers, RickO