Scammer knocks Xbox One buyer for R7,800

[qornea]

eBay buyer scammed R7,800 for picture of an Xbox One

A UK teen has been duped into buying a picture of an Xbox One instead of the actual console

[Crzwaco]

The seller did state that its a picture of the xbox one. So the buyer is just stupid.

[Grievous]

eBay buyer scammed R7,800 for picture of an Xbox One

A UK teen has been duped into buying a picture of an Xbox One instead of the actual console

19 year old .... with a 4 year old son. Also he's buying it for his son? Sure, yeah, "I'm buying a new console for my girlfriend for xmas"

[Dragonic]

19 year old .... with a 4 year old son. Also he's buying it for his son?

Yeah he is clearly very much voorbarig

[ave]

A similar case was on judge Judy and the seller was nailed in court. Judy awarded the buyer as much as the court would allow in damages, $5000 or something and put the IRS as well as child welfare onto the seller. In the end she served time in jail, lost her husband, and her children were placed in protective services.

[shadowfox]

A similar case was on judge Judy and the seller was nailed in court. Judy awarded the buyer as much as the court would allow in damages, $5000 or something and put the IRS as well as child welfare onto the seller. In the end she served time in jail, lost her husband, and her children were placed in protective services.

I was reminded of this particular case when I read the article. Regardless of whether he said he was selling a picture of an XBox it is still a scam (pity we don't have a screenshot of that particular sale on eBay) because the buyer would have reasonably expected to receive an XBox. And while I tend to be kind of sceptical of anything I see on Judge Judy, I doubt any court would find differently.

The age or gullibility of the buyer doesn't really have any bearing on the matter.

[Grievous]

The age or gullibility of the buyer doesn't really have any bearing on the matter.

Exactly. I think when we start protecting scammers (At least justifying it by saying the purchaser should have known better), no matter how gullible the person was, there is something seriously wrong with society. I hate its become expected we shouldn't trust people, and then when someone does get ripped off, we say its their fault.

[MetalSoup]

(pity we don't have a screenshot of that particular sale on eBay)

There you go.

[shadowfox]

There you go.

He got scammed anyways - the photo he received isn't nearly the same quality as the one on eBay

Well ... story has a happy ending, so all's good.

[McT]

Helluva expensive piece of paper!