Quote Originally Posted by WeedGremblin
alright the reason I'm posting this is because im never going to do it again. From now on we'll just call him "Joe". Joe needed money really badly a few months ago so this is what he did.

He knew that paypal's terms did not cover "Intangible" items like ebooks,egold,or any type of online game accounts. So Joe went on ebay and found listings for World Of Warcraft accounts that were selling for large amounts. He found an account that was about to sell for over $700, and copied all the info in the listing as well as saved the picture of the character. The next day the auction for that account was over, so Joe started a listing that was identical to original, and put it up for a 1 day auction. Within 12 hours it was sold for $600 and the money was in his paypal account. Joe transferred the money to his bank account and he had the money in his hand in 2 days. Joe just told the buyer that he would not send the account details to him until the $ was in his hand.

About a week passes and the buyer realizes hes been scammed. So he sends lots of emails to joe but he never replies. Buyer then tries a paypal chargeback, but joe tells paypal that he sent the buyer his account, and the buyer is trying to scam joe. Joe also mentions to paypal that this is a WoW account and is an intangible item. A few days later paypal rules in Joes favor.

A month later joe does the same thing again but makes $700 this time. He does exactly the same thing as last time, but this time the buyer somehow found out joes home phone number. He calls alot, but after he gives the buyer the "run around" he stops calling. Paypal also finds Joe the winner of this chargeback.

Thats it. Just know that this can be risky and if youre going to use your own account with your own name attached to it, this is a stupid idea, and youll only win 2 buyer disputes tops.


very very interesting.

by the way, your signature is something that i have just seriously taken to heart