Gonz wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> >> >>> I listed an item on eBay and it sold. Because of a situation here I >>> specifically requested payment by USPS money order. The guy was late in >>> sending payment, which was ok, but then he sent payment using a Western >>> Union money order, which, because of circumstances here, I cannot take >>> right now. He says "there's no difference" between a WU money order and a >>> USPS money order, and is claiming that I'm trying to defraud him in some >>> way. I suggested that I return his MO when I get it and that if he wants >>> to send me a USPS money order, I'd be fine with that. Otherwise we can >>> just cancel the transaction and he can take his MO back to where he bought >>> it and get his money back. >>> >>> He's also saying that he'll file a fraud report with eBay ... since there's >>> no transaction there can be no fraud, right? I suppose he can post a >>> negative feedback, but I did specifically request a specific type of >>> payment, which I see as no different than requestin PayPal or a bank >>> transfer, with other payments being unacceptable. >>> >>> Anyway, what say the eBay gurus here? >>> >>> >>> Shel >>> >>> >>> >> Western Union money orders are a common source of fraud. And they are >> NOT equivalent to a USPS Money Order, the latter can be cashed at any >> post office. As long as you specified USPS Money Order, you are clearly >> in the right. >> >> > > I thought they were only fraud in the other direction, i.e. I'm a > fraudulent seller and want you to pay me via Western Union. I send you > the money, I never see the goods. The guy who picked up the money > dissapears. If Shell cashes his Western Union money order for cash, how > can there be fraud in that from his perspective? > > > That's the wire transfer fraud. If Shel can cash the money order, he's good though.
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