Fraud and scam, how many of you are victims?

I purchase on ebay, quite often.  I have had only one bad purchase.  He claimed to be a record executive.  Arrived in a cardboard bag, leaking little white nerds.  It was pretty smashed up, missing the volume knob.  It worked, asked for a 200 price adjustment.  He went off via ebay emails.  Uploaded a lot of pictures to ebay with an explanation.  They refunded all of the funds and sent me a shipping label.  put the whole mess including his cardboard bag in another box after wrapping the original in lots of bubble wrap.  took it to the Post Office to mail it.  The mail person laughed and told me there was only $1.65 in postage on the prepaid label.  I asked what to do about the lack of postage, he laughed again and said the person receiving the box was going to get a large bill.  I have never sold on ebay.

I was scammed a week ago by some POS on Audiomart for $300…I had posted a want ad for a PS Audio UPC-200 and this $h*thead responded with pics of the gear and he gave the right answers to a coupe of my questions. In hindsight there were red flags but I was so busy at the time that I overlooked them. To add to my stupidity I sent the funds via PayPal F&F…yeah, I deserve it.

@skyscraper, try The Music Room’s services. They will buy, trade, or consign. Just go to their website and check it out. Sometimes it’s not worth the hassles to sell online... so much BS to deal with. Fortunately, I’ve had great luck on both Agon and USAM. I’ve used EBay a ton over the years too and only a couple of times had issues. I’ve had more issues shipping, than I have scams or otherwise. If you pay attention, the scammers usually convey themselves. As mentioned above, sometimes we miss or ignore the “signs”. Going with the gut is sometimes the best policy. If it feels “off” it probably is.

Sorry to hear of your hardships. The sharks are everywhere. Be careful!

We've all been scammed in big or small ways.
It's the world's fastest growing industry.
It cannot be stopped.

What is needed is a far more robust response to those who misuse the internet and other digital systems.  New bootcamp prisons must be established that are not pleasant places.  They can be run at minimal cost because they are containment systems and no more.
Significant sentences must be imposed - one year for a first offence, then five and so on.

If you don't agree with this, then accept you're going to be scammed and stop complaining.