{"id":65608,"date":"2017-09-06T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/time-is-running-out-for-ebaypaypal-to-get-a-grip-on-fraud\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T13:22:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T06:22:40","slug":"time-is-running-out-for-ebaypaypal-to-get-a-grip-on-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/time-is-running-out-for-ebaypaypal-to-get-a-grip-on-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Time is running out for eBay\/Paypal to get a grip on fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSellers will soon think the site isn\u2019t worth the risk unless action is takenThere was a big response to our letter from the reader who lost around \u00a31,100 after selling his Fender electric guitar on eBay. A shocking number of others reported being similarly scammed; others pointed out that Parcelforce would have been able to check the weight of the parcel at various points and should have been more helpful.Reader DC said he now photographs the entire packing process. Readers could try this, but I\u2019d still recommend cash in hand when selling high-value items. However, another reader was paid \u00a3300 cash after selling something on Gumtree and the cash turned out to be counterfeit \u2013 so be wary of that, too. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Time is running out for eBay\/Paypal to get a grip on fraud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sellers will soon think the site isn\u2019t worth the risk unless action is takenThere was...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-h4c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26496,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-paypal-refuses-buyers-protection-against-ebay-fraud\/","url_meta":{"origin":65608,"position":0},"title":"When PayPal refuses buyers protection against eBay fraud","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Selling on eBay? 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