Repeated fake buyers - what is eBay doing about it | Payment processing on eBay

clamwinner · 2026-05-01T07:34:43.159000Z

Good day, for the third time now, I’ve repeatedly experienced fake buyers or fake accounts bidding on items that I offer as a private seller. They always have made-up names, place a bid on the listing, and have no ratings, and if they do have a rating, it contains other sellers’ experience that it’s fake, and that Ebay does nothing. The game always goes like this: the bid blocks my listing, the sale is never completed and payment never comes through, I report this fake purchase and only get a response days later, then the whole thing starts over again. I’m wondering how I can prevent users with "0" ratings from bidding on my listings and what Ebay is doing about it. If in doubt, I also need to check that I’m not being charged any fees for sales that never took place.

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