EBay payment taken in fraudulent purchase

My credit card was frauded on eBay for $2465.00 Australian. Can I do anything through eBay for compensation to get this back. I never bought anything 

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It sounds like you've been scammed.

 

Did the payment go to EBAY COMMERCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD  or somewhere else ?

 

It's very doubtful if eBay will help you if it was a scam, a chargeback through your credit card might be your only hope.

firstly, this is not a good thing to happen to anyone.  Do as padi has suggested. 

 

Secondly, we would need more details in order to provide more advice than what wise padi has given.

 

- how was the fraud perpetrated?

- does the payment show on your CC statement?

- how did you find out about the fraud?  Was it through a phone call, text message or email?

 

I got an unsolicited phone call once where the caller told me my credit card had been used overnight on an $880 eBay purchase in the USA.  In order to find out more about the transaction the caller said I'd have to verify my identity and card details.  I asked them which card had been used, as I have a few, and they said for privacy reasons they couldn't tell me until I verified my identity.  I told them to let the transaction go through ... at this point they hanged up on me.

 

There was no transaction.  They were phishing for identity information.  Had I given them identity and/or card information I would have been scammed.

 

It isn't eBay's fault when people have been tricked into giving identity/card information to a cold caller and are subsequently defrauded on eBay.

 

Not saying this is how it happened in your case, just warning others about unsolicited cold callers.

 

 

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