Is E-Z Transactions a SCAM or a safe service like they state it is?

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I am interested in buying a bike from Craigslist and the seller said he will use this E-Z Transactions service which I never heard of. Is this safe? They look safe to me but I was wondering if someone else used them and how safe are they? How fast is the shipping, how do they handle their orders, etc. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

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They handle their orders pretty fast and although they have no phone number online, they answer their emails very fast and prompt. I never had a communication problem with them.

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I would like to use them as well but I see a lot of scam alerts on the internet, I want to buy a mower and i don't know if that's safe. So I am reading on what you say here.

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Yes there are alerts on the internet but if you read them carefully, you will see that they teach you how to stay safe too, there are a lot of scammers using these people's names in order to scam others but if yo are careful as a first time user you will be OK.

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No doubt they are legitimate and a good service too. On craigslist, being a free classifieds add website, of course there are a lot of scammers and my opinion is that a service like this is welcomed.

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Yes they are welcomed indeed, there are a lot of weird things going on on craigslist, i've heard stories like someone pretending to sell something and they meet with potential buyers, then rob them, of course the buyer will have the money on him and they steal your money or potentially kill you.

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Enough of this, you are missing the point here, the service is OK and the man asked a question, you guys started with the news and ****. Yes, that is a good service and you can use it safely by following their safety tips. Also always check your browser.

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I've heard of someone that contacts people and if they are out of town they go and rob their house lol because they know nobody's home.

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OMG, I have been scammed out of $4900. I answered to an add on craigslist and they said they use this service and sent me a link, it was www.eztransactions.officelive.com and i am not a computer savvy, I didn't know that`s a free website so I went there and all that. They asked me for the shipping address by email and said not to register but there was no register button on the website. I sent them the payment by paypal and they scammed me, how is this possible? By paypal? Paypal said the account was created with false id's and they can't trace it. Now paypal isn't safe either. I searched on google and saw a lot of similar warnings saying that the real e-z transactions website is www.ez-transactions.Com and went there, the site was very similar to the one I've been scammed on and when i contacted their customer support, they said they didn't have the seller or the item etc. God damn it. I can`t believe this, and i thought PayPal is safe.

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That's hard to believe, i've made some transactions with them and i always used a bank transfer option and never had a problem, never used paypal but from what i know they are the safest payment service out there and i see that they are not safe either.

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Nothing's safe these days, for the person that started this article, just follow their safety tips and you will be OK no matter the payment option used.

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I've had a friend that was scammed through this service, but when we investigated with the local authorities and some IT experts they said the service was not the one that scammed him. They used sophisticated software and cloned some of their web pages, attached some scripts on their website and used different email addresses that ends like their real email addresses. that software is called Bulk Mail and you can actually find it free to download online but they will shut it down. They advised us not to do anything online and let them handle this because if the scammers know what they are up to, they can loose their trace and can't recover any money. by the way, they used paypal too and scammed my friend out pf $1600 through a fake paypal account.

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The actual service is excellent and even if you you may find it expensive, it`s not really, consider the fact that they include all the fees in the price of sale and you have better chance of selling something or feel better buying from them knowing that the shipping is free.

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Just purchased a crazy Alienware m17x r2 through this service and they delivered the machine fast and the payment was by bank transfer, no problem here.

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Yeah, i bought an m3 engine and it was delivered without any problems so I guess they are OK. I don't know why some people are still convinced that they have been scammed by the real e-z transactions service and they don't admit the fact that they are not being careful when buying online.

Is E-Z Transactions a SCAM or a safe service like they state it is?

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