Is this a "thing": creating false receipts to facilitate return fraud

Let's say swim (/s) happened upon a brand new, fairly expensive item (say, a hundred bucks) with little value on eBay.

Do vendors offer a service where they will print out official-looking receipts to facilitate return fraud? I'd think you'd need to stick to stores that lack centralized databases to check the receipts against.

I know about fake coupons; Is this a thing?


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[6 Points] None:

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[3 Points] None:

Never heard of it to be honest, but I know the Amazon return fraud is a lot more popular. Essentially you buy something on Amazon, say it's broken or whatever and demand a refund. You keep the item because it's "broken" and they send you your money back. It requires a little social engineering but if your account doesn't have many disputes it's easy to pull off. Hell if I have packages show up a day late I engage support and usually get a $5 credit to my account, or shipping refunded (if I pay for overnight) and sometimes I get the entire order refunded. ONCE I got a free month of prime, that was dope. Just because UPS was slow. Not even Amazon's fault.


[2 Points] hhayn:

I've known plenty of junkies who would go through trashcans looking for receipts for high value items, then they'll steal those items and later return them using the receipts. For example at Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.

It's like looking for prescription bottle label templates. Good in theory, but probably impractical.


[1 Points] Creative_Rain:

Another good thing you can do is:

A) Buy product from a store

B) Buy the same broken/"for parts" item off eBay (make sure you get the box n' shit)

C) Return the broken item, assuming the product you bought wasn't like a screen crack or something.

D) Sell or keep the working item


[1 Points] plant_success:

Never heard of it to be honest, but I know the Amazon return fraud is a lot more popular. Essentially you buy something on Amazon, say it's broken or whatever and demand a refund. You keep the item because it's "broken" and they send you your money back. It requires a little social engineering but if your account doesn't have many disputes it's easy to pull off. Hell if I have packages show up a day late I engage support and usually get a $5 credit to my account, or shipping refunded (if I pay for overnight) and sometimes I get the entire order refunded. ONCE I got a free month of prime, that was dope. Just because UPS was slow. Not even Amazon's fault.


[0 Points] jigglyjk:

Best method: find a company that is small (read: won't check centralized databases for receipts) and then see if their items are on Amazon. Use an Amazon receipt generator or inspect element a receipt (making sure the purchase date was over 30 days ago) and send the receipt to the companies customer service with some plausible reason for a broken device (getting a serial number off of ebay or craigslist helps too). Depending on their return policies they'll ask you to send it back, destroy it, or just trash it and most of the time you'll get a new one shipped to you if you play your cards right. The broad topic here is called social engineering. Look up some forums like leakforums.com to learn more about it; it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.