eBay is a safe marketplace. About 99 percent of transactions happen in good faith. But there is always some people to step outside of the rules and try either to save money or make more money. eBay tries to keep instances of them but with more than 100 million members and millions of dollars moving around through the site daily, it is little bit difficult to track them.
The basic one is where the seller will post more bids through many user id’s or through friends to increase the value of the item. If you have been scammed then you need to take immediate action to recover yourself. You can find more tips like this at the sky high auctions site. In case, you lost your money for an item which was paid through Paypal then you must immdiately login to paypal and file a dispute for the payment. If you have paid through your credit card, then contact your credit card company. You will recover your money in most cases.
The next is to use the eBay’s dispute program to report the seller. This is for the items that has not been received, or the item received is different from the advertised in the auction. eBay also provides a purchase protection program. You can claim the eBay purchase protection claim if the settlement cannot be reached.