>We got our money back from Paypal, but they are not forthcoming
>about how it happened, or why Paypal assisted the con artist in
>trying to defraud us. We are amazed it got that far, considering:
>
>1. That paypal account had never been an Ebay seller; in fact, Lois
>NEVER sold anything on Ebay before.
>
>2. The paypal account had been dormant for almost a year, used for
>trinket purchases only.
>
>3. The CC Paypal used was cancelled by us a year ago. But our bank
>claims it was never cancelled (yet it was destroyed in the presence of
>bank personnel when we cancelled it).
>
>_Somebody_ owes us $250 in overdraft charges. I am going after Paypal
>first, Ebay 2nd, and our bank, 3rd.

The thing that puzzles me about this whole transaction, is why you haven't 
bounced eBay and Paypal on the eBay item number. Surely the item number that 
he claims was sold to him has to have a traceability in eBays archive that 
would show that it wasn't you selling it.

Even after eBay take an item off their web pages they still have records 
that are available to police agencies. If they are not going to produce 
evidence of the item number to you, then threaten to make a police complaint 
regarding fraud, in this case I guess it would come under the American Wire 
Fraud regulations, and possibly crosses state boundaries, so ... 

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