Money Order Scam

[TheFanFavorites]

Hello Team,

Does anyone know of a Money Order Scam going around Etsy? I recently received multiple orders where the buyer used the option of paying by money order. Both times after a week I did not receive the money order. One time the person replied to my conversation saying that they had to cancel the transaction. The other time I received no response at all and had to cancel the order. I think thank I will change my profile to only receive pay pal, but I wanted to give everyone a chance. Thoughts.

[Collagical]

I haven't heard of any personally~ but here are the results of a search in Forum Topics for 'Money Order Scams':

http://www.etsy.com/forums_search.php?search_query=money+order+scams&search_submit=&search_type=foru...

There was nothing recently posted but there are some interesting experiences you can read about.

I don't accept anything but payment through PayPal, but I do accept credit card payments even if you don't have a PayPal account. Here is my shop policy for payment:

I accept payment by PayPal only.
You do not need a PayPal account to pay via PayPal - you can also use a credit card. More details here: http://www.etsy.com/help/article/361
If you are new to Etsy, or would like more detailed payment information please see here: http://www.etsy.com/help/article/339

You can also try this link to topics on 'Payment Policies':
http://www.etsy.com/forums_search.php?search_query=Payment+Policies&search_submit=&search_type=forum...

Hope this helps!
;) Cat

[Former_Member]

Can we copy that for our shops Cat?