Philly Woman Gets Scammed Out of Her Coach Purse on Depop. The Lies That Follow Are Insane: ‘I’m Immediately Suspicious’
At what cost?
A Philly woman just exposed one of the wildest Depop scams you’ll ever see. Eva, @eva.thai on TikTok, posted a series of videos on how she allegedly got scammed out of her Coach bag. What started as a simple swap turned into a weeks-long saga of deleted accounts, ignored police calls, and a scammer who just wouldn’t quit. Here’s how it all went down. Eva was looking to trade her Coach Soho baguette for the same style but in a different color.
She found Esme, a user on Depop, who was selling the exact bag she wanted in brown leather. They agreed to a standard trade – both listed their bags for a dollar, bought each other’s items, and planned to ship through Depop. Easy, right? Not so fast. The next day, Eva shipped her bag and let Esme know it was on the way. Esme claimed she’d dropped hers off at the post office too. But then Depop sent Eva a notification: Esme still hadn’t shipped her item.
That’s when Eva got suspicious. She checked their messages and realized Esme had deleted her Depop account. At 11 PM on a Sunday, Eva tried to put in a package intercept request with USPS, but they told her it wasn’t eligible because it was shipped through Depop. So she called Shippo, the shipping label company Depop uses, and they put in the request for her.
First thing Monday morning, Eva was on the phone with USPS corporate
She begged them to intercept the package. They told her it was up to the local post office in Arizona to handle it. So Eva called the Mesa post office 35 times. No one answered. By Monday night, Eva had to accept that the package might actually make it to Esme. The next day, she got a call from her local postmaster saying the package had been marked for intercept and would be returned to her.
Eva was ecstatic until she checked the tracking and saw it hadn’t moved. She called USPS corporate again, and they told her they couldn’t see the intercept status but to trust the process. While all this was happening, Eva was boarding a plane to Florida. When she landed, she saw the package had been delivered to Esme. Her hopes were crushed.
While Eva was at Disney with her friends, she got another call from her postmaster. The package that was supposed to be intercepted had been delivered because the carrier in Arizona dropped the ball. The carrier had even gone back to Esme’s house to try to recover it. A woman answered the door, said they hadn’t received a package, and asked her daughter. Eva knew Esme had her bag, but there was nothing more she could do.
But Esme wasn’t done yet
She made a new Depop account and messaged Eva, claiming she’d shipped her bag and that Eva’s hadn’t arrived. Eva was immediately suspicious. Depop’s shipping updates are usually reliable, so she contacted Depop support. They confirmed Esme’s tracking number hadn’t moved – she hadn’t shipped anything.
In part two, Eva laid out the three options she gave Esme: finish the trade, send the bag back, or pay her $180 for it. Esme threw a fit, acting like a teenager who’d been scolded. She even tried to use the bag as leverage, saying she wouldn’t send it back because Eva had threatened her. Eva wasn’t having it. She told Esme to use the original shipping label she’d already paid for, but Esme refused, saying she didn’t want to “do all that.”
Fed up, Eva decided to just buy the bag back from Esme for a dollar since Depop was offering free shipping. A few days later, Esme still hadn’t shipped the bag, even though she was active on Depop. Eva had given her more than enough time, so she called USPS to open a formal complaint.
Within 20 minutes, the station master from the Arizona post office called her back. Eva explained the whole situation, and the station master put her on hold to speak with the supervisor and the carrier who’d delivered the package. The carrier admitted he’d gone back to Esme’s house to try to recover it, but a Spanish-speaking woman had answered, and when he asked for the package, she went inside and never came back.
The station master sent someone out to try again
This time, an English-speaking woman allegedly answered – Eva was sure it was Esme – and claimed she didn’t have the package. Eva had screenshot evidence proving Esme had the bag and was refusing to send it back. The station master confirmed that when a package is marked for intercept, it should show a message at the post office and when it’s delivered. Two people had messed up. Eva opened a police case with Esme’s local department.
A few days later, she got a notification that the police had spoken with the parties involved. Eva messaged Esme again, letting her know she’d escalated the situation and that there was an open police report with all the evidence. Esme finally shipped the bag back – but Eva’s saga wasn’t over. In a third video, she unboxed the package to find her bag had been damaged. It was stained and parts like the hangtag were detached. Still, she got it back, and that’s what mattered.
Eva’s story is a wild ride, but it’s also a lesson in how far some people will go to scam others online. Depop trades are supposed to be simple, but this one turned into a full-blown nightmare. Eva’s persistence paid off, though. She made countless phone calls, opened police reports, and refused to let Esme get away with it.
(Featured images: Eva @eva.thai on TikTok)
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