Scam ebay advert

[vrtrooper]

Scam advert on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-62-AUDI-A6-3-0-BiTD...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-62-AUDI-A6-3-0-BiTD...SgAAOSwa~BYTeCE

[Mr Alan]

Please elaborate a bit mire, obv the same car so what's going on ?

[shake n bake]

Just the old favourite clone ad, if it too cheap it's not right. Easy really.

[Sump]

How can you not see 1234-kidswear is the scammer?

[cptsideways]

Last week almost half of ALL the ads in motorhomes were scam ads! Hundreds of them

[anonymous-user]

First one is the classic eBay scam, insanely low price and contact directly to random email address - hook an idiot and they're away and because it all happens off eBay there's no buyer protection.

[Mr Alan]

Sump said:

How can you not see 1234-kidswear is the scammer?

I just don't see how that works, buy it now is £6000 odd, bizarre. So assume they are only going for a £500"deposit or so as obv there isn't a car for them to sell.

[996TT02]

Shall we bid it to high heaven?

[996TT02]

OK so for the avoidance of confusion - this is it, and try to outbid me!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-62-AUDI-A6-3-0-BiTD...

[imdeman87]

996TT02 said:

Shall we bid it to high heaven?

This.

Also sign up their email address to various adult sites.

Could even have a little fun by being a 'potential' buyer.

[Mr Alan]

How do they get money from you though ? Deposit vis bank transfer. I just see how anyone can be so stupid to fall for it

[phey708]

996TT02 said:

OK so for the avoidance of confusion - this is it, and try to outbid me!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-62-AUDI-A6-3-0-BiTD...

Ok your on

[996TT02]

phey708 said:

996TT02 said:

OK so for the avoidance of confusion - this is it, and try to outbid me!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-62-AUDI-A6-3-0-BiTD...

Ok your on

Someone has just been outbid

[PixelpeepS3]

£58k

awesome!

[spookly]

My parents almost got hooked by a too good to be true motorhome on eBay.

It read like the textbook scam...

• Advertised in a town a long way from anywhere (North of Aberdeen IIRC)
• Offered to deliver anywhere at asking price
• Price too goo to be true (1/2 of comparable vehicles)
• Claims to be selling on behalf of relative who had recently been taken very ill
• Claims they are currently on business abroad (Germany in this case)
• Asks to be paid by paypal 'pay after delivery'
• Says they can't arrange a copy of V5 or provide VIN as they are abroad

In this instance, it is hard to tell who'd have ended up out of pocket. So long as you notified paypal of the lack of delivery within the 14 days then maybe paypal would be wearing the loss. My bet is that they get you to pay using that method then string you along with tall tales until the 14 days has passed and the money has left your account to paypal. Even if paypal end up getting scammed, they'll be long gone with the money well inside the 14 days.

A fool and his money....

I'd never buy a car that I hadn't personally physically inspected and tested, and confirmed ownership and had a history check. I'd only consider breaking those rules if buying from a legit, long time established dealership who'd still be there if I needed to come back to them.

[996TT02]

PixelpeepS3 said:

£58k

awesome!

£60k+ now

[Mr Alan]

spookly said:

My parents almost got hooked by a too good to be true motorhome on eBay.

It read like the textbook scam...

• Advertised in a town a long way from anywhere (North of Aberdeen IIRC)
• Offered to deliver anywhere at asking price
• Price too goo to be true (1/2 of comparable vehicles)
• Claims to be selling on behalf of relative who had recently been taken very ill
• Claims they are currently on business abroad (Germany in this case)
• Asks to be paid by paypal 'pay after delivery'
• Says they can't arrange a copy of V5 or provide VIN as they are abroad

In this instance, it is hard to tell who'd have ended up out of pocket. So long as you notified paypal of the lack of delivery within the 14 days then maybe paypal would be wearing the loss. My bet is that they get you to pay using that method then string you along with tall tales until the 14 days has passed and the money has left your account to paypal. Even if paypal end up getting scammed, they'll be long gone with the money well inside the 14 days.

A fool and his money....

I'd never buy a car that I hadn't personally physically inspected and tested, and confirmed ownership and had a history check. I'd only consider breaking those rules if buying from a legit, long time established dealership who'd still be there if I needed to come back to them.

If it's pay after delivery, if it's never delivered then you never pay ....... As you say who loses out ?

[imdeman87]

Mr Alan said:

If it's pay after delivery, if it's never delivered then you never pay ....... As you say who loses out ?

At this point, you're thinking that the seller must be honest because they're offering the 'pay after delivery' deal. Seller at this point says send over a £1000 deposit to secure the car. Pay via PayPal friends/family/gift or bank transfer and deposit is lowered to £750.

Hook, line and sinker.

[Mr Alan]

imdeman87 said:

Mr Alan said:

If it's pay after delivery, if it's never delivered then you never pay ....... As you say who loses out ?

At this point, you're thinking that the seller must be honest because they're offering the 'pay after delivery' deal. Seller at this point says send over a £1000 deposit to secure the car. Pay via PayPal friends/family/gift or bank transfer and deposit is lowered to £750.

Hook, line and sinker.

Ah ok, so they are only after a small amount as such compared to the value, but then several £750 is what they are after. I had a guy from Belgium wanted to buy my Elise a few years ago. Offered to pay a deposit and was apparently going to fly over. Didn't seem quite right to me so I declined. Don't know if it was a scam or not

[Sump]

Mr Alan said:

imdeman87 said:

Mr Alan said:

If it's pay after delivery, if it's never delivered then you never pay ....... As you say who loses out ?

At this point, you're thinking that the seller must be honest because they're offering the 'pay after delivery' deal. Seller at this point says send over a £1000 deposit to secure the car. Pay via PayPal friends/family/gift or bank transfer and deposit is lowered to £750.

Hook, line and sinker.

Ah ok, so they are only after a small amount as such compared to the value, but then several £750 is what they are after. I had a guy from Belgium wanted to buy my Elise a few years ago. Offered to pay a deposit and was apparently going to fly over. Didn't seem quite right to me so I declined. Don't know if it was a scam or not

That wasn't a scam.