scam or what ?
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uk_vette

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3,336 posts

235 months

tilley441

330 posts

184 months

Thursday 19th November 2015
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Brand new to eBay and selling a high value item although i don't see how they could pull it off as you will have to get the car and exchange money etc. only thing i can think of is the car is still financed

anonymous-user

85 months

Thursday 19th November 2015
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Comms with seller will be email only because they will be "away on a business trip", payment will be through a money transfer company of their choice "because I use it all the time for work and its 100% reliable" but will turn out to be a fake Escrow site, you think the money is safe with a third party but its already in their account. You can suggest Western Union etc but they wont agree. You can offer to pay cash but they will be abroad etc etc

http://netcred.co.uk/security/fake-escrow-scams.ht...

micky metro

307 posts

217 months

Thursday 19th November 2015
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I,m constantly looking at t5 vans/campervans and i constantly see ridiculously low priced vehicles on ebay and autotrader ie 5k for a van/campervan that should be 20-25k, i dont even bother clicking on them now, when id do though they always ask you to leave your mobile number/email adress, i dont know how this scam works but it is a scam, if you respond you might just as well get a tattoo GULLIBLE across your forehead

uk_vette

Original Poster:

3,336 posts

235 months

Friday 20th November 2015
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pablo said:
Comms with seller will be email only because they will be "away on a business trip", payment will be through a money transfer company of their choice "because I use it all the time for work and its 100% reliable" but will turn out to be a fake Escrow site, you think the money is safe with a third party but its already in their account. You can suggest Western Union etc but they wont agree. You can offer to pay cash but they will be abroad etc etc

http://netcred.co.uk/security/fake-escrow-scams.ht...
Thanks for the reply.

100% exactly the way I see it.

advertised for 5,999
Actual valued price should be around 12,000

It looks like photos of two different cars, in different locations.

vette