Dodgy car ads on ebay?
Discussion
Cliftonite said:
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This is a current selection of fraudulent listings, several of which were reported a while ago. Ignored by eBay so nearly all items have been bid up to the £70,000 mark by well-meaning folk, in the hope of deterring innocent victims.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs...
Place-marker auctions already set up by this scum for further scams:This is a current selection of fraudulent listings, several of which were reported a while ago. Ignored by eBay so nearly all items have been bid up to the £70,000 mark by well-meaning folk, in the hope of deterring innocent victims.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs...
SimonTheSailor said:
Looks like it's all been rectified so eBay do sort this stuff out.
It does take them some time though. It must be so easy to stop these fraudulent listings from the outset as the fraudsman's MO is the same. Even the cars etc. bring offered, and their pictures, are identical on each occasion.saaby93 said:
surely this is dodgy so why are bids being placed?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Excel-2-2-1988-Cl...
I occasionally go browsing for classic American stuff and there are so many of these adverts. Would say over 1/3 of adverts were all similar with rediculously low prices too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Excel-2-2-1988-Cl...
shouldbworking said:
QuattroDave said:
Whilst it might be hard sifting out the scam ads from the real ones in an automated manner it's not beyond the capabilities of eBay, there's just no incentive for them.
It's not even difficult technically, they just choose not to address it. Looking forward to ebay getting overtaken in the market by someone who prefers a platform with actual content. Ebay need a lesson in customer relations. I'd love to find the pub in Richmond that their staff use at lunchtime, so they could be told of the error of their ways. Trouble is all the time they are making money they won't listen.
Fraud again - same vehicles, same MO, same lack of prompt action by eBay.
Nearly 1600 fraudulent listings suddenly appear on an eBay account with a total life-time feedback score of around 100:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/lion130389/m.html?item=...
Feel free to report any of these, or even to bid them up to around £60,000 (to put off genuine buyers) as someone (on here?!) does!
Nearly 1600 fraudulent listings suddenly appear on an eBay account with a total life-time feedback score of around 100:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/lion130389/m.html?item=...
Feel free to report any of these, or even to bid them up to around £60,000 (to put off genuine buyers) as someone (on here?!) does!
Just wanted to highlight how utterly st ebay are at failing to prevent this.
Took the image from the post above, ran it through even a free ocr engine like https://www.onlineocr.net/
2 clicks later - you get the output.
CONTACT E-MAIL : thomas3@btloc.co.uk
MANDATORY : Please include ITEM NUMBER when sending a question.
BUY IT NOW PRICE : £ 4.000
thomas3@btloc.co.uk
regular expression for anything matching that pattern - auto bin and permaban the user + ip.
Not a perfect solution but it was stop 90% of this crap immediately.
Took the image from the post above, ran it through even a free ocr engine like https://www.onlineocr.net/
2 clicks later - you get the output.
CONTACT E-MAIL : thomas3@btloc.co.uk
MANDATORY : Please include ITEM NUMBER when sending a question.
BUY IT NOW PRICE : £ 4.000
thomas3@btloc.co.uk
regular expression for anything matching that pattern - auto bin and permaban the user + ip.
Not a perfect solution but it was stop 90% of this crap immediately.
What about odd car ads
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-Toyota-Prius-Plug-...
Car in London
Seller in Lancashire
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-Toyota-Prius-Plug-...
Car in London
Seller in Lancashire
saaby93 said:
What about odd car ads
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-Toyota-Prius-Plug-...
Car in London
Seller in Lancashire
I'm sure it's totally above board, and that his friend really is an architect. But the seller seems to know a lot about finance for taxi drivers. Very helpful of him to dig out this information. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-Toyota-Prius-Plug-...
Car in London
Seller in Lancashire
saaby93 said:
What about odd car ads
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-Toyota-Prius-Plug-...
Car in London
Seller in Lancashire
Seems pretty straight to me. What's odd about it?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-Toyota-Prius-Plug-...
Car in London
Seller in Lancashire
This has been put in place to deter time wasters, day-trippers, hagglers, re-negotiaters and buyers who feel placing an offer or winning an auction simply puts them in a privileged position of having first refusal to buy. If you are a person like this you are a d*$k head and please do not waste my time.
jamoor said:
This has been put in place to deter time wasters, day-trippers, hagglers, re-negotiaters and buyers who feel placing an offer or winning an auction simply puts them in a privileged position of having first refusal to buy. If you are a person like this you are a d*$k head and please do not waste my time.
As a buyer I'd not entertain paying over a penny before viewing the car. If that means viewing it before the auction ends then so be it.I do have some sympathy as there's lots of time wasters out there but similarly I've viewed a lot of cars that look and read fine on the ad but have been significantly different to the ad when viewed in person.
What the sellers line is saying "I don't trust you not to mess me about so want money up front but you should trust me implicitly in what I say on this ad"
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-i3-E-5dr-Range-Exte...
Email - Loout735@rootmail.info for a faster response
Very similar here for over 2x the price
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016-66-BMW-i3-E-Extend...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-i3-E-5dr-Range-Exte...
Email - Loout735@rootmail.info for a faster response
Very similar here for over 2x the price
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016-66-BMW-i3-E-Extend...
Edited by saaby93 on Saturday 18th July 23:51
Compare these two:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
and have a look at each seller's other items. Every single one is bogus.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
and have a look at each seller's other items. Every single one is bogus.
Riley Blue said:
Compare these two:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
and have a look at each seller's other items. Every single one is bogus.
All completely legit. He obviously owns/sells a lot of camper vans and because he has so many the photos have to be taken wherever he can do it instead of in the same place. The address is clearly stated 'UK' so he's not hiding that either. Totally trustworthy and not even in the slightest suspicious https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970-Volkswagen-Westfal...
and have a look at each seller's other items. Every single one is bogus.
Can't believe you are so mistrusting
Trevor555 said:
These type of scam ads seem to appear more at the weekends.
Maybe Ebay don't have as many staff to act on reported items.
I've reported four of them just today.
2 hours on they've only removed one so far.
A few months ago they were running at tens of thousands of scam ads a day. Gumtree, Facebook, they're all at it.Maybe Ebay don't have as many staff to act on reported items.
I've reported four of them just today.
2 hours on they've only removed one so far.
A new ebay account can ring alarm bells now, so they've moved on to harvesting existing accounts by asking an existing seller a question which then directs the seller to a fake login page to hijack their access.
Then they flood the account with adverts. Campers and boats are favourites as they're an emotionally charged sell - dead easy to do at a distance.
It's not just private accounts - large motor traders have had their accounts stolen as well.
Note there is zero buyer protection on ebay motors, unlike the rest of the site.
Sellers offering 14 day trial periods, delivery to the door and ebay-approved payment protection are lying.
Phone conversations with well-spoken gentlemen can be arranged if necessary to progress a 'sale' - it's not just poorly worded texts and emails.
Buyer bank transfers the funds to an account only just opened by somebody shipped into the UK for 48 hours then the money is bounced out and away.
Anything too cheap is very likely to be a scam. If you can't reach out and touch it, don't send anybody any money. If you're reading this you already know - but try and spread the word. There are people losing thousands on a weekly basis.
If you see one do take the time to report it - it's just a few clicks to do.
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