Dodgy car ads on ebay?

[Riley Blue]

Screechmr2 said:

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

Can't believe you are so mistrusting

[bobtail4x4]

several people I know have started bidding about 10x the value to stop some poor sucker buying
then the "seller" lists as buy it now.

[Cliftonite]

Another weekend, and this scumbag is back, with identical MO.

4000+ fraudulent listings on a hi-jacked account?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/a1supplies12/m.html?ite...




Update:

The 'real' account had been hi-jacked. The thousands of fraudulent listings are no longer shown (24 August). Seems that eBay eventually acted.

Never mind, there will soon be another batch - scamscum seems to be untouchable.

Edited by Cliftonite on Monday 24th August 11:46

[saaby93]

this one of a car in someones yard takes a nerve

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-i8-1-5-7-1kWh-Auto-...

[anonymous-user]

Cliftonite said:

Another weekend, and this scumbag is back, with identical MO.

4000+ fraudulent listings on a hi-jacked account?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/a1supplies12/m.html?ite...

Nocars listed for sale at all on a1supplies, what am i missing?

[Cliftonite]

Mobilecommute said:

Cliftonite said:

Another weekend, and this scumbag is back, with identical MO.

4000+ fraudulent listings on a hi-jacked account?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/a1supplies12/m.html?ite...

Nocars listed for sale at all on a1supplies, what am i missing?

The account is a1supplies12. Use the link I provided.

Update:

The 'real' account had been hi-jacked. The thousands of fraudulent listings are no longer shown (24 August). Seems that eBay eventually acted.

Never mind, there will soon be another batch - scamscum seems to be untouchable.

Edited by Cliftonite on Monday 24th August 11:44

[anonymous-user]

Cliftonite said:

The account is a1supplies12. Use the link I provided.

I did use the link provided, maybe I am doing something wrong will have another look


Eta; i have checked again, have you linked to the real account by mistake?

[Limpet]

eBay is fine as long as you follow two simple rules:

1) don’t sell anything you can’t afford to lose unless you meet face to face with the buyer and they hand over cash

2) Don’t buy anything for any amount of money you can’t afford to lose unless you meet face to face with the seller and have the opportunity to inspect what you’re buying.

I have been bitten in the past on the first one (a £300 phone), and have no intention of being bitten on the second.

eBay is a scammer’s paradise. They have free rein, enabled solely by eBay’s completely lackadaisical approach to policing of fraud, and the almost entire lack of consequences for fraudsters.

[Cliftonite]

Mobilecommute said:

Cliftonite said:

The account is a1supplies12. Use the link I provided.

I did use the link provided, maybe I am doing something wrong will have another look


Eta; i have checked again, have you linked to the real account by mistake?

The 'real' account had been hi-jacked. The thousands of fraudulent listings are no longer shown (24 August). Seems that eBay eventually acted.

Never mind, there will soon be another batch - scamscum seems to be untouchable.

[Cliftonite]

Another day, another hacked account, eBay seemingly doing nowt once more :





https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/petejs11/m.html?item=23...

Edit:

1603H. eBay appear to have sorted this one fairly promptly! Perhaps their attitude to dealing with these frauds is improving!

Edited by Cliftonite on Monday 24th August 16:05

[saaby93]

Nice excel
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Excel-2-2-1988-Cl...

[andy43]

Nice bump!
If you spot something suspect report it to ebay.
In the past few days yet another successful scam took place, this time over 50k's worth of motorhome.
Somebodies life savings gone.
If you think it's too good to be true please do take the time to report it.
It's only a few seconds, a few clicks, but it could make a huge difference.

[Johnnytheboy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-Ford-Focus-RS-Mk1-...

[Riley Blue]

It's the east European account hacker at it again. It's difficult to believe that anyone gets scammed as he's so blatant and easy to spot.

[Johnnytheboy]

In my ad's case it looks like people are bidding it up for the lolz.

[leyorkie]

FFS, 1210 other items for sale

[Cliftonite]

The listings from this scamscum are easily identified by the inclusion of this (or similar) image.

[Cliftonite]

Johnnytheboy said:

In my ad's case it looks like people are bidding it up for the lolz.

And to ensure that some poor sap is not sucked in by this continuing series of fraudulent listings, which eBay seem to be little bothered about.

It could well be public-spirited PH members doing their stuff!

[ChocolateFrog]

This one appears every couple of weeks. Has done for well over a year. I imagine the actual car was sold by the original owner a very long time ago.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233790847640

[ChocolateFrog]

andy43 said:

Nice bump!
If you spot something suspect report it to ebay.
In the past few days yet another successful scam took place, this time over 50k's worth of motorhome.
Somebodies life savings gone.
If you think it's too good to be true please do take the time to report it.
It's only a few seconds, a few clicks, but it could make a huge difference.

I used to bother reporting them but don't anymore. I've reported stuff and it's taken days for it to be taken down.

It's upto eBay to get their own house in order.