Heads up - Massive number of scam listings on Ebay

[cptsideways]

Just a heads up, this week there appears to be a massive influx of scam car ad listings on ebay, thousands of them.


All hacked/stolen user ID's so with good feedback

All classified ad's slightly cheap

Usual descriptive ad text stolen from elsewhere, but crucially the seller puts, message me with your mobile number & will call you back etc.


If you find one click other items, you will find multiple listings from the same seller, for 4x4's, campers, diggers etc

This is one user ID, I have counted 20 odd today alone, so at least 200 plus cars I have come across this morning alone, ebay appear to be not taking them down in any hurry! get reporting folks if you spot them

eg http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/humphreysebastian/m.html...

[Magic919]

Hopefully it'll keep them out of the PH classifieds.

[B'stard Child]

Thanks for the heads up

Regarding the Ebay seem a bit slow to respond - They are always slow to respond!!

They also rely on the user to police the listings but then don't provide an easy process to highlight hacked accounts..

Edited by B'stard Child on Saturday 28th November 09:51

[cptsideways]

Well Ebay's response has been comical to say the least, despite a protracted conversation they have still left the ad's up.

If you contact any of them via messaging, you'll get a text back with an email address to send your money to the Nigerian prince.

Currently going by my rough estimate I would say 20% of the Classified car ad's are scam adverts. Whats funny is they so obvious to spot!


Any body here work for Ebay?

[wack]

Nothing for sale through the link above so eBay must have removed them

[cptsideways]

wack said:

Nothing for sale through the link above so eBay must have removed them

Aha so they have, still plenty more out there

[R8Steve]

I see this at least once a week with boats and jet skis. When i check the usernames i see motorhomes are a popular target as well.

[cptsideways]

Dozens of listing s
here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/kaspars8410/m.html?item=...


And here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/stiric4/m.html?item=2720...


And lots of individual ones like this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fiat-autoroller-team-2-8...

[B'stard Child]

I stopped reporting them years ago - it was a waste of time especially when they questioned why I thought the listings were fraudulent and then took ages to remove them.

[R8Steve]

cptsideways said:

And lots of individual ones like this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fiat-autoroller-team-2-8...

What's wrong with this one? If that is a scam it's a good one, i can't see anything i'd be concerned about?

[BrewsterBear]

If anyone is stupid enough to send a large amount of cash to someone you don't know to secure a car you haven't physically seen then you deserve to be conned.

[cptsideways]

R8Steve said:

cptsideways said:

And lots of individual ones like this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fiat-autoroller-team-2-8...

What's wrong with this one? If that is a scam it's a good one, i can't see anything i'd be concerned about?

Exactly

Thats why it's clever, the text is from someone elses ad on the net, its the last bit "include your mobile number & I'll get back to you" hey presto text with scammers email & away you go with your stash.

Try sending a message

[cptsideways]

BrewsterBear said:

If anyone is stupid enough to send a large amount of cash to someone you don't know to secure a car you haven't physically seen then you deserve to be conned.

That I agree with, however when you are genuinely looking for a car/motorhome to buy weeding out the plethora of scam ones is damn annoying.

Currently about 20% of ALL the motorhome classified ads are scammers!

[mx5ian]

Something dodgy going on here just been sent a link to this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Abarth-500-1-4-T-Jet-Aba...
£3300 for a 2011 Fiat 500 Abarth! from a dealer in Prestwick Ayrshire Autocars
the garage checks out OK on line but if you check his eBay showroom 8 cars have been added recently massively/stupidly under priced and are not on his website. Pictures of his other stock are outside his premises the new ones are all in other places.

2012 Audi A1 £3350.00 !!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A1-1-4-TFSI-S-Line-...

2010 Tiguan Bluemotion £2900.00!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Tiguan-1-4-TS...

Edit: he has obviously found out as they have all just ended

Edited by mx5ian on Wednesday 2nd December 02:43

[nct001]

cptsideways said:

R8Steve said:

cptsideways said:

And lots of individual ones like this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fiat-autoroller-team-2-8...

What's wrong with this one? If that is a scam it's a good one, i can't see anything i'd be concerned about?

Exactly

Thats why it's clever, the text is from someone elses ad on the net, its the last bit "include your mobile number & I'll get back to you" hey presto text with scammers email & away you go with your stash.

Try sending a message

Apart from fact market value is around £13k instead of £5995?

[R8Steve]

nct001 said:

cptsideways said:

R8Steve said:

cptsideways said:

And lots of individual ones like this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fiat-autoroller-team-2-8...

What's wrong with this one? If that is a scam it's a good one, i can't see anything i'd be concerned about?

Exactly

Thats why it's clever, the text is from someone elses ad on the net, its the last bit "include your mobile number & I'll get back to you" hey presto text with scammers email & away you go with your stash.

Try sending a message

Apart from fact market value is around £13k instead of £5995?

I suppose if i was in the market for a campervan i would know the market values, yes.

[Roy m]

cptsideways said:

Currently about 20% of ALL the motorhome classified ads are scammers!

OT but where would you look for a Motorhome? - probably selling ours but don't know where to advertise - ebay full of issues!

[cptsideways]

Bit of an update Important one though

There are a multitude of listings that popped up this evening & the Firefox web page keeps popping up with a web forgery warning. I remember something similar a few years ago when you clicked on a picture however this crops up as soon as you click on the item ad page.

Obviously some serious issues going on, the place is riddled with scam adverts that stay up for days on end.


Has anyone got a Hymer for sale