Ebay: what is going on here?!
#1
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Ebay: what is going on here?!
Check these out....suspiciously clean looking and cheap. Huh?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6131
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6131
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6131
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6131
#2
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I am suspicious of auctions that require "pre-approved" bidders. They are likely scams. But about the price... these are auctions, and there is still a lot of time left. If you decide to bid, insist on using an escrow company of YOUR choice, not theirs... that's how some of the ripoffs are accomplished... bogus escrow companies.
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They both have a very low Buy it Now prices as well. For this money anyone in their right mind would take both cars. Which also means that it's definitely bogus (see how both ads look almost the same)? I did not investigate the M3, but the M5 seller never sold anything on eBay prior and bought small weird things. Which tells me that he's very unlikely to be the real seller.
Both accounts have suspisiously similar emails at Yahoo. Timing of both is almost the same. Neither phone number is real, there are no such area codes.
Probable scam mechanism? "We want to pre-approve you and need to run your credit card number"... I will be very surprised if both auctions are still up tomorrow. Probably an identity theft and further scam with "preapproval".
Both accounts have suspisiously similar emails at Yahoo. Timing of both is almost the same. Neither phone number is real, there are no such area codes.
Probable scam mechanism? "We want to pre-approve you and need to run your credit card number"... I will be very surprised if both auctions are still up tomorrow. Probably an identity theft and further scam with "preapproval".
#4
Must be (yet another) eBay scam. I expect both listings will simply vanish once the eBay police spot these listings. I ran across this while trying to buy a plasma TV -- each time a "too good to be true" auction came up, I'd put it on my watch list and it would be gone within a day or so.
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How about free shipping anywhere in the US? Well I guess it's free if they do not have anything to ship! If they do ship, which I doubt, since they are paying it's their choice of shipper. The shipper may be somebody driving your way with a house trailer in tow for 5 months. Must be a scam.