Scott 1996 993c2

The ad has already been pulled ... TOTAL BS!

Scott

jmreiser

We knew free shipping was a clue that someone wasn't going to be shipping whatever it was. But a free transmission, now there's a deal.

ed devinney

Nope, not joking - as has been pointed out here, when they use the same scam, they REALLY use the SAME scam!

cabrio993

Prepare yourself for lots of spam e-mails from now on. Those ebay auctions are used to Phish (gather) e-mail addresses so later they can use to spam or scam others.

jmreiser

Hopefully he used eBay messages, without exposing his email address?!

95 C4 993

And Ebay continues to let 1brokepainter be a Ebay member.

Garth S

I, perhaps amongst many, had contacted ebay about this ad a couple of days ago: ebay quickly responded with the usual ..

"Thank you for writing eBay's SafeHarbor Department about a listing or
seller you would like us to investigate for fraudulent activity. We are
concerned about this type of activity and want to assure you that we
will review your report as soon as possible, usually within 24 hours.

Due to privacy concerns, we will not keep you informed about the status
of our investigation. While you will only receive this acknowledgement
of the receipt of your report, please be assured that we will thoroughly
review the situation. "


This practically always results in a pulled listing ....

DaveM993

Whoever is doing this is highjacking Ebay accounts that are dormant. The ones I have seen all have about 10-40 feedbacks and have usually been inactive for 1-2 years. Wonder how this is done?

RallyJon

I wouldn't be surprised if the password was the same as the username or was a very weak password on the hijacked accounts.

To hijack an active account, I would suspect they obtain the user's e-mail address by asking an innocuous question about an auction, then phish them and trick them into responding to an e-mail that fakes a login screen.

Michael S.

Sorry I've been away from the Rlist for a few days... As you probably have guessed, I did get a return message from the guy running the scam and he declined my offer for local inspection / pickup. I also got an email from Ebay stating that the ad had been pulled and asking if I had completed any off-Ebay transactions with the seller.

Needless to say... the old addage has never been more true... "If it seems to be too good to be true; It probably is!"

hyphenf15

I also ran into an EBay scam with a "second chance offer" for a set of wheels and tires. Turns out it was total BS and I turned over all the data to EBay for them to work. The seller turned out to be a guy someplace in the UK trying to take money from the unknowing. At least I caught on when I figured out the "second chance offer" was not legitimate. You had to pay very close attention to the sender address, etc. Be careful out there boys....