Why you should be suspicious of eBay Ads on the weekend

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Seen this sort of thing before, and they seem to get pulled after a day or so - probably as long as it takes evilbay's staff to respond to the complaints they receive.

Love the £5k RS2000!
 
Another evidence of fraud is that no location or phone number is given. Surely, anyone prepared to shell out £5K would be intersted in examining the vehicle.

The quoted price for the Velocette is ludicrous - these bikes tend to sell for 10K or more.

Hands off!

Cheers, Knut
 
Speaking of Nortons being sold for prices too good to be true, check out this ad. To be clear, this is a scam and should be avoided like the plague: http://light-classifieds.com/details.php?id=1948

I emailed the seller. Told me he is working at sea so he can't show me the bike, the bike is at a shipper ready to be delivered, and I just need to forward the funds to the escrow company: http://aykamtransport.com/howitworks.php

The escrow company looks totally phoney, which is how the scam works, I guess. The ad site appears to be full of phoney ads. Check out these Norton prices. http://light-classifieds.com/listings.p ... ord=norton

Stephen Hill
 
I have mentioned this before, I am amazed that they still pop up. Every time I see one I report it to Ebay and they do get withdrawn.
About 5 years ago I saw a commando advertised for about £3000. I contacted the alleged seller. Didn't want to communicate through eBay. He was abroad and the bike was at the other end of the country, he had a friend who would show me the bike, but feel free to buy and make sure its okay on collection. No Pay Pal!. I didn't attempt to buy.

Tell tale signs, little or no feedback. If there is some when you look at it , it is meaningless.
They don't want to contact through eBay, will supply a mobile no or email address.
Bikes are usually in great nick. If you watch eBay regularly you will have seen them before!
If you go into other items for sale it will generally be Plant equipment and Classic cars.
They are always too cheap, in the UK generally around £3000 for a great Commando.
No address or Location, other than UK.

I am surprised eBay doesn't have the technology to refused these adds at source.
People must be getting caught out or they wouldn't still be advertising, or am I missing something!
 
Maybe they don't get the asking price just a good sized deposit from an unwary buyer :x
 
Worst part of E – Bay now is that you cannot leave ANY negative feedback on their website to either a buyer or seller :!: :shock:
Be Very suspicious of these websites and NEVER buy unseen :!:
 
Also as these were classified ads not auctions there was no come back from Ebay if it went pear shaped.
 
Seriously-if it looks too good to be true....

I can't believe that these scams are still attempted as EVERYONE in the world has heard of them. I was selling cars for myself a few years back and I can't tell you how many IDIOTS would look at a car I was selling and tell me they saw a 2012 Passat/Jetta/Golf for $2500 and I'm WAY overpriced :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: I got the same "I'm working at sea" line when some scammer won an auction for my 73 Moto Guzzi Eldorado. Extended it to the next person and he took it. They're popping up everywhere now so people must still be falling for them.
 
I cannot believe an experienced classic bike owner I know fell for a scam on a BSA Rocket, advertised in Scotland and he paid over £5k and never saw it again. the greed of getting something for nothing takes over. if it is too good to believe, then walk away.
 
I had it happen to me a few years ago when selling my BMW on Ebay, but it was a day after the aution had finished, it didn't sell at the time and this scammer made contact said the same thing working on a off shore oil rig and said he will send another $1k and could I send that to his shippers, he told me he put the money into my Paypal account and he sent me a copy of the recite, it looked like a paypal official head on it but when I went to my Paypal account of course no money in it at all.
I played along with this scammer for a few days, he even phoned me up to ask where the $1k was etc, but the last call I got from him he was getting angry and abusive, then I told him it was in the hands of the police, funny that never heard back from him again, but don't dispair as I have brought and sold many things off Ebay without any problems, you just got to be on your toes as scammers are every where trying to get your hard earned money and its not only on EBay, every thing I buy and sell go through Paypal and if Paypal contact you they will always go through your account and they address you by your name and the fake ones don't use your name, they address you as Sir or what ever else.
I be a very rich man if I answered althoughs emails saying they have money from a rich uncle or a lotto winnings that I never brought a ticket in, but the scammers know there is a sucker born every day, they just got to find that sucker, just be one step a head of the scammers.

Ashley
 
mudplugger said:
I cannot believe an experienced classic bike owner I know fell for a scam on a BSA Rocket, advertised in Scotland and he paid over £5k and never saw it again. the greed of getting something for nothing takes over. if it is too good to believe, then walk away.
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Yup.
 
What is it about them saying they are "Out to sea?" Funny thing-I was selling a Triumph Bonneville on Ebay and I received a call from an English guy who really was on an oil rig in the Persian Gulf.

I actually liked playing along with the retards in Nigeria that actually used to Fed Ex a fake money order back in the day. I loved wasting their money and then ripping up the envelope when it arrived. Can't imagine the cost of a Fed Ex overnight from Nigeria to New York
 
Having not dealt much on E-bay for a while I have to ask, if a scammer puts a classified ad up and a sucker taKes the bait does E bay get anything out of it?
 
In the UK ebay take the classified ad fee when its listed, they take nothing else hence you are on your own.
 
kommando said:
In the UK ebay take the classified ad fee when its listed, they take nothing else hence you are on your own.
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I guess that would be the answer as to why these things keep popping up then? They must know when different account holders upload the same picture files? Sounds like the biggest scammers here are E-bay. I have refused to deal with them since they stopped allowing postal money orders for payment and instead force you to use Pay Pal, which they happen to own.
 
MikeG said:
I guess that would be the answer as to why these things keep popping up then? They must know when different account holders upload the same picture files? Sounds like the biggest scammers here are E-bay. I have refused to deal with them since they stopped allowing postal money orders for payment and instead force you to use Pay Pal, which they happen to own.
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I only let them send the $200 deposit via PayPal-the rest is cash/certified check/wire transfer. Paypal can eat a dick.
 
MikeG said:
kommando said:
In the UK ebay take the classified ad fee when its listed, they take nothing else hence you are on your own.
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I guess that would be the answer as to why these things keep popping up then? They must know when different account holders upload the same picture files? Sounds like the biggest scammers here are E-bay. I have refused to deal with them since they stopped allowing postal money orders for payment and instead force you to use Pay Pal, which they happen to own.
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I believe E-bay no longer own Pay Pal which are now two separate companies if you have any trouble in buying at an E-bay auction, here in the UK you can always take the buyer/ seller to a small claims court but most people don’t think it’s worth the hassle .

Re:In the UK ebay take the classified ad fee when its listed, they take nothing else hence you are on your own, e Bay do try to resolve any problem - but they really do take a back seat before they get involved.
 
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