I HATE Fraudulent CRAP like this

[ViperJames]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-Dodg...1QQcmdZViewItem

How is it possible that EBAY continues to Allow scam artists to try to rip people off? Let me guess this loser wants some poor schmo to WESTERN UNION the money to them in another country and NO they cannot come pick up the car in staten island with cash...and let me guess...the shipping is free??? I HATE THIS CRAP!

 

[big-n-italian]

i hate ebay for making it too difficult to report fraudulent items.

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

Kansas plates?

 

[DodgeViper01]

...but they said it is in Staten Island!!!! Maybe we should go take a nice drive out there .

 

[viper spray]

Buy it now for $7,000 ......................

 

[AZTVR]

i hate ebay for making it too difficult to report fraudulent items.

It is fairly simple to report this kind of auction. Click on the "Report this item" link near the bottom of the page and report it as a typical fraudulent auction. I just went ahead and reported it. I'm sure it will be gone in a day or two. I'm not sure who I'm protecting from fraud though. Are there still people who would fall for this scam?

I don't know how eBay could prevent this from happening in the first place. The listed seller is not really the seller. His ID has somehow been hijacked. I don't know how that happens unless they used some simple password.

 

[Jay Herbert]

The intersting part is to look for the auction that was "stolen"..... often a recent auction. If you do a search on completed auctions, you can often find the "original" auction for all these "to good to be true" auctions.

The stolen identity thing is probably from the "phishing" Ebay emails that people respond to. It is interesting to look at these also... often they'll have an official looking "from" email's. Here is a short list of the recent ones I've got:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

When you look at the full header.... emails are completely different!

Ebay does not make it easy to report the phishing stuff.... I get them almost daily.

I love it even more when I get them from site I am not registered for....

 

[AZTVR]

The stolen identity thing is probably from the "phishing" Ebay emails that people respond to.

Hadn't thought of that. That would certainly be the probable method for hijacking IDs. I usually forward those emails to eBay or Paypal at [email protected] or [email protected]

 

[Vic]

I've been getting emails, presumably from PayPal, telling me that there is suspicious activity on my account, and would I please go to a website and update all my credit card info, yada, yada. I never respond to them. The credit card of record is no longer in use.

 

[syldogRT/10]

It's gone.

 

[Jay Herbert]

Got this one today, asks you to "Get Verified" if you did not buy the item... guess what, surprize, surprize, the "get verified link" does not go to pay-pal... just to an IP adress running a PHP program, no telling how many people would click on something like that, and get their identity stolen....



Dear valued member,

This email confirms that you have paid [email protected] $283.99 USD using PayPal.

This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *LCD03PPD4".

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Payment Details


Purchased From:lcdmonitorsppd

Item # Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
50071920476 24" BRAVIA™ S-Series LCD HDTVKDL-32S2000 1 $283.99 USD $283.99 USD


Shipping & Handling via USPS Priority Mail to (on file)
(includes any seller handling fees) $11.00 USD
Shipping Insurance (not offered): --

Total: $294.99 USD

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Shipping Information

Shipping Info: Confirmed

Address Status: Confirmed

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If you did not purchase this item, or want to cancel the payment
please Get Verified in just one step.


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Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

 

[GTSnake]

I just got one that said a new email was added to my paypal account. I followed the link and suspected something. The new window that opened up didn't have the paypal address and it asked me to log in. Also in the "to:" address line there were like 20-30 other addresses similar to mine. Obviously it was a mass mailing phishing for something. I reported it to paypal.

Hopefull no one will fall for this trap.