Another ebay scam - beware

[Alfie]

Has to be a hijacked account!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-MERCEDES...oryZ9855QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Vips]

Hi Alfie,

May be obvious to some, but what makes you think its a hijacked account and why does it look dodgy. Only asking cause I am not too familiar with eBay auctions.

 

[High-Lo]

DO NOT USE 'ASK SELLER A QUESTION' BECAUSE THERE IS A DELAY UP TO 24 HOURS. SO IF YOU WILL NOT CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AT: [email protected] , YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY ANSWER.
THE BUY IT NOW PRICE IS £8600..

Its the bit that says DO NOT USE 'ASK SELLER A QUESTION' which means that if you do it will go directly to the owner of that eBay account and not the 'Hijacker'. Thats why the 'Hijacker' wants to be emailed directly

 

[Alfie]

Hi Alfie,

May be obvious to some, but what makes you think its a hijacked account and why does it look dodgy. Only asking cause I am not too familiar with eBay auctions.

For exactly the reasons High Lo has outlined plus the price is way too low.

These 'hijacked' auctions tend to be short duration items also.

 

[glojo]

Why does Ebay allow this?

John the curious

 

[sym]

Strange that its an account which appears to have recent activity on it as well ... the actual account owner would be far more likely to pick up on it if it had been hijacked.... definitely dodgy though.

John - eBay 'allow' it because they have no way of knowing whether its genuine or not unless its reported by the actual account holder .. or somebody alerts them ... the account has probably been accessed with the correct password - which is a little worrying !

S.

 

[Alfie]

Why does Ebay allow this?

John the curious

Morning John,

They dont. It just takes them a while to twig whats going on. If no-one spots it (the genuine account holder) and no-one complains about it, then it rides along unchecked until some unsuspecting person comes along and pays them some money!

I might contact the 'seller/hijacker' and see what they say I'll report back.....

 

[Vips]

Thanks guys. One could also email account holder, and ask them a question to get them to react?

 

[glojo]

John - eBay 'allow' it because they have no way of knowing whether its genuine or not unless its reported by the actual account holder .. or somebody alerts them ... the account has probably been accessed with the correct password - which is a little worrying !

S.

Hi Sym,
Thanks for that, I thought that Ebay did not allow\support direct contact via e-mail?

John

 

[High-Lo]

I thought that Ebay did not allow\support direct contact via e-mail?

Good afternoon John,

eBay do not support direct contact only if one uses the 'contact member' link to attempt to sell them similar goods outside of eBay. They usually contact the highest bidder of an auction and say something like 'I have the same item for sale at half the price. Buy from me instead!'. Only problem is you will be buying from a non-trusted source (and probably a hijacked ebay account) and likely to get scammed.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[pammy]

See the Q & A on the site - is this one of us?

Poor bugger - you've got to feel for the genuine account holders, but if buyers were more careful then these scams would never succeed and so would not happen

 

[sym]

See the Q & A on the site - is this one of us?

Poor bugger - you've got to feel for the genuine account holders, but if buyers were more careful then these scams would never succeed and so would not happen

At least he's picked up on it !

S.

 

[Alfie]

At least he's picked up on it !

S.

But the odd thing is that if he is able to post a reply on the auction, why doesnt he cancel it!

 

[grasmere]

See the Q & A on the site - is this one of us?

yes it was me - I thought it the best way to alert him to it if it was fraudulant and to answer appropriately if legitimate - seems to have worked.

 

[sym]

But the odd thing is that if he is able to post a reply on the auction, why doesnt he cancel it!

Possibly leaving the evidence intact for anybody who wants to investigate it .... I'd probably leave it alone too and let eBay pull it ...

 

[Alfie]

Surprisingly I've had no reply from the 'bogus' seller.

 

[Rose Chap]

Bloody ebay. I'm trying to sell my phone on there at the moment. I put the ad up to today with an 'optimistic' Buy It Now price - as you do, only to have it bought by a zero feedback, registered yesterday, user with an address in Slough.

Communication from this person so far has read...
Hi,
I would like to pay for this item via British Postal Order, right now i am presently in United Kingdom, and i want to give the item to my cousine that just give birth to a bounsing baby boy as a Surprised Gift, so i will like to know if you can shipp it to nigeria,i don't mind paying any amount for the shipping cost,please if you can do this
for me i will be very grateful.if you accept,kindly send your full name and address which am going to send the payment to. Here's the shipping address.
Samson Jamiu
4, Lisabi Street Yaba
Off Western Avenue,
Surulere Lagos,
23401,
Nigeria.
i want you to help me found out how much "DHL courier service" will ship the item to nigeria.
Please Reply Back As Soon As Possible.

Obviously I'm not going to do anything requested above, I replied back re-stating the ad details, namely PayPal only and UK shipping only.

I'm not optimistic about hearing back... However, under eBay rules I have to wait a week before I can do anything about it. Most infuriating.

 

[richard]

Bloody ebay. I'm trying to sell my phone on there at the moment. I put the ad up to today with an 'optimistic' Buy It Now price - as you do, only to have it bought by a zero feedback, registered yesterday, user with an address in Slough.

Communication from this person so far has read...
Hi,
I would like to pay for this item via British Postal Order, right now i am presently in United Kingdom, and i want to give the item to my cousine that just give birth to a bounsing baby boy as a Surprised Gift, so i will like to know if you can shipp it to nigeria,i don't mind paying any amount for the shipping cost,please if you can do this
for me i will be very grateful.if you accept,kindly send your full name and address which am going to send the payment to. Here's the shipping address.
Samson Jamiu
4, Lisabi Street Yaba
Off Western Avenue,
Surulere Lagos,
23401,
Nigeria.
i want you to help me found out how much "DHL courier service" will ship the item to nigeria.
Please Reply Back As Soon As Possible.

Obviously I'm not going to do anything requested above, I replied back re-stating the ad details, namely PayPal only and UK shipping only.

I'm not optimistic about hearing back... However, under eBay rules I have to wait a week before I can do anything about it. Most infuriating.

You could get him to send you the postal order, and once you have converted them to cash at your local post office send the phone ...

Dont take paypal and send it, thats less protection than postal orders !!

Richard

 

[grasmere]

Obviously I'm not going to do anything requested above, I replied back re-stating the ad details, namely PayPal only and UK shipping only.

I'm not optimistic about hearing back... However, under eBay rules I have to wait a week before I can do anything about it. Most infuriating.

I have done MANY ok sales with ebay and its not difficult:

My tip is to reply firmly:
1. postal order is ok for correct amount inc recorded delivery
to uk address.
2. give 24 hrs to accept or inform that you will relist
3. then give max of 3 days to receive postal order
4. if cashed and ok - send recorded to address.
5. Any queries just relist and tell him to pi$$ off

just do it !