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Offline mickwinf

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more scam adds on ebay
« on: July 18, 2021, 11:52:42 AM »
beware more adds on ebay for 750s, quote, selling for a fella who is away!
Love the 500 and 550 have a 500 called Lazarus under restoration

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Re: more scam adds on ebay
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2021, 11:59:51 AM »
Looks like he is selling a nice ''virtual'' Z650 too  >:(
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Re: more scam adds on ebay
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2021, 12:03:56 PM »
Oh and hundreds of other vehicles too!! Good old eBay keeping track of their fraudulent sellers, not.
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Re: more scam adds on ebay
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2021, 12:50:45 PM »
Oh and hundreds of other vehicles too!! Good old eBay keeping track of their fraudulent sellers, not.

When I was looking for a Chrysler 300 CRD Estate I found a really nice one on E-bay that a bloke was selling - he claimed to be away working on an Oil Rig. He said the car was in Scotland in the firms secure car park & would be delivered to the buyer who could inspect it before paying by bank transfer! If the buyer was not 100% happy he would do a full refund or a partial refund if there were any issues & the buyer wanted to keep it. The VRM displayed in the advert matched the Make & Model but when I checked the Mot history the vehicle had not only lost some mileage but was a different colour!

The add was kicked off by E-Bay then re-appeared on pre-loved within days! I guess the con must work as it's so prevelant.

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Re: more scam adds on ebay
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2021, 01:49:19 PM »
Often all they are after is a holding deposit, if you are desperate to buy you send £500 holding deposit and bang he has made a quick buck.
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Offline rosco

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Re: more scam adds on ebay
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2021, 08:22:20 PM »
Ive reported dozens of these adverts E bay take them off and they reappear a few weeks later So I've now stopped reporting, E Bay don't seem bothered
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Re: more scam adds on ebay
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2021, 10:24:53 PM »
Ive reported dozens of these adverts E bay take them off and they reappear a few weeks later So I've now stopped reporting, E Bay don't seem bothered
    Ross
Me too! - You can spot them straight away as they normally have an odd sale price like for example £3461 - maybe they convert from a 'round figure' in a foriegn currency?
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