| Author | Message | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6100 Registered: 8-2002 |
LOL, the skills here are ridiculous...! Hey, guys, i lost about $60 when i was 12 years old... Can i get some assistance...?  | ||
| Michael W. (Whimike)
Junior Member Username: Whimike Post Number: 52 Registered: 7-2003 |
James, Never was it said that e-bay has asked for your password in an e-mail. It has always been asked for on a webpage that is linked from an e-mail sent from what appears to be e-bay, but isn't. We are well beyond the times of just asking for password info in an e-mail. These criminals are very advanced now with custom websites, fake escrow companies, and other elaborate setups. | ||
| Ralph Koslin (Ralfabco)
Member Username: Ralfabco Post Number: 721 Registered: 3-2002 |
If you think this is a scam, you should look into (for fun) The Nigerian offshore oil account giveaway they are e-mailing around the country. A person I know played with this scam for a few weeks for enjoyment. He obviously knew it was a scam from the beginning. They shrewdly do not ask for money up front. They send Fed Ex papers, lawyers call and send faxes etc.... You will get a letter from The Netherlands with an actual signature from a Doctor ? Then they ask for a small $5,000 deposit to draft papers. That is the scam. They mention how they cannot take the 5K out of the Pot of Gold you are going to obtain. | ||
| James H. (Jamesh)
Junior Member Username: Jamesh Post Number: 220 Registered: 5-2001 |
I meant ebay would never send you a letter, email, etc. asking for your password. The only time you enter your password is when you are bidding on something or you need to get into your pass records, but they are not asking for the password, the password gains you access to your account. | ||
| Greg G (Greg_g)
Junior Member Username: Greg_g Post Number: 53 Registered: 7-2003 |
Its now Fri, 3:15pm EST - why hasnt Ebay pulled the ad yet??? | ||
| Chris D (Prohydro)
Junior Member Username: Prohydro Post Number: 80 Registered: 11-2001 |
Henry, Yeah, the guy in Denver (or wherever he is) just copied the ad of the legitimate 348. Same pictures, same description. Then, he has the winning bidder send him a $500 deposit as soon as the auction ends, and the scammer just leaves with the money. So, no car actually exists in Denver. If he was smarter, he would have waited until the auction he copied was over... | ||
| Michael W. (Whimike)
Junior Member Username: Whimike Post Number: 51 Registered: 7-2003 |
James, E-bay asks for your password all the time, for example if you want to bid on an item you have to enter your user name and password. Just make sure it is a xxx.ebay.com URL before you enter it. | ||
| Henryk (Henryk)
Intermediate Member Username: Henryk Post Number: 1156 Registered: 8-2001 |
Why are the serial numbers different? Does the guy in Denver have a real car, and just falsifying the pictures, and descriptions? | ||
| James H. (Jamesh)
Junior Member Username: Jamesh Post Number: 219 Registered: 5-2001 |
Ebay will never and I repeat NEVER EVER ask for your password. So regardless of the address, if they are asking for password, it is not from Ebay. | ||
| Roberto (Cuore_rosso)
New member Username: Cuore_rosso Post Number: 19 Registered: 8-2003 |
EBay has still not pulled the auction! The real item did not sell, let's hope the fake has the same fate. I guess the seller of the fake will just lower the reserve to make someone part with $500. Long delay in responding by EBay, does not breed confidence. | ||
| Michael W. (Whimike)
New member Username: Whimike Post Number: 49 Registered: 7-2003 |
Henryk: The reason the high-bidder is running the scam auction is because somebody has hacked into that sellers e-bay account. What happens is that some people receive an e-mail from e-bay telling them their credit card info is no longer valid and they need to sign in and fix it. The problem is that the e-mail is not really from e-bay, but rather from some criminal group. They make the e-mail look exactly as if it came from e-bay. Then you click on the link in the e-mail and it takes you to what looks exactly like an e-bay sign in page. You put in your name and password and credit card info and it all goes to this criminal group and viola, they have all your info to hack into your account. To make sure you don't get scammed, just make 100% sure the URL has "xxx.ebay.com" before you put in any password or credit card info on the web for e-bay. | ||
| Chris D (Prohydro)
Junior Member Username: Prohydro Post Number: 78 Registered: 11-2001 |
Wow, you guys are quick. I was going to email ebay and the dealer, but it looks like it's been taken care of. Thanks! ~Chris | ||
| Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2439 Registered: 8-2002 |
Follow-up: I've contacted Michael Rozenstraten in Costa Mesa and he is aware of the bogus listing. He has contacted eBay and is looking into legal options. | ||
| Henryk (Henryk)
Intermediate Member Username: Henryk Post Number: 1154 Registered: 8-2001 |
While I agree this is a scam, how does it work? The seller is mayalhigh with 2386 transactions, and a 99.6% positive responce. The buyer is told to e-mail questions to WireDown1..... Wouldn't the winning bidder send money to mayalhigh? Is he in on it too? I don't understand. | ||
| Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2413 Registered: 8-2002 |
Notified eBay. The listing should be gone by tomorrow. | ||
| Jason W (Pristines4)
Member Username: Pristines4 Post Number: 633 Registered: 12-2002 |
Just emailed all the bidders in the Denver auction with a link to this thread. | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Intermediate Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 1796 Registered: 7-2002 |
can they not just track his stupid aol address then go bust his chops? | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1861 Registered: 12-2002 |
Michael is right, the Costa Mesa one is the real one...I know the shop its at and its pictured on the link to the shop's website. | ||
| Michael W. (Whimike)
New member Username: Whimike Post Number: 48 Registered: 7-2003 |
The seller in Costa Mesa is 99% the real on, the seller in Denver is 99% the fake one. It looks as if the Denver sellers e-bay account has been hacked into by some foreigner. The recent breaking into of accounts has been traced back to Romania and Russia, and some of the wording in the "Denver" auction is showing this. | ||
| Chris D (Prohydro)
Junior Member Username: Prohydro Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2001 |
So, I was cruising Ebay checking out the latest prices on 348's. Found these two auctions... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2430839408&category=6212 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2430118005&category=6212 Different usernames...different VINs...same pictures used, virtually the same description word for word...even the offer of a $1000 discount for new tires. Wonder which one is the real car? Any members of the FerrariChat Junior Investigator team up for some fun? I'm not interested in this car, but you could thrash another Ebay scammer. |