Nickffc Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 eBay 162857437981 £3999 ... seriously, do these people think we are that stupid....! On another note.... is this your car they are using a picture of ????? Nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianhoward Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Just had a look at ‘seller’s other items’ and there’s a multitude of differing vehicles with completely differing backgrounds... I’ve notice this a few times over recent weeks/months... Cheers Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nickffc Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) Pic Edited March 30, 2019 by Nickffc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nickffc Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Yes normal for this type of scum..... unfortunately some poor bugger will think he’s hit the jackpot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DRD Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Pic This picture seems to be used fairly regularly on eBay, probably the same scammer. I reported it yesterday evening and I think its gone now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Now for something completely the same. Recently the Triumph Experience, our US cousins, had a post in every one of its forums offering to provide false papers, driving licences, passports, social security cards etc. etc. for money. All obviously criminal and now removed. It's a wicked world, my masters. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AarhusTr6 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Can somebody explain to Mr Naive here what the scam is? Is it finding a picture and then making a daft pricing and pushing for a deposit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DRD Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Can somebody explain to Mr Naive here what the scam is? Is it finding a picture and then making a daft pricing and pushing for a deposit? Yep - and once paid disappearing with your cash! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nickffc Posted January 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 What happens is.... they will sell you the car for stood low money, you pay them either by bank transfer to an Irish bank or a dogey PayPal account that they say is guaranteed on the promise of if you dont like the car they come and collect it and you can have your money back... when you try things like, can I come to see it they will come up with some old bollocks about... it for a very ill friend and it locked away somewhere but everything is legit and please pay the money and the car is yours...we live in Spain so cant be there to deliver personals but have a trusted transportation implant that will do the deal.... blah blah blah... The moral is... if its to good to true.... run away... ???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldtuckunder Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 The following Red TR6 FWB 843H has also popped up on several classic car sites in the past few days, it is also a fraudulent sale, is it your car someone else is selling? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crawfie Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 He's back....... The same yellow 6 starting at £1.11 and a saffron 6 starting at 99p Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nickffc Posted January 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Yeah I saw.... Ive put a bid in so no unsuspecting person gets stung... think I might win with a bid if £55,555. ???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nickffc Posted January 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Actually.... someone outbid me and Ill bump it up even more.... lets get this nob a million quid....????????????♀???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nickffc Posted January 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 crap.... i tried bidding on all his items... can only do one at a time.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keith66 Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 All This is the trouble with these big tech companies, they make it all too easy for dodgy scammers, who've always been there, but its now easier and more anonymous. But all the ads seem to have now gone, probably turn up under a diff name tomorrow. I could have a rant about all these big tech companies but i can't be bothered i just don't use them. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiTR6 Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Along these very lines, I had a scammer try to sell me a nice red TR6 supposedly at an adress in the US a couple of years ago. Very good pictures supplied but I new by the price that it was a scam so searched google and easily found the the very same car for sale on a UK classic car site at market price. Knowing that, I exchanged emails with the scammer for several weeks, asking for a physical address, then saying I was going to be over there on business so could he pick me up and take me for an inspection. My story was nonesense of course, but I was determined to get one over him. Long story short, I almost did this by telling him that I had the US$10k he wanted in cash but I couldn't take it into the bank because it was from dubious sources and the IRS (IRD over here) would pick up on it. I told him the only way I could possibly do it was to Fedex him the cash but because there is no Fedex branch in our region I was unable to purchase a package. The only way we could do it at all would be for him to send me a self-adressed courier pack and the clown agreed to do it! Unfortunately, this is where my clever plan fell over. I tend to keep my beloved in the picture with most everything and she too was enjoying the back and forth banter, but there was no way in hell I was allowed to give him either my home or business adresses for fear of a 'reprisal'. I was gutted that I had come so close to conning him, but by this time I was growing weary of the whole thing so told him his game was up see ya later... This was all before I purchased the car I have now and at that time I was pretty desperate to get one. I'd been looking at cars across the water in Australia and I'm pretty sure this guy picked up on one of the several enquiries I had made for listings on Gumtree. Gavin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crawfie Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 The yellow 6 is back on eBay 99p start . Watch- finder is the scammer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CONCRETE24 Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 I reported that yesterday - and it disappeared! Now it has sprung up again - seriously persistent! Worse than the bind weed in my garden! Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crawfie Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Persistent buggers aren't they!! Back again today. Red and yellow TR6 for £4800 each. Starting bid 99p Same cars again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul J Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Unfortunately eBay is plagued at present, also classic bikes. One seller had three pages of listings camper vans bikes cars everything 99p start no reserve. Paul Edited February 4, 2018 by Paul J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamish Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 They are popping up all the time at the moment as has been noted. But I keep reporting them every time. H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DRD Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 They are popping up all the time at the moment as has been noted. But I keep reporting them every time. H +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldtuckunder Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 and another https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-TR3A/152894122891?hash=item2399332b8b:g:mEMAAOSwjytad1Kh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crawfie Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 And back again..... Apco- trading Saffron and yellow TR6 99p start. Reported Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keith66 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Hi All The questions is why don't these big tech companies bother to try to tackle the problem themselves? After all they have the technology to track me round the internet and sell companies my data for targeted ads based on what i've been looking at and thats where they get their income stream from. So why don't they use their powerful algorithms to search for and stop these scammers? If we can spot them surely they can. Oh forgot there's no profit in it for them, doh. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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