Scams this week on E-Bay - Page 12

CovRob · 07-28-2007, 07:17 PM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-i2-NEWE...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-i2-NEWE...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Segway-I-180-H...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-Segway-HT...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Beautiful-used...QQcmdZViewItem

One day sales; All a US account but supposed to be in London; All requesting contact outside of the ebay system.

Mmmm, buy-it-nows of $1000 for an i2 ????

Reported them to eBay.

Update...all listings removed within 5 minutes of reporting them! Wow!

jgbackes · 07-28-2007, 08:15 PM

The scammer must be running a script of some kind. another five were added, I reported those and now 8 minutes later there is another batch showing up. I will report them as well

polo_pro · 07-28-2007, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CovRob

One day sales; All a US account but supposed to be in London; All requesting contact outside of the ebay system.

Mmmm, buy-it-nows of $1000 for an i2 ????

Reported them to eBay.

Update...all listings removed within 5 minutes of reporting them! Wow!

No point in listing links or even auction numbers if they're being removed that quickly. You may want to coordinate with jgbackes so you don't both do double work (or better yet spread out the load by agreeing to take certain days of the week!). And of course, please claim credit since you're doing a GREAT service for our community...maybe a summary once a week saying how many scam auctions you've gotten taken down?

ps - I've seen stuff like this appearing on Craigslist too. But it doesn't seem to work as well given that it's a more local buy/sell forum.

jgbackes · 07-30-2007, 01:00 AM

First Weekly E-Bay Scam Summary

7/23 - 9
7/24 - 11
7/25 - 15
7/26 - 4
7/27 - 0
7/28 - 11
7/29 - 6

All of these were removed as quickly as possible.

polo_pro · 09-04-2007, 01:28 PM

I know jgbackes has been busy removing fraudulent auctions, because I see dozens of them whenever I look at "completed" segway auctions. Obviously, these dozens of auctions are brought to an untimely close due to his fantastic efforts for this community!

I've been looking at segways on ebay for years and years. And for once in all that time, I finally feel like I can safely point someone to ebay where a dozen legitimate auctions are going on right now for segways all across the country. This is how it should be...thanks jgbackes!

ps - We haven't had a summary in a long time. I know I must seem like I'm giving mixed messages to jgbackes when I first praise him for his efforts and then slap him for giving daily summaries of removed fraudlent auctions back in July. But still, I thought we'd have weekly or monthly counts of how many auctions were removed...this helps our community understand that just how big the risks are ATM when buying a segway through ebay.

jgbackes · 09-06-2007, 02:33 AM

My new script catches scammers very quickly. I hope that for the time being (until they come up with a new method) most of the Segway scams are gone.

Cross your fingers :-)

CovRob · 09-08-2007, 11:22 AM

This UK eBay sale doesn't seem to make a lot of sense...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-167i-HU...QQcmdZViewItem
UK price for a brand new i2: £4200
Winning bid on eBay for 167i: £5655

Mmm!

jgbackes · 09-08-2007, 12:07 PM

Well it was fun while it lasted... It looks like the scammers have captured the account information of "Nothing But The Best" And posted about 10 units. I have alerted e-bay, but it's hard for them to figure out what is a scam and what is not at this point.

Stay tuned.

Llarry · 09-08-2007, 07:23 PM

It's been a while since I've seen the pictures from the one I purchased being reused... That one's gone already, but I can see a couple that haven't gone away yet. Looks like the scam listings have been accumulating some scam bids...

jgbackes · 09-09-2007, 02:16 PM

OK, looks like that wave has been removed... As always, I'll keep a lookout.

07-28-2007, 07:17 PM	#111
CovRob Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lake District, England Posts: 549	Interesting selection of Segs just appeared on eBay... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-i2-NEWE...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-i2-NEWE...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Segway-I-180-H...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-Segway-HT...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Beautiful-used...QQcmdZViewItem One day sales; All a US account but supposed to be in London; All requesting contact outside of the ebay system. Mmmm, buy-it-nows of $1000 for an i2 ???? Reported them to eBay. Update...all listings removed within 5 minutes of reporting them! Wow! __________________ Rob Last edited by CovRob; 07-28-2007 at 07:20 PM.. Reason: eBay information update

07-28-2007, 08:15 PM	#112
jgbackes Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, CA - USA Posts: 1,314	The scammer must be running a script of some kind. another five were added, I reported those and now 8 minutes later there is another batch showing up. I will report them as well __________________ sǝʞɔɐq ɟɟǝɾ If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-30-2007, 01:00 AM	#114
jgbackes Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, CA - USA Posts: 1,314	This weeks E-Bay SCAM Summary First Weekly E-Bay Scam Summary 7/23 - 9 7/24 - 11 7/25 - 15 7/26 - 4 7/27 - 0 7/28 - 11 7/29 - 6 All of these were removed as quickly as possible. __________________ sǝʞɔɐq ɟɟǝɾ If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-04-2007, 01:28 PM	#115
polo_pro Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA. Posts: 2,608	Monthly summaries? I know jgbackes has been busy removing fraudulent auctions, because I see dozens of them whenever I look at "completed" segway auctions. Obviously, these dozens of auctions are brought to an untimely close due to his fantastic efforts for this community! I've been looking at segways on ebay for years and years. And for once in all that time, I finally feel like I can safely point someone to ebay where a dozen legitimate auctions are going on right now for segways all across the country. This is how it should be...thanks jgbackes! ps - We haven't had a summary in a long time. I know I must seem like I'm giving mixed messages to jgbackes when I first praise him for his efforts and then slap him for giving daily summaries of removed fraudlent auctions back in July. But still, I thought we'd have weekly or monthly counts of how many auctions were removed...this helps our community understand that just how big the risks are ATM when buying a segway through ebay.

09-06-2007, 02:33 AM	#116
jgbackes Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, CA - USA Posts: 1,314	My new script catches scammers very quickly. I hope that for the time being (until they come up with a new method) most of the Segway scams are gone. Cross your fingers :-) __________________ sǝʞɔɐq ɟɟǝɾ If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-08-2007, 11:22 AM	#117
CovRob Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lake District, England Posts: 549	Scam or not? This UK eBay sale doesn't seem to make a lot of sense... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGWAY-167i-HU...QQcmdZViewItem UK price for a brand new i2: £4200 Winning bid on eBay for 167i: £5655 Mmm! __________________ Rob

09-08-2007, 12:07 PM	#118
jgbackes Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, CA - USA Posts: 1,314	Well it was fun while it lasted... It looks like the scammers have captured the account information of "Nothing But The Best" And posted about 10 units. I have alerted e-bay, but it's hard for them to figure out what is a scam and what is not at this point. Stay tuned. __________________ sǝʞɔɐq ɟɟǝɾ If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-08-2007, 07:23 PM	#119
Llarry Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 51	I saw those... It's been a while since I've seen the pictures from the one I purchased being reused... That one's gone already, but I can see a couple that haven't gone away yet. Looks like the scam listings have been accumulating some scam bids... __________________ -- Llarry Amrose "I don't know who decided that a good way to sell products and services would be to shove unwanted software onto people's computers surreptitiously, but on the off chance those people are reading this, hey, best of luck with that eternal damnation thing..." -- Joe Sheehan

09-09-2007, 02:16 PM	#120
jgbackes Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, CA - USA Posts: 1,314	OK, looks like that wave has been removed... As always, I'll keep a lookout. __________________ sǝʞɔɐq ɟɟǝɾ If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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