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Tiger ERA HSS
Phil.J - 3/7/09 at 02:28 PM

This is a cracking bargain NTDWM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk.wsgi.mobi/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140330603904

Guinness - 3/7/09 at 02:41 PM

Hmm, typo?

I've sent him an email offering to buy!

Mike

Guinness - 3/7/09 at 04:22 PM

How do you spell scam?

"Thank you for the email. As you can see in the pics the car is in very good condition.
I am selling this car for £1400. If you want to buy it email me back with your full name and address to start the official procedure trough eBay. They will send you a notification with ALL the info regarding delivery, purchase protection and refund policy so please provide your details before more questions. You will find 90% of answers in that notification from eBay!
Will wait to hear from you."

Mike

balidey - 3/7/09 at 06:03 PM

I can't get the link to work, is it still there?

Guinness - 3/7/09 at 06:09 PM

Yup, just type "ERA HSS" into the search box on ebay.

Mike

Richard Quinn - 3/7/09 at 06:53 PM

I didn't think that was the way that ebay classifieds were supposed to work. Normally there is address, tel no etc for the seller. You make contact and take it from there. Ebay has nothing to do with it after the listing.
Just contact him and see if it is ok to go and have a look over the weekend and tell him you'll take a trailer and the cash over and see what the reaction is.
If it looks too good to be true...

Flamez - 3/7/09 at 07:23 PM

Interesting try and look at his other items or feedback and ebay does not recognise him although he displays 199 transactions?

balidey - 3/7/09 at 07:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Flamez
Interesting try and look at his other items or feedback and ebay does not recognise him although he displays 199 transactions?


also it logged me out. Very odd feeling about that page, but its linked to direct from ebay. How can it have those errors on it?

Although the old 'if something seems too good to be true it probably is' might apply here. Seems much too cheap for what it is

scootz - 3/7/09 at 09:09 PM

Sh*t... I sent the seller a question earlier today.

With the 'Classified' ads, you have to fill out extra info on the 'Question' page. It's a pro-forma. This includes giving out your 'Primary' phone number, your full name and email address.

So what can this scammer do? He has my user name, my full 'real' name, my email address and my 'Primary' eBay phone number.

I see the ad has now been removed!

concerned.com

[Edited on 3/7/09 by scootz]

RK - 5/7/09 at 11:39 PM

I'd be changing either your email name or your real name quite soon.

Staple balls - 6/7/09 at 12:11 AM

Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news, but the address in the link is iffy.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk.wsgi.mobi

Which isn't a legit ebay address.

The domain for the site is wsgi.mobi

the cgi.ebay.co.uk is multiple subdomains of wsgi.mobi, which is a pretty common trick for phishing sites to use, it disguises the url successfully enough to work with sites you're not paranoid about.


Short Version: If you logged in there, change your ebay password, and anything that uses the same password, and keep an eye on your paypal for a while.