Scam email pretending to be ebay?
In pursuit of finding my dream boat, I stumbled across an ad on a third party website claiming to be selling a boat for $6800. After several emails back and forth with a lady named 'Linda Chalmers', she claimed she was selling the boat through EBAY and that their team would get in contact with me via email. This is the email I received ( attached bellow)
I am sharing this message in the hopes that others don't fall victim to this scam as I myself was close to losing thousands of dollars. These scammers are professionals and very convincing, often using stories such as that they are selling their ex husbands boat awarded in divorce settlement and claiming to be part of the royal Australian airforce to gain sense of trustworthiness. On investigation I came across hundreds of people scammed out out of there hard earned money, I hope people read this before its to late!
eBay sent this message to……….
Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay.
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eBay Buyer Protection |
Dear ………..,
of your VALID ID (Drivers license or Passport) Once verified, you are free to continue with vehicle inspection.
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Terms & Conditions |
1. General
2. Inspection
3. Safety Deposit Your money will be held by us while you inspect the vehicle and we will NOT send any payment to the Seller until we have the confirmation from you within the 5 days inspection period. Once your deposit is confirmed we will instruct Linda Chalmers to send you all necessary details to get the inspection done as soon as possible.
4. Refundable Payment Refund requests are usually processed within 2 working days.
5. Shipping The shipping is free of charge and the vehicle is fully insured for damage during the transportation, inspection process and prior to the physical sale. The vehicle will come with all the documents needed for new registration under your name and details.
In order to proceed with this process please reply with a scanned (or photo) copy of your VALID ID ( Drivers license or Passport ) to verify your identity and receive the deposit invoice. |
Email reference ID: [#6d5c96bf9148497fbf228cd6a9fe7d87#]
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science_ntr
·3 years agoVery helpful post. I had a similar experience with a car advertised on Facebook. They got me to email an address to get in touch with the seller and I received in response an email supposedly from E-Bay. They wanted personal info/copies of ID, etc. Their email was very similar to yours. Scammers.
sandypebbles
·3 years agoYes, same scammers that have been sound well over 12 years that there a many hundred warning about on the forum alone, an numerous other places
Worrying that anyone for a second still believes this can be remotely real or anything else other than a scam
*sons_n_daughters*
·3 years agoSadly, many do still fall for these scams. Ebay, Facebook, are the place of bargains remember, so if someone is offered a good price they don't give it a second though.
Plus, how many people still fall for these scams you often read in the paper, or they go on TV because they got a message saying there was an issue with their bank, or PayPal, or some other financial thing, and to click on the link to fix it? In Australia alone, people are losing millions and millions a year to these scammers. Still.
Then there are the emails where you are told you are being watched through your webcam, and they have remote access to your computer. They then tell you they can see all the adult sites you've visited, and watched you "act out" to those sites, and how naughty you are. If you don't pay them X amount in bitcoin, they will share all this stuff to your contacts.
I get them. My webcam is covered and I don't visit adult sites. I have one contact in my email, so I am not concerned. I can easily see it's a scam. People who do visit adult sites and "act out" could be quite concerned, especially if they have their boss in their contacts, so they pay the ransom.
A lot of people aren't as savvy as you and I. We can pick a scam. Plenty can't because if it's on the internet, it must be true.
sugar249
·3 years agoAnd you sent them your address? No wonder these scammers prosper.
The best way to defeat them is to break there business model, if its to good to be true, well you know the rest.