Le Creuset Cookware set
Why does Ebay allow these adds to take a survey and receive a free Le Creuset Cookware set when it is a scam to get credit card details and steal money????
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Why does Ebay allow these adds to take a survey and receive a free Le Creuset Cookware set when it is a scam to get credit card details and steal money????
countessalmirena
·2 years agoScammers buy advertising spots on Google, on Bing, on YouTube, on TV program apps, on eBay, on any site or electronic real estate they can.
In many cases, the initial content seems legitimate, but it is later changed to its intended scam content.
In the past, some of this third-party content contained malicious code, again bypassing initial scrutiny by swapping out the initial content. It took a long time for this practice to be stopped or at least reduced by code-checking safeguards.
The bulk of prevention and protection relies on bot-driven procedures automatically running and checking. But even as these have improved in picking up bad action, the use of AI has dramatically been giving bad actors ways of getting around current protections. It’s only going to get worse; AI makes it possible for ignorant wannabe scammers to use sophisticated code and methodology without requiring them to have high-level technical knowledge because the AI-generated code is quickly and cheaply produced and sold on the dark net by those capable of using AI to do so, selling on the basis of modest profit margin but wide distribution.
One of the best defences against scams such as the “You’ve won this iPhone/Le Creuset set/[other expensive and coveted item]” is to use common sense, to put into action the “NSTAAFL”¹ principle, and to keep in mind that IILTGTBT,IUI.²
¹ No such thing as a free lunch.
² If it looks too good to be true, it usually is.
robstow-31
·2 years agoPeople replying here are missing the point. The fact that this scam appears on the eBay interface as an advertisement is unacceptable. Surely eBay has a duty of care to ensure advertising scams do not appear on its site. Some people have commented that this is an easy scam to pick (apparently too hard for eBay to pick). But the fact that it is displayed on a legitimate site which we all assume is secure is the first and I think a key part of this scam. Its on eBay so it must be legitimate. That in itself is disarming as it gives the scam its initial traction.
sandypebbles
·2 years agoWe are not missing the point at all
It is the same scam as on MANY many legitimate websites
It is also a very obvious scam, very very very obvious, not done well at all
Just an expense item for $3 postage and that is all people clicking away choose to see
And then 'it's eBay' fault'
Of course scams are unacceptable
It does not mean 'it's on eBay. so it must be real , I'm going to click on it and give out all my personal details and credit card information' without so much as taking 5 seconds to check if there are any warnings anywhere about it, which there re more warnings than you can poke a stick at
Apparently, from what people who have chosen to support this scam have said, when they go back and read the terms, it actually says they are signing up to some program which is $200 odd every two weeks. The very box the ticked they had read to start with
Being on eBay is no excuse for just clicking away because apparently someone thought they were legit going to get an iPhone 15 (in one case) for $3 postage
And nobody yet has mentioned going to every other website it is plastered on to complain
Same with phone scams pretending to a bank/telco etc etc etc
The lack of people's common sense really is alarming and that is what keeps these scammers happily scamming away
sugar249
·2 years agoAs others have said its not an Ebay issue, and an obvious scam
But, you yourself state it's free, so why didnt you think why do they need my credit card number for a free item. Logic says dont do it.
sandypebbles
·2 years agoNothing to do with eBay, it is a third party ad displayed on many sites
Why do people insist on clicking a known scam, and some insist on giving their credit card details to scammers?
There are SO many warnings about this scam (who also 'give away' other numerous things for '$3' postage) not only here on the forum, but many places on the internet
YES, it is STILL a scam
YES if one chooses to go ahead and give over their credit card details/bank info/etc they will be scammed
Not only scammed with *this* but also signed up to a scam list and charged $$$ every two weeks, and their details passed to other scams
Have you asked all the other sites the ad is shown on why they allow it?
People need to use a tiny amount of common sense and stop clicking
It's not possible to 'not know' it is a scam
imastawka
·2 years agoI use an ad blocker, so never see these scams.
If it's too good to be true, then it's a scam.
Sorry, but only greed made you fall for it.
sandypebbles
·2 years agoI have an ad blocker
Still see the 'free gift' scam garbage all over the internet
They are obviously like the bunch starting with 'T' that have their 'ways' of by-passing ad blockers
Like pollies by-passing not call numbers
sandypebbles
·2 years agoRan out of time to edit, but
It is not even a remotely convincing looking scam
Not in any way, shape or form does it look 'maybe that's real'
It is a very. very poorly put together thing that looks like the kids of scammers put together to avoid nap time in kindergarten