Ebay motors concerns

[damizill]

I have a seller that sent me the following information about buying a car of them.

I am concerned that this is to dodgy.

The car is here in Tasmania with me, it will be shipped with our RAAF cargo boat and from harbor with the truck. Giving that it's a large transaction, I prefer to make the deal using eBay Motors, in this way both of us are protected. The car will come with keys and all the necessary paperwork to pass on your name. You will have to deposit the money into an eBay trust account via bank transfer, they will hold your money until you receive and inspect the car, eBay will release the money to me only after the 5 days inspection period ends and you confirm to them that you keep the car. In case you reject the deal by any reason (the car has any hidden damages or it is not as described by me), eBay will refund you in full, and the car will be shipped back with no extra charges, you can rest safe in the knowledge that eBay is one of the most trusted secure escrow services across the globe. So if you want to go further, let me know your full name, complete shipping address and phone number in order to open a transaction with eBay Motors and declare you as a buyer, I will use your details also to transfer the registration over. After I register the transaction on eBay, they will contact you and explain the whole process in detail. eBay will contact you without any obligation to buy or pay any fees, the fees will be paid by me as a seller. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Let me know if you think this is OK or a fraud.

Cheers

[domino-710]

Why anyone would dream of buying a vehicle they've never laid eyes on beats the heck out of me.

The defence forces have a lot to answer for - they're either all - getting shipped out - or - divorced. 🤣

[countessalmirena]

This entire thread has already pointed out why even CONTACTING these sorts of scammer is a very bad idea.

AGAIN... I'm just here to amplify it.

SCAM!

Read this reply for details.

Take-away information on which to chew: if you're looking to purchase a vehicle online, don't even think about ones that are listed as a too-good-to-be-true vehicle. If the price is a lot lower than the market value (use CarsGuide.com.au, or RedBook.com.au to check, for instance), ask yourself - are you a foolish little snapper lured by the cynical Eastern European fisherman's bait? Or are you sensibly going to ignore the TGTBT deals on the basis that they are going to be scams and you are not an idiot upon whose greed for an unrealistic deal scammers will prey?

[ratman0100]

It was also on Gumtree at one stage. My daughter said oh we are coming to Tasmania for a holiday we can come and inspect the car there. Needless to say no reply haha

[countessalmirena]

Don't even contact so-called sellers of cars listed for sale at well below market value.

I can't put it more strongly than that.

By contacting the "seller", you're signalling that you have some of the qualities of a scam victim. Expect to be scam-bombed.

[sandypebbles]

Not sure what is funny about communicating at all with a scammer

It has been on many many sites for over 12 years now

All it has done is shown the scammer you/your daughter are happy to start engaging with them in the first place

[ratman0100]

No need to be sarcastic. I read the message here and I remembered it from when my daughter was going to Tasmania for a visit. She thought she would kill two birds with one stone. No answer from the seller was enough to see it was a scam, so NO, at that time we had NOT trolled the papers for the last 12 years looking for a car to realise it was a scam. So keep your nasty little comments to yourself.

[sandypebbles]

No sarcasm whatsoever ,you are the one that ha ha-ed

100% fact scammers love it when people interact with them

This is a public forum on which I rather alert people to what happens when they engage with scammers than worry about hurting their feelings 

No need to troll the papers or anything else , it is very very obviously a scam

I am not the one being nasty 

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[ratman0100]

Why single me out. I was attacked and I reacted. End of story

[robertybob-46]

I read your story and it is almost identical to an offer I received from a Facebook listing. The "seller" had to be paid by bank transfer, purportedly was in the armed forces and  being deployed, hence the need of an urgent sale. I asked to inspect the vehicle but didn't receive any details of location. The request for payment email I received had eBay letterheads etc. The offer was the same as yours, to inspect the vehicle upon it's arrival and if unsatisfactory could be returned within 5 days at their expense and I would receive the full refund from eBay. I would be required to provide photos of my driver's license in order to ID me which is something eBay would never request, as they know me by name already. All I have to do is log in, my ID has already been confirmed. I tried to report it to eBay to protect their name but they only fobbed me off to a machine voice. The Fb listing on searching 'sellers other items', was listed in Melb. Sydney, Canberra, Townsville, Perth, Brisbane and so on. Inspection welcome on weekends only. No phone number provided. Most fB ads are scams now it would seem