Scam alert

[danielb9665]

I just noticed what I think is a new scam, hopefully someone on this board can put a stop to it before anyone gets hurt but you only have a few hours.

Perhaps I am wrong about this but it is setting off a lot of red flags for me, what do you guys think?

The gist of it is there are a series of 3D printers on auction that are suspicious for the following reasons:

- Seller name is a random string of letters and numbers (one seller per item)

- Seller a meber for less than one week

- Seller has no other items for sale and no history in general.

- Item add is a direct copy from other more reputable sellers

- Auction starting price hundreds of dollars less than the cost of parts and only 3 days long

Items I've found so far that match this pattern:

321493591029

251618979442

251618969822

171421716779

321492772826

151383577686

251618219701

321492728896

121411292740

181496511019

[lyndal1838]

I am sure a lot of boardies will have a look but don't just leave it to everyone else.

Use the Report link on each listing that you find and alert ebay...they cannot act if they do not know about it.

[go-tazz]

Thanks for that,(all reported).

If everyone that sees this reports them they may be removed quicker.

They are the usual scam listings via Chinese accounts,

[bigbrickshop]

Done

Why do buyers bid on items like this without doing some basic checks.

[danielb9665]

Done.

Hopefully ebay admin are on the ball. At least it looks like those items aren't going to reach full price, so I guess there are many cautious people out there.

[bsal6160]

What? you mean i cant buy a $2,000 3d printer for under $40? well i never......

[book-of-hezekiah]

All those listings are gone! They were taken down in the last 5 minutes, two of them I could get into and all the way to report until the final click and it said to check the number!! Well done everyone!

I also suspect a bit of circular bidding, too!

[go-tazz]

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@bigbrickshop wrote:

Done

Why do buyers bid on items like this without doing some basic checks.

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They are gullible members that still believe the early eBay hype that "bargains" like these listings can be genuine.

It happens on a regular basis and long term members with a 200 plus feedback score will bid on these as well.

That's why the scammers keep doing it,(they know that there are easy targets out there)

[go-tazz]

Good result.

Would be good if all scam listings where removed so quickly.

This similar scammer has 4 listings: 261562116769 

These also appear on a daily to weekly: wind generators: 141379081153

ipads: 251613475927  , no current ones,(this and another 10 are sitting in completed and only some have been

removed).

They seem to have backed of on the Visionking binoculars,walkie talkies and some others.

That generally means they have found something else that they can use.

Then you have all the fake plant seeds that eBay encourage members to buy,

More and more scammers are listing them as they know eBay allows them.

They keep saying they want to hang on to buyers but any buyer that gets scammed on this site might never

return as a buyer,(that figure could be over ten thousand now just in the fake seed category alone).

[audistarelectronics]

What gets me is these sellers accepting Paypal, then hoping the buyer just leaves it for more that the 45 days before opening a dispute when the item never shows up? Am I missing something here, or do some buyers actually get caught so easy?