Scam or genuine? (1 Viewer)

Hollyberry

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It's not right, is it?
Too cheap, link too long. "ask a question" takes you to a form that's not the norm. Try saving it to Watch list and it flips to another item.

How does it work though?
 

motorhomer

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ebay is www.ebay.co.uk. This is ebay-co-uk, so its not ebay! The domain is actually studio121.biz, which is registered to someone called spencer bungard, in london.

Could be a legit trader but seems unlikely since he is pretending to be e-bay.

I would stay clear.

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Didn't spot the ebay-co-uk bit. Thanks for that.

It's listed in an Ebay seller shop. Clicking on question for another item (incense sticks) brings up the regular form--so maybe their a/c has been hijacked.
 
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It is still on Ebay but the finishing time has changed. Can't report it to Ebay as it has no item number. Just shows the things you don;t notice when you're skimming through.

As a precaution I've run a virus scan and a malware scan. Thanks for the warning.

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indeed it is still there and this time i got to see the item.

now this is an usual one.....usually, with a scam, when you click the sellers name or feedback score it takes you nowhere, just a message saying 'there is a problem' with feedback or takes you to 'MY WORLD' for the sellers profile.

this one DOES take you to the sellers profile and feedback history.:Eeek:
 
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Yes, I thought that was odd, too
My feeling is that a genuine seller has had their account hijacked and this item added in to their listing but enquiries etc... going straight to hijacker.
The only good point that I can see, from a purely selfish point of view, is that I'm getting better at spotting scams!
 

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Yes, I thought that was odd, too
My feeling is that a genuine seller has had their account hijacked and this item added in to their listing but enquiries etc... going straight to hijacker.
The only good point that I can see, from a purely selfish point of view, is that I'm getting better at spotting scams!
just 'messaged' (within ebay) the account holder 'aroma-relief' to see if they are aware of the cloned web page.

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The latest version of firefox highlights the domain. For example this page shows

www.[B]motorhomefun.co.uk[/B]/motorhome-chat/40079-scam-genuine-2.html

Makes it easy to see at a glance what the actual domain name is.
 
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my security software wouldnt even allow me to open your link...:thumb:

but the item has been removed by ebay anyway.

Neither did mine, definitely as scam:Angry:

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bernardfeay

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my antivirus stops me going there...... but.... earlier scams were identifiable because when you click on the item the page refreshes after about half a second.

Please, please, don't hope that ebay will show any interest. they don't care. Nor does watchdog, nor does the newspaper fraternity.

These scams will run and run.

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