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There is a seller on ebay at the moment listing kit cars amongst other things.
Seller is motor-1108 , he has over 1500 items listed, all too cheap to be true. A single photo along with contact details and instructions, I suggest you leave well alone !
It's getting more common - there's a seller who seems to have an unlimited supply of low-mileage rare classics at bargain prices, like immaculate Mk1 Lotus Cortinas for £4567 and fully restored Lotus Elan Sprints for £5678 which also just have a single photo and contact details. The ads crop up in batches of dozens at a time and stay on for a few days, but after a couple of hours you get the "oops, we've looked everywhere" notice telling you ebay can't find the item if you click on it. They then disappear for a while before the same items are relisted again a couple of weeks later.
Those listings look ok ? I know the scammers take legit accounts and duplicate them somehow. They also hijack real sellers photos and create new false adverts with their own details.
You need to tread very carefully, I nearly bid on a car recently that turned out to be a Cat S write off. The seller assured me it wasn't but I did a check and it was !!
Those listings look ok ? I know the scammers take legit accounts and duplicate them somehow. They also hijack real sellers photos and create new false adverts with their own details.
You need to tread very carefully, I nearly bid on a car recently that turned out to be a Cat S write off. The seller assured me it wasn't but I did a check and it was !!
Every week the same car photos at very random prices get posted in cars and classic cars. Most have a gmail address in the photo. You’d think they’d setup something to catch the checksum of the images and auto ban them. They’re quick obvious if you spend a decent amount of time on there, but easy for a new user to miss it.
I've now reported this one to Ebay as folks were starting to bid and I wouldn't like see anyone loose their money. Not sure I understand how this scam works but it needs to stop.
Yes, he seems to be the original seller before his account was compromised. The fraudulent adverts have been ended. From a bit of googling it seems that this has been going on for years.