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EBAY SCAM VW Transporter T5 camper 2007 White Campervan "BF57 MKO" EBAY FRAUD 02-OCT-
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161438744208
Dummy/Throw-Away eBay Account: groovynewslette( )
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Scam Posted on eBay on 02-Oct-14 at 02:58
Reported to eBay for fraud 02-Oct-14 at 03:18
Vehicle Scam #011 for October 2014
Vehicle Scam total 12,636 since April 2013
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161438744208
Dummy/Throw-Away eBay Account: groovynewslette( )
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Scam Posted on eBay on 02-Oct-14 at 02:58
Reported to eBay for fraud 02-Oct-14 at 03:18
Vehicle Scam #011 for October 2014
Vehicle Scam total 12,636 since April 2013
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"How does the scam work?"
If you contact the seller via eBay you will get a reply by email (or text, if you provided your mobile number) within a day or two. That message will tell you that (in this case) the Volkswagen T5 is in perfect condition, is still available and you can have it for £5000 or even less. You will be given a new email address for future communications (i.e. outside of eBay). If you do send another email, you will be asked again if you are willing and able to buy and pay for the campervan. When you say yes, any questions you ask about seeing and examining the campervan will be swept aside - for example the seller is out of the country on business, or on an oil rig, or is in the military service, or has gone to see his wife in Sweden wherever.
You will be assured that if you pay into a PayPal escrow account (sometimes Google or Amazon) your money will be absolutely secure. This is all pure fabrication but some people fall for it. If you agree to these terms - which include a make-believe 7-day money back guarantee - you will be sent an invoice online, and it will appear to have been sent to you by PayPal (or a similar household name like Google or Amazon). PayPal do not operate such a service, it is all a fake.
The invoice will contain the bank details for you to transfer the amount and the account you will see on the invoice is usually at Barclays, TSB or Lloyds and in the name of a (usually) non-British person seemingly unrelated to the seller. The seller often calls himself "Alice", "Sarah", or "Evelyn" among other often female names.
Once you have sent the money, that's it. You've lost it. No police investigation is likely to take place, and any report to ActionFraud will in all probability result in no 'action' at all, at least none that will be of any meaningful benefit to a victim. The money will be lost and there is no chance of recovery. The criminals keep a very close eye online on credits to these mule bank accounts and as soon as a payment is received, they withdraw it quickly - often within an hour and in person.
Then the money disappears out of the country.
There is no recourse. No recovery. No police investigation.
No-one cares afterwards.
So : Better to care before.
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"How does the scam work?"
If you contact the seller via eBay you will get a reply by email (or text, if you provided your mobile number) within a day or two. That message will tell you that (in this case) the Volkswagen T5 is in perfect condition, is still available and you can have it for £5000 or even less. You will be given a new email address for future communications (i.e. outside of eBay). If you do send another email, you will be asked again if you are willing and able to buy and pay for the campervan. When you say yes, any questions you ask about seeing and examining the campervan will be swept aside - for example the seller is out of the country on business, or on an oil rig, or is in the military service, or has gone to see his wife in Sweden wherever.
You will be assured that if you pay into a PayPal escrow account (sometimes Google or Amazon) your money will be absolutely secure. This is all pure fabrication but some people fall for it. If you agree to these terms - which include a make-believe 7-day money back guarantee - you will be sent an invoice online, and it will appear to have been sent to you by PayPal (or a similar household name like Google or Amazon). PayPal do not operate such a service, it is all a fake.
The invoice will contain the bank details for you to transfer the amount and the account you will see on the invoice is usually at Barclays, TSB or Lloyds and in the name of a (usually) non-British person seemingly unrelated to the seller. The seller often calls himself "Alice", "Sarah", or "Evelyn" among other often female names.
Once you have sent the money, that's it. You've lost it. No police investigation is likely to take place, and any report to ActionFraud will in all probability result in no 'action' at all, at least none that will be of any meaningful benefit to a victim. The money will be lost and there is no chance of recovery. The criminals keep a very close eye online on credits to these mule bank accounts and as soon as a payment is received, they withdraw it quickly - often within an hour and in person.
Then the money disappears out of the country.
There is no recourse. No recovery. No police investigation.
No-one cares afterwards.
So : Better to care before.
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If you have found this post it is likely you have been looking at an advert to purchase an item like this. Please check the link for the listing number as although this SPECIFIC LISTING has been reported as a potential scam others may be genuine.
If you have found this post and it has helped prevent you becoming a victim of a scam or has even made you investigate further when researching potential purchases online - please register on the site and let us know.
If in any doubt please READ THIS THREAD and post in the main Scams / Fraud forum.
