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Hacked / Hijacked eBay Motors Dealer Account : lgcarsales(129 )
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Here is one of the 239 scams on eBay :-
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And here is the same car on the LG Car Sales website - at a much higher price
http://www.lgcarsales.co.uk/hyundai-...eshire-4099540
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The fraudsters have used current LG stock as well as what is presumably old LG stock to give the (convincing) impression that these really are cars being sold by LG Car Sales.
All of these 239 listings were posted at the same time :
Any email enquiry sent in via the internal mail system within eBay will be intercepted by the fraudsters - this is how contact is made
The fraudsters will then switch to an external email method (e.g. gmail) to continue communicating with potential victims, who will be offered free delivery but no opportunity to inspect the vehicle
This is a relatively new method and requires high volume to stand much chance of any success for the fraudsters, hence the exceptionally high number of vehicles (239) in this one scam
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Reported by Buster Jack on 21-DEC-14 at 04:00
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Total eBay Vehicle Scams for December 2014 : 932
Total to date since April 2013 : 15,052
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VALUE OF BUSTED SCAMS SINCE APRIL 2013 : c. £75 million / US$117 million
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Daily average over 609 days: £120,000 / US$187,000
(end of 17-DEC-14)
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Hacked / Hijacked eBay Motors Dealer Account : lgcarsales(129 )
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Here is one of the 239 scams on eBay :-
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And here is the same car on the LG Car Sales website - at a much higher price
http://www.lgcarsales.co.uk/hyundai-...eshire-4099540
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The fraudsters have used current LG stock as well as what is presumably old LG stock to give the (convincing) impression that these really are cars being sold by LG Car Sales.
All of these 239 listings were posted at the same time :
20-Dec 20:37
Any email enquiry sent in via the internal mail system within eBay will be intercepted by the fraudsters - this is how contact is made
The fraudsters will then switch to an external email method (e.g. gmail) to continue communicating with potential victims, who will be offered free delivery but no opportunity to inspect the vehicle
This is a relatively new method and requires high volume to stand much chance of any success for the fraudsters, hence the exceptionally high number of vehicles (239) in this one scam
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Posted by cyber-criminals on 20-DEC-14 at 20:37
Reported by Buster Jack on 21-DEC-14 at 04:00
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Total eBay Vehicle Scams for December 2014 : 932
Total to date since April 2013 : 15,052
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VALUE OF BUSTED SCAMS SINCE APRIL 2013 : c. £75 million / US$117 million
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Daily average over 609 days: £120,000 / US$187,000
(end of 17-DEC-14)
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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.