http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=98084&item=7154591601&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
It says “new” so wouldn’t this bike be worth around $5000 with the wheels, fork, etc? But you can buy it now for $1750. There are no shipping instructions (probably because he doesn’t intend to ship you anything). It says the seller is from Japan.
Definitely a scam.
If you look at his feedback, he has never sold anything bike related. Then all the sudden has a new P3? Scam for sure.
Scam. No question.
I had emailed the guy the last time it was up. He wrote back with some sketchy payment request. I deleted the email otherwise I would post it, but its for sure a scam.
Just emailed the “seller”…hopefully that triggers the scam remover. We’ll see.
This is a definate scam, on Ebay.co.uk we had the bidding up to £2,500,000.00 for this bike yesterday before ebay finally removed it after all our complaints.
This is about the 20th time this frame has been advertised
This listing (7154591601) has been removed by eBay or is no longer available. Please make sure that you’ve entered the item number correctly.
If the item was removed by eBay, please consider this transaction canceled. If anybody contacts you to complete the sale, please ignore the request. Completing the sale outside of eBay may be unsafe and will not be covered by eBay purchase protection programs.
Well, that didn’t take long!
Not being “super” E-bay privy, how does one get 180 positive feedbacks on a “scam” account or sale? I was looking at this guy’s feedback and it went back to 02. Would someone spend that kinda time just to do a 1700$ scam?
~Matt
Somebody hacks a login and uses their account.
All the feed back but 1 was from stuff that they had bought, (records) there was only one thing from which the guy sold and no feed back.
Not being “super” E-bay privy, how does one get 180 positive feedbacks on a “scam” account or sale? I was looking at this guy’s feedback and it went back to 02…
This came up a few weeks ago on a similar “auction”, and it does indeed involve hacking into a legit user’s account and posing as them with some sort of different contact information, or something along those lines. No doubt some of it comes from the “phishing” so prevalent nowadays, where an email will come to you supposedly from a legitimate source (Ebay, your bank, etc.) asking you to verify personal information so that “your account is not suspended (or some sort of penalty for not responding)” and enough people fall for it evidently…
One of the most recent ones that came my way asked for all sorts of information, up to and including my ATM card number and PIN…but, there are enough people unaware that this is a scam that do enter all of that info and “voila!”, scam artists in business.
Be careful out there in cyberspace.
The scam continues—here is an email I received this morning:
Hello ,
I am glad that you are interested in my bike .
The price is $ 1,745 US and it includes SHIPPING CHARGES.
Just to let you know that I am located in Milano / Italy (Europe)
and I´ll ship the bike from here on my expense.
For payment, I would like to use a third company to protect us both ( Ebay Square Trade ).
Dellivery : 3 working days
Price 
1,745 US , Shipping included
Please let me know if you are interested and i will provide the payment and shipping method.
Best regards,
Shinji Takeda
12 Via Baracchini
Milano 20123
Italy
************************************************************** Now my question is, what would you guys do? Email him back and see how far he goes? Report it straight to Ebay right now and be done with it? Or will any of it do any good and I should just drop it and move on with life?
Invalid ItemThis listing (7154591601) has been removed by eBay or is no longer available
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Mike
Depends how much fun you want to have or how much time you have, you could ask him to do a number of things to get him to prove his honesty…hahaha
In the past I have asked for photos, everything from him outside his house/church and other places
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I almost fell for a phishing email last week, I actually provided my user name and password before I realized what I was doing. I immediately changed my info and notified ebay.
Here is the problem that I have been having with eBay lately.
They like to state that they simply provide the marketplace for transactions to take place and that they can not be responsible for determining the accuracy of what is being sold. At the same time they police auctions and close down “suspicious” listings and listings that VeRO (verified rights owner) complain about.
So which is it? Because by policing the listings eBay is taking some responsibility for the legitimacy of what is being sold on their site. Of course when something goes wrong in a transaction eBay runs for cover. I just don’t see how the two positions can coexist.
I went to business school not law school but it would seem to me that by closing some auctions and not others eBay is in effect warranting the auctions that end in a sale of merchandise. After all these “successful auctions” made it through the eBay screening process.
Yeah, it does seem a little bit crazy that it’s only by happenstance—some of us happening to be looking at these various auctions—that they end up being shut down. But I don’t know of any way that Ebay can do much to prevent this stuff, other than to do something along the lines of what banks do when your account becomes compromised—you’re liable only up to a certain amount.
But I believe that is a federally mandated provision of one of the regulations dealing with the banking industry…I could be wrong. And I’m sure if Ebay instituted some sort of policy along these lines that some set of hackers somewhere will figure out how to scam that as well, and all hell would break loose.
I’m going to respond to the email the scammer sent me asking for some more pictures of him with the bike to see what happens…I’ll let you know if I hear anything else!
Ahhhh, nothing like the Japanese-Italian culture
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Latest response via email:
"I have the bike packed with the shipping company and i cant send you the requested pics .
For the bike payment , I’ve choosed money transfer , because this way the
funds will be available the same day you will make the transfer unlike
paypal or escrow that allows you to cash the money after 10 or 12 days. So PayPal is not an option for me , because it simply takes too much time,
comparing with money transfer.
The most important thing in all my activity here is that I am
affiliated at eBay Square Trade . We can use Ebay Square Trade for safety in our transaction . I have a purchase protection account at Ebay Square Trade and I assume you know what this means.How you are protected by Square Trade,in case we have a deal:
If you will not receive the bike as i described to you,although
this is not the case,Square Trade will refund you with 100% from the
whole amount which you paid me.Even in case you will not receive the
bike ,they will refund you the money.
You can send the money to my name and address but you will not give
me the details from the payment.You will give the details to Square
Trade.They will verify the payment and if is ok,if the money exist and are
available under my name they will notify me to proceede with the
shipping.
After you receive and see that the bike is the one you want,you just
notify Square Trade to forward me the payment details in order for me
to pick up my money…
Let me know if you are still interested and if so, mail me your full
name and shipping address.
Square Trade will inform you on how we can close the deal…
Regards!"
Another bike in the box!!!
Thoughts, anyone? Familiar with “Ebay Square Trade”?