Ebay Tractor Scam
jonesiera
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 187 Bedford,In 47421 |
2004-07-29 92188
Last week or so a guy from Mi. posted a 4110 on Ebay a Legit Post, now someone has used his same ad and made a sham buy now.with free shipping. Can a person tell Ebay?
Bob j
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Ebay Tractor Scam
Xpress
Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 14 NJ |
2004-07-29 92191
I have seen that three or four times now and people were actually bidding on the machines! It can be difficult to catch up to these individuals. Just make sure you have contact and verification with the person before you make a bid!! ....
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Ebay Tractor Scam
echo10mp
Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 32 Arkansas |
2004-07-29 92200
I'm getting concerned about Ebay. I was trying to buy a motorcycle for my son and ran into a scam twice! Both were pay to Western Union and we will ship the bike. You have no recourse with Western Union and they know it. I reported the fraud to Ebay and they pulled the guys off. You can report them on the Ebay site. I encourage you to do so. It is a shame that people always find a way to try and cheat others. I have bought a bunch of big ticket items on Ebay and been pleased for the most part. I did buy them a couple of years ago when it was still a new service. Now the thiefs have figured it out!
John ....
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Ebay Tractor Scam
Shawn
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2004-08-19 93839
I've seen these scams too, as I am looking for a 4110 myself. I alerted eBay to this fact, there were a whole string of them like this, for whatever reason, it was popular to use 41XX series tractors for the bogus ads. The scam is has 2 parts. The first is the so-called pre-approval to bid on the 'unbelievably low priced tractor. The sole purpose is to get a valid e-mail address for spamming etc. The second part comes if you are actually trying to buy it. They pull the often used, "let's do this outside ebay via Western Union" trick. As it turn out, eBay replied and siad all the accounts used for this had been hijacked. ....
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Ebay Tractor Scam
tnttommy
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 11 WI |
2004-08-26 94583
Not so sure they got all of them. I just got the e-mail yesterday re: a Kubota I was inquiring about. I guess if it sounds too good to be true....... ....
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