to ANYONE selling or buying a vehicle on ebay...

[robnix]

If you were selling the message came from mebers wanting buy outside the auction, those were not scams (well, maybe not) but users violating the ebay rules.

I've been using ebay since 1998 (100% feedback) and never been scammed. I'm real careful in what I buy and very explicit in what I sell. Just pay attention to teh latest scams and be careful, amke sure to ask questions and you will do ok.

I've never bought a vehicle off of ebay, but I have tried! Attempted to by my wife's convertible from a dealer in San Antonio but ended up outbid. Foiled!

They were scams. These are two of the emails:

Hello,
Compliment of the season to you. I am Drake Murphy from LA,USA but Presently in London,UK for a church program. I saw your product item below on ebay and i am really intrested in buying it for
my Daugther as a suprise gift for her in school(university of lagos) and i will handle the shipment expenses.i will send you my fedex account so you will not pay no money for shipping to nigeria. i will be sending you payment via PayPal,so kindly send me your
PAYPAL EMAIL ADDRESS so as to immediately make out your payment. make sure you get the package ready for shipment today,you can ship the item as soon as you recieve the paypal confirmation.
Expecting your reply so as to immedaitely make out the payment.
Thanks,
Drake.M

Hello,
Compliment of the season to you,IEulis Sanders from Ca USA,but Presently in London,UK for a church seminal. I saw your
product item below on ebay #6868059884 and i am really intrested in buying it for my Daugther as a surprise gift for her in school(Abti American University )at Nigeria and i will handle the shipment expenses.i will send you my fedex account so you will not pay no money for shipping.
I will be sending you payment via PayPal,so kindly send me
your PAYPAL EMAIL ADDRESS so as to immedaitely make out your payment and make sure you get the package ready for shipment,you can ship
the item as soon as you recieve the paypal confirmation.
Expecting your reply so as to immediately make out the payment
you can easily reach me on this number +447031909024
Regards,
Eulis Sanders
Sincerely

Both came through an ebay account. I went through three of these before I gave up on Ebay and sold the latop on a laptop forum.

[slade]

damn, scammers really are idiots, arent they?

or rather, the vast majority of scammers don't speak english, and obviously used a translator program.

[Recon by Fire]

Damn those Nigerians! :rofl:

[Ole Unka Phil]

Funny thing related to this happened to me last week. A buddy and coworker of mine sold his V-Rod on ebay. While it was up for auction it was still pretty cheap so on a whim I bid on it. And of course I know he sold it.... not to me of course but still pretty cheap. But what do I get in my email a few days later? You guessed it. A second chance offer spoof for like 7 grand for a 2003 V Rod with 3K miles on it. So I called him up and told him I was on my way to get it. He was like "what!". Course the buyer had already come and got it. And at a real cheap price of 9100 too. Which was a heck of a deal. Little did that scammer know I happened to know the seller and knew for a fact it had already been paid for and picked up even before he spammed me.

[ProX9]

My friend just got this email:

Hello,

Thank you for your e-mail.
I must tell you that now I'm in Romania with business but this is not a
problem because once the payment is confirmed through an eBay payment
method,you will receive the item in 2-4 days..
Recently my highest bidder due some personal problems changed his mind and
decide that he cannot afford to buy my product. I decided to notice you,
maybe you are still interested to buy it
I will pay for the shipping and insurance and I will provide you 10 days
money back guarantee, no questions asked. That means within 10 working days
you decide if you don't want to keep the item.
So, if you are interested, now all you have to do is to send me exactly
those info:

Watch out for those sneaky people in romania