Ebay scam: Safak Parts is a hacked account....

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Mark020

·May 27, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Just a warning. Dozens of too good to be true listings with the usual bs story. As an example:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/135076854510

Edited: May 27, 2024

 

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dsio

·May 27, 2024·Ash @ ΩF

They really need to stop this from happening, it should not be that hard for their tech team

 

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Mark020

·May 27, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Fully agreed. But they don’t care

 

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theluckyluke

·May 27, 2024

A shame! This sharp 18k rose gold 167.005 would have looked nice on my wrist!

Wondering why eBay doesn’t just screen description text and deletes ones with external links.

 

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zedlebowski

·May 27, 2024

That was timely. Just received an eBay alert for a vintage Longines being offered by the hacked account. Thanks for spreading the word!

 

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JimInOz

·May 27, 2024·Melbourne Australia

Reported as hacked account. Let's see if they believe us.

 

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Mark020

·May 27, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

I sent them(?) an email.

 

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river rat

·May 27, 2024

If you look at what he sold in the past was electronic car parts totally different stuff he is selling now another red flag. Last thing sold in March, and it was not a watch.

 

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gbesq

·May 27, 2024

I’ve had it with eBay’s security team. Beyond worthless. As long as they get their fees, they don’t care what gets posted for sale.

 

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Dsloan

·May 27, 2024

I hate when these sorts of scams pop up. For a minute I was excited at seeing a couple rare models listed for auction.

 

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Mark020

·May 27, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Now taken down

 

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gbesq

·May 27, 2024

Mark020

Now taken down

Well done. May I ask what email address you used to reach eBay or did you simply click on the “report this item” button which seems, more often than not, to accomplish nothing.

 

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Mark020

·May 27, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

I tried to contact the owner of the account, which happened to be in the Netherlands. But to no avail.

 

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river rat

·May 27, 2024

I bet if you hit the link in that eBay ad you infect your computer with some bad stuff. Glad eBay took it down.

 

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Mark020

·May 27, 2024·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

I assume the con is that you can actually pay. This account had dozens of watches for sale. Basically only pics. If their hit rate is 1% and they can keep the account up for 12 hours they can still make a nice ride..

 

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timoss

·May 27, 2024

I reported a bunch of this account’s listing yesterday to eBay and got the typical “we didn’t find anything wrong with the listing” follow up notification from them. I really don’t understand how their dumb system is supposed to work. It also actively discourages Good Samaritan help from regular folks who make the effort to report a scam if their efforts are almost instantly dismissed by the company.

 

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gbesq

·May 27, 2024

river rat

I bet if you hit the link in that eBay ad you infect your computer with some bad stuff. Glad eBay took it down.

The link was likely intended as a way for the scammer/seller to have buyers pay outside of eBay's system. Scammers usually don't stop at just defrauding buyers. Since the account was hacked, the scammer wouldn't be paid through eBay if that's where a buyer sent funds.

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river rat

·May 27, 2024

There was one seller on eBay that had a high buy now price plus one you bid on. You read the sellers fine print says if you want the watch, they only except the buy now price so bidding on it to get a lower price would be a waste of time.

 

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blubarb

·May 27, 2024·I might rise, but I refuse to shine.

gbesq

The link was likely intended as a way for the scammer/seller to have buyers pay outside of eBay's system. Scammers usually don't stop at just defrauding buyers. Since the account was hacked, the scammer wouldn't be paid through eBay if that's where a buyer sent funds.

Exactly what was intended for the scam to work. A mate nearly fell for it too. Even Covid19 will eventually go away...