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speedmaster 2998 on the bay......

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Yeah, i also saw that. Same seller has several other Speedys with the same method...Even though the Seller hast 100% feedback as well as 17k transactions...Makes me wonder how is that possible?!
 
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Yeah, i also saw that. Same seller has several other Speedys with the same method...Even though the Seller hast 100% feedback as well as 17k transactions...Makes me wonder how is that possible?!

Hacked account.
I report these listing all the time, watches, cars, motorcycle listings all have similar tactics.
Very annoying.
 
kov
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This is coming back every Saturday on another hacked account with a ton of other watch listings (Heuer, Tudor, Rolex, JLC...).

Always the same tactics. Always the same pictures. They don’t have the watches. Their only goal is to have you read their trap pictures:

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And get in touch outside eBay / ask you for a bank wire.

The only thing that changes all the time is the email address / domain they use.

I am wondering how much cash they make per weekend with this scam scheme.

It’s also very frustrating to see how long eBay needs to take down all the reported listings and block the hacked account. Sometimes it takes a day 🤦
 
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kov kov
This is coming back every Saturday on another hacked account with a ton of other watch listings (Heuer, Tudor, Rolex, JLC...).

Always the same tactics. Always the same pictures. They don’t have the watches. Their only goal is to have you read their trap pictures:

E425CC95-ED0F-4820-9916-5A1349678893.jpeg


And get in touch outside eBay / ask you for a bank wire.

The only thing that changes all the time is the email address / domain they use.

I am wondering how much cash they make per weekend with this scam scheme.

It’s also very frustrating to see how long eBay needs to take down all the reported listings and block the hacked account. Sometimes it takes a day 🤦

I have seen it to. But when I tried to report these, the option/link doesn´t work. I have tried different browsers - strange indeed.
Ideas anyone?
 
Vercingetorix
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And eBay wants peoples checking account and social security numbers🤨.
 
Mark020
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Maskelyne Maskelyne
I have seen it to. But when I tried to report these, the option/link doesn´t work. I have tried different browsers - strange indeed.
Ideas anyone?
I have that as well. Perhaps something to do with adblockers/pop-up killers?
 
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This bum posts more pics of my 2914 Flightmaster FAP than I do.
 
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kov kov
This is coming back every Saturday on another hacked account with a ton of other watch listings (Heuer, Tudor, Rolex, JLC...).

Always the same tactics. Always the same pictures. They don’t have the watches. Their only goal is to have you read their trap pictures:

E425CC95-ED0F-4820-9916-5A1349678893.jpeg


And get in touch outside eBay / ask you for a bank wire.

The only thing that changes all the time is the email address / domain they use.

I am wondering how much cash they make per weekend with this scam scheme.

It’s also very frustrating to see how long eBay needs to take down all the reported listings and block the hacked account. Sometimes it takes a day 🤦

That image has appeared in more than a dozen listings over the past week or two, under different seller names, on the US eBay site. Clearly a scam and reported as such. eBay has taken them down pretty fast I have to say - probably drew multiple reports from OF alone.
 
Mark020
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This has been going on for at least a year. Always the same pictures.
 
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Mark020 Mark020
I have that as well. Perhaps something to do with adblockers/pop-up killers?
I have no trouble reporting these. I don’t bother anymore though—whoever is doing it is too prolific and I can’t spare the time anymore.

I do wonder how they keep getting away with it. Perhaps someone who k owe how computer systems are hacked can explain it.,.
 
alam
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The listing is now gone but the Seller responded to my inquire...

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I think eBay has at some point had a data breach. This scammer clown simply has a multitude of logins and passwords. Every couple of weeks he fires up his computer, runs a bunch of these auctions and hopes for the best.
 
gemini4
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This guy is Lime Lima Lima Peru on steriods.
 
alam
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Holy moly! I'm being offered a 2998-2 for only $3K! yay! and with the eBay Buyer Protection!! Will eBay penalize me for non-payment? 🙁

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 3:06 PM
Subject: VINTAGE 1960 OMEGA 2998-2 SPEEDMASTER LOLLIPOP WATCH CHRONOGRAPH PRE MOON
To: XXXXX <[email protected]>
 
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michael e
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The hacking occurs when you get a fake email from eBay to your email account stating something like “your account has been compromised” “A buyer wants to return an item” “a payment has been put on hold” etc.
Without thinking many have logged into their account through the link in the scam message then the scammer has their password.
You can usually see business accounts affected by hackers due to the sellers email is visible or easily found.
I could sit on eBay and instantly zapp 100s of accounts and fake items each week, which begs the question... why the f@*k can’t eBay employ someone who can do it too?
 
Mark020
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Because it costs them money
 
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alam alam
The listing is now gone but the Seller responded to my inquire...

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You should have fun with him. Tell him you’ll meet his friend in the US and pick it up in person at his facility. Tell him you’ll pay his friend (or whoever would supposedly ship on his behalf) $3200 in cash 😜
 
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