anyone want to persue this on ebay?

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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:10 am

I am looking for a van so I went to ebay and found this bargain. It isn't in the UK as the ad says, and when you email the seller you get a fairly obvious 419 reply. I was invited to send my email address, proper name and address but curiously not my bank details. 'The van will be delivered to you for free of charge, but I am away from home at the moment'. (Hopefully on a safari?) The seller probably has about a thousand of them to sell, noteably not on the buy-it-now scheme. I am not skilled enough to persue it but wonder if anyone out there in baitingland would like to.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260306690133

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:21 am

If you have reasons to believe the ad is not legit, have you used the "report it" option on the bottom of the page and report it to Ebay so they can investigate it?

If the seller is in fact a scammer, he certainely does not belong on that site.

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:05 am

Looks like its already been removed...

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:33 pm

I reported it to ebay before it was removed. I got a standard reply along the lines of 'don't have anything to do with Troy Prod Man.' Well I never had any intentions of Prodding the Troy Man so thats all right then. Laughing

Anyway I already sent him a mail by the 'email the seller' facility and this is the reply I got:
Dear xxxxxxxxxxxx,
>
> Hello,
> The van has no problems is in a good conditions.
> I will start my email by telling you that I'm
> currently out of town so pick up isn't an option.
> The item is located home and I will get somebody to
> ship it to you.. no problems.. The price total
> including shipping for it is £1,700.00.
> The deal will go strictly according to eBay
> Classified Ad rules and policy. To start the
> official transaction, I need to know your details:
> -e-mail address
> - ebay user ID
> - full name and address ( for the invoice so I know
> where to send the item ) ...
> as soon as I have them I'll start the official
> procedure, and eBay will notify you about this.
> You'll also receive important guidelines +
> instructions from them ( please go through them
> exactly ). I'll handle the shipping, so this will
> be free of charge for you.
> Also, a refund policy will be included. Looking
> forward to hear from you.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - troyprudhomme0125
>
>
>
>Item and user details
>Item TOYOTA HIACE 280 PANEL VAN
>Title:
>Item 260306690133
>Number:
>Item http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260306690133
>URL:
>End 24-Nov-08 13:27:16 GMT
>Date:
>From troyprudhomme0125 (0)
>User: 0.0% Positive Feedback
> Member since 17-Oct-08 in United Kingdom
> Location: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
> Activity with troyprudhomme0125 (last 90 days): I have bid on 0
> items from troyprudhomme0125
>This message was sent while the listing was active. troyprudhomme0125 is
>the seller.
I replied to him saying that I would be happy to meet him with the cash anywhere in Europe, and when I see that the van is good, I will pay for it and take it away.
Can we get this lads email address from the above, or it that just an ebay letterbox? I haven't had any more mail from him.

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:17 pm

It might have been one of those very slippery romo fake escrow websites that we could have killed!!

Very easy to bait, wait until the lad suggests using a "reputable" thrid party escrow service and then kill it!!

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