Gilbert Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 http://cgi.ebay.com/BEAUTIFIL-Set-of-Klipsch-La-Scala-Floor-Speakers_W0QQitemZ4629553397QQcategoryZ378QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting Sumptem stink around here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott0527 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I would have never have thought to search the "Books" category for a pair of La Scalas. No wonder I miss all the good deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Looks like a 1 day. LMAO over this... IMPORTANT!!! I cannot get in touch with you if you use the "Ask seller a question" option, so please e-mail me directly.My eBay contact is currently unavailable because i've reached the e-mail storage limit and i wouldn't be able to answer any of your questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steamer Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Have we seen those pics before??? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I've ripped farts that smell better than that auction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xover Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 No No I think it's for real because it's listed under "Nonfiction"..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 It stinks alright. What I wonder is how this guy (or others like him) are able to hijack so many Ebay ID's. I don't know if this is the same scammer who was listing RF-7s and other high end gear a few months ago, but that guy had two or three ID's a day with listings going into triple figures of all kinds of high end gear. Always a 24 hour auction and Ebay was cancelling them left and right. Still the guy persisted for weeks with the same routine. I bet he used over a hundred different hijacked IDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwhaples Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 The feed back score sure looks bad. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyMo Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Ive seen the same ad at least three times in the last month. Last time it was listed ebay removed it. and YES, it Stinks to High Heaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 The thing that just continues to work is that the scammer sends you an email question for seller that has a bunch of links on the page that look like eBay links. Actually anyone of them you click on sends you to his scam eBay sign-in page. You sign in with your ID and password and he has got you. Just takes seconds of inattention. Bob Crites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 No No I think it's for real because it's listed under "Nonfiction"..... Xover, You stole my line!![] Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundbound Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 So that's how they get their seller IDs. I was wondering about that. I've been seeing these scam auctions going on for a few months now. This same La scala auction has relisted several times. They stay very busy! Always a 24 hour auction, no reserve, free shipping, lots of high end audio, and contact them through an email address and not Question For Seller. It's an easy scam to see through. Just checking the sellers past history shows you they do not have a history of selling items like the ones being listed. Even on ebay, if it's too good to be true, its probably a scam. I wonder if the sellers ID that was stolen gets damaged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Ebay restores the account to the rightful owner when it gets reported. These auctions almost always get caught within a few hours. I guess they are reported and closed almost immediately, but by that time the scammer may have a fish or two on the line by his email contact. There is no hope for those guys that bite on the email address unless something happens to wise them up before they send money. Not even Ebay knows who they are to warn them. I have a very good Ebay feedback rating so that gets me many of the identy theft attempts per day. Most are laughable, but occasionally, I get one good enough to perhaps catch most people. The really good ones, I forward to Ebay. Bob Crites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranjith Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I missed it, ebay pulled the auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I get these all the time too and once my identity was actually stolen. I don't know how because I've never EVER given out any of my info. It was the same kind of scam, this one with B&W speakers. Ebay shut it down quickly and I had no problems with my account. I did change my password immediately however. I turn in the good ones also but usually just delete them. I'd love to see some of these scumbags get put away. They really piss me off![:@] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzp Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Hey Bob, Welcome back!!! I am glad to see you are here with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I report every single f'ing one of them - even if I have to retrieve them from my ISP's spam blocker. I don't do much on ebay, but I get at least three ebay or paypal phishing attempts a day. If you don't report them, nobody knows about it but you. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvette6769 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 ....the scammer sends you an email question for seller..... Thanks bob and welcome back. Now that's a new twist I had not heard before! I did not know that it was possible to send hot links through the eBay message forwarding system. Let that be a lesson to everyone, always check the actual URL of the web page before you enter information. Never type your eBay User ID and password into a Web page that doesn't have 'ebay.com" immediately before the first forward slash (/). The same applies to other websites like PayPal and before you enter any sensitive data, be sure the web page URL begins with "https://" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvette6769 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I get these all the time too and once my identity was actually stolen. I don't know how because I've never EVER given out any of my info..... This is not unusual, many identity theft victims have no idea how their identity was stolen, but the end result is always the same - a nightmare! If a person is lucky, it will end there and just be a hi-jacked eBay account that the scammer wants to use just to steal other people's money through by offering phantom items for sale, but often that is just the beginning and usually the damage is already done by the time they even discover their identity has been stolen. The best protection I know of is the Identity Theft Shield service - cheap insurance considering that people have to spend on average $1,500 in out-of-pocket expenses and an average of 175 hours in efforts to resolve the many problems caused by identity thieves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdridq Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 The best protection I know of is the Identity Theft Shield service - cheap insurance considering that people have to spend on average $1,500 in out-of-pocket expenses and an average of 175 hours in efforts to resolve the many problems caused by identity thieves. I'm sure your link is fine, but the owners could at least spell "Pre-Paid" correctly in the third line of their webpage so that it doesn't start out by looking like some Russians or Nigerians set it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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