Anything advertised on Facebook or another marketplace that says eBay will handle the sale is a scam; eBay does not warehouse or ship vehicles. eBay transactions take place on eBay, not off site. There is no vehicle and the scammer is likely overseas. If you send them money or gift card codes there will be no way to retrieve those funds. When the price looks too good to be true, it usually is.
No it's not. Let's see, you found a listing on another site and they said they would use eBay to handle the payment? That is all LIES. eBay never assists in sales of items listed on other sites. It must be listed on eBay to be an eBay sale. There is no other way.
eBay will NEVER ask you to buy or pay with gift cards.
albertabrightalberta
·1 year ago
SIGNATURE! NOT DIRECTED TO YOU: I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.104View listings
Without more information, it's hard to know but it doesn't look right.
Where did you find the car? If it's not on ebay, you are being scammed. Ebay doesn't handle and purported car sales on other sites.
wastingtime101
·1 year agoIt's a scam attempt @lairmelv .
Anything advertised on Facebook or another marketplace that says eBay will handle the sale is a scam; eBay does not warehouse or ship vehicles. eBay transactions take place on eBay, not off site. There is no vehicle and the scammer is likely overseas. If you send them money or gift card codes there will be no way to retrieve those funds. When the price looks too good to be true, it usually is.
Here's eBay's page about recognizing and avoiding vehicle scams:
https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/
Report the listing to Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/help/1295340050874305
If you found the ad on a different marketplace, report the scammer to the appropriate marketplace (Craigslist, OfferUp, etc).
Report the scammer to Google for their use of Gmail here:
https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse?hl=en
If they used a different email provider, report them to the appropriate company (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc).
Here are Facebook's pages about recognizing and avoiding scams:
https://www.facebook.com/help/1086141928978559?helpref=hc_fnav
https://www.facebook.com/help/2374002556073992/?helpref=uf_share
simba6
·1 year agoNo it's not. Let's see, you found a listing on another site and they said they would use eBay to handle the payment? That is all LIES. eBay never assists in sales of items listed on other sites. It must be listed on eBay to be an eBay sale. There is no other way.
eBay will NEVER ask you to buy or pay with gift cards.
albertabrightalberta
·1 year agoWithout more information, it's hard to know but it doesn't look right.
Where did you find the car? If it's not on ebay, you are being scammed. Ebay doesn't handle and purported car sales on other sites.