Buying a nice truck.

I responded to an ad for a truck. A nice truck but located several states away. I felt better about it when the lady told me it was going to be handled through eBay.

When the eBay notification came I was ready to go with it until I got to the payment requested. I have always used my debit card on eBay with no problem. I love eBay.

But this eBay notification said to get three eBay cards for $200 each (price of the truck) and call a number listed with the numbers on the cards and the truck would be delivered in 2-3 days. It had all the normal disclaimers from eBay.

Is this for real?

badbu.us.s0wd2kuz

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Posted 1 year ago·Last reply 1 year ago

14 comments

albertabrightalberta

·1 year ago

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.104 View listings

@badbu.us.s0wd2kuz wrote:

Is this for real?

NO!! It's a scam.

bennotbill

·1 year ago

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One can only hope that the op read the replies before they went ahead and gave their money away.

soh.maryl

·1 year ago

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I do too; however, why come here and ask if you aren't going to bother to wait for a reply?

powell-collectibles

·1 year ago

Mixed Bag Guy AND Unofficial Mentor to the Stars2349 View listings

Some of these first-time posters know how to get back here, don't know how to look for the post they made, etc.. In a case like this one, I like to send a message through their actual eBay account to increase the odds that they see the message, get a notification.

tinsoldierunderground

·1 year ago

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@badbu.us.s0wd2kuz

This SCAM has been going on for a VERY long time. As others have noted, it's good that you came here first, SO MANY other souls didin't. And did you really believe you were going to get a nice truck for $600.00? Seriously?

momtoabeautifuldaughter

·1 year ago

Love my beautiful daughter92 View listings

@badbu.us.s0wd2kuz wrote:
I responded to an ad for a truck. A nice truck but located several states away. I felt better about it when the lady told me it was going to be handled through eBay.
When the eBay notification came I was ready to go with it until I got to the payment requested. I have always used my debit card on eBay with no problem. I love eBay.
But this eBay notification said to get three eBay cards for $200 each (price of the truck) and call a number listed with the numbers on the cards and the truck would be delivered in 2-3 days. It had all the normal disclaimers from eBay.
Is this for real?

SCAM, if it wasn't found on eBay then they have nothing to do with it.

soh.maryl

·1 year ago

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Just have to quickly tell you how delighted I am that you came here and asked BEFORE falling for this very popular scam. This has been going on forever. The people who come here after getting the gift cards and giving the #s to the scammers are generally those who cannot afford to lose the money. Will always recall the sad story of the guy who cleaned out his garage while waiting for the arrival of his 2020 Honda bought for the price of $2500 worth of gift cards. Some people who have been scammed don't want to believe they've been so gullible -- "But he said the sale would go through eBay for my protection".

kensgiftshop

·1 year ago

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@badbu.us.s0wd2kuz wrote:
I felt better about it when the lady told me it was going to be handled through eBay.

That's why this old scam works so well, they make it sound like the transaction will go through Ebay.

jameshen1

·1 year ago

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@kensgiftshop wrote:
@badbu.us.s0wd2kuz wrote:
I felt better about it when the lady told me it was going to be handled through eBay.

That's why this old scam works so well, they make it sound like the transaction will go through Ebay.

Well, that and people thinking they are going to get "a nice truck" for $600"

kathiec

·1 year ago

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@badbu.us.s0wd2kuz

One of the forum regulars just wrote an excellent post about identifying vehicle scams. You should check it out:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/Safety-Warning-Spotting-Vehicle-Scams/m-p/35182483#M527164

eburtonlab

·1 year ago

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@badbu.us.s0wd2kuz

Beware scammers who advertise on other sites and tell you that the transaction will be handled through eBay.

That is not how eBay works. eBay does not rely on users finding ads on Facebook or other sites and sending contact information to a seller. Likely the seller will send a phony "invoice" that appears to be from eBay but is not, asking you to pay with gift cards to have the vehicle shipped to you for a free evaluation period.

eBay has no warehouse and does not ship vehicles. eBay does not handle such transactions or provide "vehicle protection orders". Scammers often promise those things, though. Any phone number you may receive on such an "invoice" does not connect to eBay, but to the scammer.

Anyone that asks you to purchase gift cards or to send card codes to them to complete a transaction is trying to take advantage of you. Anyone asking for a gift card is looking for a gift at your expense. Once anyone else knows the code, your money will be gone and you will have no recourse.

See here for some info about avoiding such scams (US links):

https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html

The only way to purchase a vehicle on eBay is to sign in to eBay, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay, so that the item appears in your Purchase History. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle, pay the seller, and collect the keys, title and vehicle.

If you encountered an ad on another site, contact that site to have the ad removed. eBay is not involved with any ads listed on sites other than eBay itself.