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Legit post or not

I was sent a link for an item and when I hit the link everything comes up and looks legit. When I go to eBay and search there isn’t anything that matches. Can you tell me if this is a legit posting? It is a 2006 Newmar RV.

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It's a scam. They will ask you to pay using gift cards. 

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That is not an eBay link; the page it leads to is a clever forgery.

 

If you attempt to pay using the link on that page, you will be directed to a fake sign-in page. If you enter your credentials there, you will have provided your username and password to a scammer who can then sign in to your account, change your password, and then attempt to make purchases or sales using your account.

 

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

 

https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/online-vehicle-sale-fraud

 

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.

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Legit post or not

it is NEVER a good idea to click links in emails ..especially from sites you don't know.

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