Is this Eva Foster sale a scam???

[icers7]

Hi again,

As I've told you in my first e-mail, I'm in the army with my military medical team and right now I am in a military base. We are training, getting ready for leaving the country. Before leaving I had prearranged the deal with eBay services so my presence isn't necessary. The delivery process will be managed by me. I think I can have it there at your home address within 2-3 working days. It will come with a clear title and reg. You will have 5 days to test and inspect the bike prior to make any purchase. During that 5 days testing period I will not be getting any money. I need to know if you are interested so I can ask eBay to send you the details on this deal. If interested please include in your next email your contact info for eBay (full name, shipping address and phone number), so we can get the ball rolling.

Looking forward to hear from you !

[7606dennis]

Sounds like a scam to me.

[klhmdg]

eBay does not store or deliver anything.

eBay does not have any service like this.

If you did not find this on eBay but on Craigslist, MP, Offer Up... or some other venue it is not eBay.

Someone selling on eBay will never need your email.

This is a scam. Report it to the venue you found it on.

[eburtonlab · Accepted solution]

If you found an ad on another site, and sent your contact information to a seller there, who responded that eBay would "handle the deal" -- then I am afraid you are dealing with a scammer.

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 such scams:

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.com, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay. You may have to pay a deposit. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle and pay the seller.

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.

[nkmipgolf]

Same gift card scam that has been going on for over 6 years. 

[corvettestainless]

It's a scam

[icers7]

Most helpful!!!

Thanks.

[icers7]

Excellent information, thanks again!

[cleblond-2012]

She sent me the same exact email. This is definitely a scam, glad I was smart enough to know how eBay works! She should be reported!

[stephenmorgan]

If you go along with it, the next step is to get a part of the purchase price.  Maybe a down payment or something like the Delivery Driver will not deliver the Motorcycle until they have been paid.  Please get some Gift Cards for $$$ and send the codes.  

As long as they will bring it to you and you pay on the spot you should be ok.

[pburn]

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

As long as they will bring it to you and you pay on the spot you should be ok.

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@stephenmorgan 

It's one of the oldest scams around. There's a post about it several times a week.

Please don't encourage members to "go along with it." It's a con with no involvement with, and therefore no protection from, eBay.

Your advice, while perhaps well-meaning, is inappropriate. 

[stephenmorgan]

I am fully aware of the scam.  I have been hit with many times on eBay when listing something automotive either parts or a actual vehicle.  I have been hit with it outside of eBay every time I have offered a vehicle for sale.

A successful scam is pulled off  because of its similarities to something legitimate and the gullibility of the target individual to readily believe information presented to them is true. 

There are many vehicles listed on eBay that require a immediate deposit and you pay the balance when you pick up the vehicle.  These could be just as much as a scam as anything else.  Are they just after the $500 or do they actually have a vehicle for sale and want a Deposit before they take it off the market? 

Since bids on a Motor Vehicle are non-binding why is a deposit allowed to be collected or solicited thru eBay?

My statement "As long as they will bring it to you and you pay on the spot you should be ok." is not meant to encourage anyone to go along with a scam.  I am sorry that it was view that way.

With all purchases on eBay you must exercise care that a reasonable person is normally expected to take before entering into an agreement.

My statement is only meant to convey that if a vehicle is going to be made available for you to look at before any money is exchanged then maybe it is not a scam.  Of course if it is a scam the vehicle will not be available to be looked at.

[pburn]

@stephenmorgan wrote:

I am fully aware of the scam.  I have been hit with many times on eBay when listing something automotive either parts or a actual vehicle.  I have been hit with it outside of eBay every time I have offered a vehicle for sale.

@stephenmorgan 

No, you're not familiar with the scam, and that's obvious by your posts. The OP is a potential buyer of a motorcycle listed on some other platform, and the scammer is claiming that eBay will facilitate the sale. IT'S A LIE. EBAY HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE SCAM AT ALL.

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

There are many vehicles listed on eBay that require a immediate deposit and you pay the balance when you pick up the vehicle.  These could be just as much as a scam as anything else.  Are they just after the $500 or do they actually have a vehicle for sale and want a Deposit before they take it off the market? 

There is no listing on eBay for this motorcycle. The advertisement for the motorcycle has been listed elsewhere--not on eBay. It's all a con.

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

Since bids on a Motor Vehicle are non-binding why is a deposit allowed to be collected or solicited thru eBay?

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This scam has nothing to do with eBay or a deposit or a solicitation for anything else. The motorcycle does not exist. The scammer is just that--a scammer.

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

My statement "As long as they will bring it to you and you pay on the spot you should be ok." is not meant to encourage anyone to go along with a scam.  I am sorry that it was view that way.

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The OP is clearly being scammed by an old con that those of us who've been on the boards awhile have seen over and over. Perhaps you should spend some time just reading threads and responses until you get the feel of how to respond to posts about classic scams. The only thing you should be advising the OP to do is RUN, like every other member who responded to this thread.

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

With all purchases on eBay you must exercise care that a reasonable person is normally expected to take before entering into an agreement.

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There is no purchase taking place on eBay. There's no listing on eBay. You say you're familiar with this scam, but you seem to not know anything about it. 

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

My statement is only meant to convey that if a vehicle is going to be made available for you to look at before any money is exchanged then maybe it is not a scam.  Of course if it is a scam the vehicle will not be available to be looked at.

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There's no vehicle. The scammer is sitting in a cyber-cafe in goodness knows where, waiting for his people to rise up and return him to the throne that was his god-given right at birth, but his crown was snatched from him by a military coup masterminded by his evil twin brother.

THERE IS NO LISTING ON EBAY. These scammers are listing on other sites like Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace--THEY HAVE NO LISTINGS ON EBAY. THE SCAMMERS ARE LYING WHEN THEY MAKE ANY STATEMENTS WHATSOEVER REFERRING TO EBAY.

• "Before leaving I had prearranged the deal with eBay services so my presence isn't necessary."
• "I need to know if you are interested so I can ask eBay to send you the details on this deal."
• "If interested please include in your next email your contact info for eBay (full name, shipping address and phone number), so we can get the ball rolling."

Those are all lies--all part of the old scam. If you are not familiar with the scam, you're not required to reply to the OP.

[stephenmorgan]

Wow Pburn you really put a lot of emotion into that!!!...

You had me for a while but then you lost some credibility with "The scammer is sitting in a cyber-cafe in goodness knows where, waiting for his people to rise up and return him to the throne that was his god-given right at birth, but his crown was snatched from him by a military coup masterminded by his evil twin brother."

Would it be ok if I said With all purchases on eBay or anywhere else, you must exercise care that a reasonable person is normally expected to take before entering into an agreement.  That statement is SCAM Neutral and would apply to any transaction.

[pburn]

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@stephenmorgan wrote:

Would it be ok if I said With all purchases on eBay or anywhere else, you must exercise care that a reasonable person is normally expected to take before entering into an agreement.  That statement is SCAM Neutral and would apply to any transaction.

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If an item is listed on eBay, the buyer is covered by the Money Back Guarantee.

These scams are not listed on eBay. Let's try to stick with statements that are germane to the OP's topic.

I know you're one of those "have-to-have-the-last-word, can't-admit-I'm-wrong" guys; however, I won't be revisiting this thread to see what you come up with next.