There's a scammer currently on Ebay trying to sale your camper, for £9k , using the old "I'm in Scotland scam"
Let me let the scammer explain it (this is from his email to me): Due to my work commitments my very best option is to deliver it. Let me explain how it works. We can do everything through the transport company Shiply, they take care of everything and can arrange delivery to your address. If it's a quick sale, I will sell it for £9,000 including delivery costs. If you decide to buy the campervan, let me know as I have a lot of people enquiring and email me with your full details (full name, address, phone number). Once I have your details I will forward them to the shipping company who will then take the necessary steps. In the next step, the company will contact you and send you an invoice for the delivery camper, the tracking number that allows you to check the status of the delivery at any time, and all other details of the transaction. Once you have received the invoice, you will need to make payment by bank transfer to the transport company (NOT to me) who will hold the money in their bank account until you have received, inspected and agreed to keep the campervan. For the buyer's peace of mind, I have also added a 7-DAY RETURN POLICY so that if you do not like the campervan, you will receive a full refund, no fees or taxes deducted. If the campervan does not match the description, the transport company will transfer the money back to your bank account. If you want to keep the campervan after the 7-day inspection period, you have to sign the transfer of ownership papers and only then will I receive the money from the transport company.
Thanks for the heads up @Eamon - interesting scam - I can't see anyone actually falling for it - handing over money without actually seeing the bus - but I suppose there's always one.
There's plenty caught.. Large machinery, cars, caravans, motorhomes all offered.. With these ridiculous conditions..
They expect you to pay the delivery only upfront...and that's what pulls people in. It's not just vans, it was popular during lockdown with puppies etc.
I used to do scam baiting as a hobby, winding up the scammers at 419eater.com. With eBay scams the simplest are (usually using hijacked accounts and someone else’s photos) just after a deposit, outside the protection of eBay and PayPal, before the scumbag vanishes into the ether. More sophisticated ones have money going into escrow or using a fake shipping company as here, they’re after the full purchase price. Common red flags include the item being ridiculously cheap for whatever it is, to appeal to your greed, so you feel to urgently send money or deposit before someone else spots your bargain. The absent vendor, on an oil rig or away on business is a common theme, an excuse so you don’t insist on seeing the item first before you take a punt. Check the seller’s other items, I’ve reported a £2k Harley only to find the seller had a whole fleet of valuable classics at bargain prices. If you’re after something specific, hopefully you’ll be clued up enough to know that, for example, the only £10k E-Types around these days come in boxes, not immaculate and running. Similarly if you see a cheap bay running perfectly with no rust whatsoever. As we know they certainly exist, but not for that price they don’t.
Exactly right on the greedy aspect It has happened to someone I know I told him it was dodgy.. he just said you just don’t like it that I’ve found a bargain… Anyway this is the story vendor /scammer said they had a motor caravan They had recently moved to Spain and being RHD wanted to sell it cheap anyway the person that was interested in buying it went ahead with a full extra cost HPI check on said vehicle And of course it came back passed with flying colours , Because it was a cloned picture/ advert And now they have really reeled in mr greedy, The vendor said that they have organised for the transportation of the vehicle and had a tracking phone line set for the purchaser to check on its whereabouts, And mr greedy had actually dialed the number to see if it was real, So with all that stuff in mind Transferred the whole amount to the given AC number, The money was sent down the wire to the AC that was emptied and closed within minutes, As was the phone line when called was of course, The number you have called has not been recognised
The transport company is called Shipley...not Shiply which is probably the scammers own account name.
It’s back up, different seller name, same Moonraker https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33480880...CmelyQCRaa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
That seller has over 800 feedbacks (although only two as a seller) - how do they manage that without getting rumbled at some point?
Account has been hacked I suspect. If you want a giggle click on 'view sellers other items' for an enormous list of cut price automotive gems .....
He must take up half of Tooting (home of the Tooting Popular Front) parking that lot. Yes, as predicted, bargains galore, as well as the bay I could be tempted by the £7,500 Danbury, or the 2015 BMW M4 at £10,000... Lots of modern campers, whatever they might be, I wouldn't know about that. I've reported the bay as fraudulent listing, they take them down from time to time, but he'll have other compromised accounts to go at, I'm sure.
