What do you make of this?

[BroadwayBlue]

A 1969 GT500 goes for $500,000 on eBay.

The winning bidder claims he saw the car and didn't like it.
The seller says he never met the guy and he never saw the car.
This was sellers first auction so his score is -1 (that's what caught my eye).

This seller has other auctions going on for mostly Mustangs and Shelbys.
Cars are ranging from 30,000 to 160,000+

Who do you think is telling the truth?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6236&item=4613120338

 

[rvrtrash]

I would guess the buyer is a flake. He only has 2 other feedbacks and he jumped in on the last day and bid half a mil. on a car and then says he doesn't like it. He can't even spell or use proper grammer in his feedback.
Steve

 

[Mustanglvr]

Maybe he is the victim of a scam. I am getting emails from people that are supposed to be Ebay members that are requesting money for items I never bid on. They say if I don`t pay then I will get a negative. When I click on the links, they go to Ebay.

 

[admin]

Don't click those links. They probably do not go to eBay, although they may look that way. And definitely don't log in using those links. If you already have contact eBay directly and tell them.

The scam on those "you haven't paid me yet" emails is to get you to log in and check your account. However, they send you to their own sites (made to look like eBay) and record your username and password.

 

[rvrtrash]

Well that's one I haven't heard of, but the guy didn't say he never bid on the car- just that he saw it and didn't like it. He's admitting he's backing out of the deal. The dispute is in whether he even went to look at it.
Steve

 

[Mustanglvr]

I have the Ebay tool bar and when a real Ebay site comes up, it tells me and when a bogus one comes up, a warning comes up. Its pretty nice to have that. Yes, I know I`m not supposed to put my information in on anything like that. I`m not even gonna click on the links anymore. I notice the bogus ones only have my email address and the real ones from Ebay have my full name in the message.

 

[BroadwayBlue]

These are legit email auctions.
I got the links from searches in eBay.
The links are going to eBay sites. You can tell when it's a spoofed site. The URL will change when you go.

It did come up in the toolbar as a legit link right?

 

[nfrntau]

If you want to input your information to check something, I always close out and go to ebay or paypal fresh. If you have gone to one of these sites you should change your password immediately!! Don't wait.
I get emails all the time telling me there is something wrong with or that my account needs to be updated. Ignore them and go directly to them from a new browser window. If there is really something there, then they will tell you when you log in.

 

[BroadwayBlue]

Don't click those links. They probably do not go to eBay, although they may look that way. And definitely don't log in using those links. If you already have contact eBay directly and tell them.

The scam on those "you haven't paid me yet" emails is to get you to log in and check your account. However, they send you to their own sites (made to look like eBay) and record your username and password.

Sorry I mis-read Jon's message last time. I thought he was saying the links I posted were scam links. I understand now he was referring to emails you might receive.

It's pretty easy to figure out the scam emails.
One dead give away is to look at the URL you are getting sent to. Check the status bar on the bottom of your browser. If you look at it closely you will see it's not really going to the place you think it is. Sometimes they make it close but usually it's way off.

Another thing I do for fun on the scam sites is to log in with a made up user id and password ... it always accepts whatever you type in because that's all they're after. I usually use some choice words for them just for fun.
Then when they ask for credit cards. That will accept pretty much anything too but sometimes they'll check for the number of digits. But put in enough 999999's and it will accept it.

It's sad people fall for these things. I've known a number of people that have. I guess being in IT and working in that environment it's a little easier to spot a scam.