Suspicious RS4 ad on eBay?

[isb]

Does this seem suspicious to you guys?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-...3597#mainImage

Says private seller, but photos look like they are from an Audi dealer lot. "I will sell for $35,000. Please contact me." Just phishing? Bidding is already >$35k.

Cheers, Ian

[wwb4]

Definitely a scam!

[JetBlue]

You should send a cashier check immediately!

[lfloodt]

$35k = definately suspicious. the guy has pretty good feedback though. i don't really get it....

[lfloodt]

also i guess none of his feedback is for a $35k item tho, looks like printer cartridges and stuff....

[wwb4]

$35k = definately suspicious. the guy has pretty good feedback though. i don't really get it....

It happens all the time on eBay...... accounts get compromised via phishing so that these scammers can use accounts that have been established and/or have good feedback so unsuspecting buyers/bidders are more apt to believe it's a legit auction and go through with the purchase and/or at least send a deposit.

[Lugi20]

Its past $40K a few hours after this was pinned up...

[Stevelev]

Its past $40K a few hours after this was pinned up...

Unless it was a "buy it now" price of $35k, doubtful its a scam. I'm guessing the seller knew the car is worth considerably more and was stating a "low reserve" to get the bidding started. Then again I'm a trusting soul so

[quattro.it]

Other than the price it looks legit. Without checking it's probably worth $55-60k. Tempting to bid on it....

[AVANT-GARDE]

Two possibilities.

The only thing WRONG with it is the dudes financial state - and hes sacrificing it to save his ass.

Or its an April fools joke.

[PenguiN]

LOL... the guy sells staple cartridges and all of a sudden hes selling a sports saloon.... scam X 10

[PenguiN]

leave him a message and tell him that he needs to directly contact you to secure the sale.

[FastB7S4]

It happens all the time on eBay...... accounts get compromised via phishing so that these scammers can use accounts that have been established and/or have good feedback so unsuspecting buyers/bidders are more apt to believe it's a legit auction and go through with the purchase and/or at least send a deposit.

Happened to me just recently. They changed my eBay password and email password so I couldn't access either one. Luckily, eBay caught it and placed the account on hold before they could do anything. I was able to regain access to eBay and email accounts and change my password. Luckily, no harm was done.

[turbo kraut]

or it is possible that the guy works for a delership.... and he is ebaying the car for the ship.... maybe they have never done it before and he told the boss to try it, and before setting up one for the ship, they used his


that is what i did when i was selling cars...... i put a couple on ebay for my salesmanager... using my personal account

[FastB7S4]

Yeah, but did you list it as private sale or dealer? Could be the guy works at a dealer and is just selling his own personal car.

[Louis J.]

It happens all the time on eBay...... accounts get compromised via phishing so that these scammers can use accounts that have been established and/or have good feedback so unsuspecting buyers/bidders are more apt to believe it's a legit auction and go through with the purchase and/or at least send a deposit.

I bet this is exactly what's going on. That's what happened with the blue 07 S4 that was recently listed with a buy-it now of $25k.

[isb]

OK - this seems to confirm it is a scam. It proviously had been bid up to $40k, in excess of the reserve. Now it's at just over $3k with reserve not met:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-...em260225093597

[FastB7S4]

Yeah, and check out the bidding history.

[Tiesto]

I bet this is exactly what's going on. That's what happened with the blue 07 S4 that was recently listed with a buy-it now of $25k.

How did you find that out?

[sykotoyRS4]

its only up to 3k where do u get "its past 35k" from?

[isb]

Bidding was at $40,100 for a while, then it suddenly dropped down to just over $3k, with 18 hours to go. My guess is that the account is hi-jacked and the hi-jacker is pfishing for other user accounts. If you look at the bid history, you'll see that a number of the earlier bids were cancelled with "Please contact me for more information".

[Louis J.]

How did you find that out?

The "seller" had a handle with a dealership's name. I googled the dealership, found the phone number and called. It turns out it's a a 50 year-old franchise with eight dealerships. I spoke to the manager about the auction and he explained someone hacked into their computer system and hijacked their ebay account, posting a number of bogus car auctions.