Ebay fraud alert

nechesh · 18th March 2005, 08:10 PM

Apparently our friend Mr. Fortune is quite ambitious. Here's a list of his other auctions. I can instantly see 2 others lifted from Derreck and i suspect that he owns none of the items he is attempting to sell:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZgoodQ5ffortune888
Now that's pretty ballsy if you ask me!

Rick · 18th March 2005, 08:18 PM

Has anyone notified ebay yet ?
I see they're still up .

nechesh · 18th March 2005, 08:53 PM

Yeah Rick, but i only sent them a list of 4 auction numbers, since these were all auction i know belong to Derreck. But i seriously suspect ALL 9 of his auctions are the same deal.

Rick · 18th March 2005, 09:09 PM

I contacted Derreck directly .

I'm afraid we may be entering a new wave of fraud auctions all over ebay .
There is qiute a bit of chatter in the ebay security forums about this .

Fortunately most of these *Sellers*

are from mainland China so seller location can help in identifying frauds .

Mare Rosu · 18th March 2005, 09:15 PM

All nine items are now canceled by eBay.
Someone need to be thanked for this action.

LabanTayo · 19th March 2005, 04:01 AM

last year, i had someone from china email through ebay trying to sell moro kris's. the funny thing is, the pics were from federico's site. i passed it along to federico. i never heard back from that person.
blatant ignorance.....

Ian · 19th March 2005, 04:41 AM

Thanks for keeping such a watchful eye.

Federico · 19th March 2005, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LabanTayo

last year, i had someone from china email through ebay trying to sell moro kris's. the funny thing is, the pics were from federico's site. i passed it along to federico. i never heard back from that person.
blatant ignorance.....

What got me once, was one person tried to sell me a sword with pics from my site as well. I can get the idea of trying to con someone with stolen pics, but I thought it hilarious they were trying to con the person they stole the pics from.

Radu Transylvanicus · 14th April 2005, 07:59 AM

Is really ,,Made in China,, synonimous with disaster in every E-bay transaction ? Should we absolutely refrain from buying such or just a simple ,,caveat emptor,, ... aside from being politically incorect can someone tell me something on this matter ?

18th March 2005, 09:15 PM	#5
Mare Rosu Deceased Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA, DEEP SOUTH, GEORGIA, Y'all hear? Posts: 121	GONE All nine items are now canceled by eBay. Someone need to be thanked for this action.

19th March 2005, 04:41 AM	#7
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,512	Good job guys. Thanks for keeping such a watchful eye.

18th March 2005, 08:10 PM	#1
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Apparently our friend Mr. Fortune is quite ambitious. Here's a list of his other auctions. I can instantly see 2 others lifted from Derreck and i suspect that he owns none of the items he is attempting to sell: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZgoodQ5ffortune888 Now that's pretty ballsy if you ask me!

18th March 2005, 08:18 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	Has anyone notified ebay yet ? I see they're still up .

18th March 2005, 08:53 PM	#3
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Yeah Rick, but i only sent them a list of 4 auction numbers, since these were all auction i know belong to Derreck. But i seriously suspect ALL 9 of his auctions are the same deal.

18th March 2005, 09:09 PM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	I contacted Derreck directly . I'm afraid we may be entering a new wave of fraud auctions all over ebay . There is qiute a bit of chatter in the ebay security forums about this . Fortunately most of these Sellers are from mainland China so seller location can help in identifying frauds .

19th March 2005, 04:01 AM	#6
LabanTayo Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kansas City Posts: 177	last year, i had someone from china email through ebay trying to sell moro kris's. the funny thing is, the pics were from federico's site. i passed it along to federico. i never heard back from that person. blatant ignorance.....

14th April 2005, 07:59 AM	#9
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	Is really ,,Made in China,, synonimous with disaster in every E-bay transaction ? Should we absolutely refrain from buying such or just a simple ,,caveat emptor,, ... aside from being politically incorect can someone tell me something on this matter ?