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Re: Briggs Ebay scam again
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2019, 09:19:33 AM »

Have you reported this?
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Re: Briggs Ebay scam again
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2019, 09:32:01 AM »

I see that the scammer is back again, up to his old tricks!
Satisfy my curiosity - how do you tell this is a scam? I don't know, because I never buy
stuff on eBay - I'm an innocent abroad in this area...

The same vendor has just been flagged on concertina.net for offering a concertina which
has been identified as a scam.
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Re: Briggs Ebay scam again
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2019, 09:33:45 AM »

It is interesting to browse his other items.  A wide variety of stuff; all of it allegedly in London, while the vendor’s address is given as Humberside.  Each of the text descriptions state that the item is available only as a (rather inflated) buy it now price, they all seem to be only available for a few hours or a day or so, and, despite the text expectation of buy it now, each seems to have a small current offer with just a few bids amounting to a few pounds.

Very odd.  I wonder if he ever gets any takers.  Looking at his feedback, admittedly only the first couple of pages of 361, it appears that he only ever sells stamps and similar stuff: coins, medals etc.  And in most cases the original price was not made, ‘best offer accepted.’  Perhaps he lives in a fantasy world.  Not so different from many of us.
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Re: Briggs Ebay scam again
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2019, 09:34:11 AM »

Look at the item description where you are invited to pay outside ebay.
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2019, 09:49:46 AM »

I've attempted to report this and a single manual harpsichord to eBay. Computer says no.
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« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2019, 10:00:20 AM »

I have reported it to E Bay.
The reason for the feedback on stamps etc is because that feedback belongs to the Humberside vendor's E Bay details, which he has hijacked/hacked, and not to him.

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Re: Briggs Ebay scam again
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2019, 10:11:48 AM »

You would think that ebay would have taken him down one way or another. We can call it a scam but the technical term is fraud which is a serious criminal offence.
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Re: Briggs Ebay scam again
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2019, 10:50:56 AM »

I tried to report it, as usual, but the drop down list thingy wouldn't work.
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« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2019, 10:52:55 AM »

The more people who report it the more attention it will get at Ebay.  It's also worth looking at the sellers other fraudulent offerings and reporting a selection of those too.  I also usually report some as fraudulent, and some as "avoiding eBay fees".  The cynical among us might think that a threat to eaby's income will get a quicker response, but I think there is another reason that this gets acted upon more quickly.  When ebay look at these listings they can see immediately that the payment is being requested outside ebay.  It is may take longer for them to establish that the item does not belong to the ebay member.
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« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2019, 10:56:56 AM »

I tried to report it, as usual, but the drop down list thingy wouldn't work.
I found that clicking on the wee arrow in each box didn't work either, but clicking just above them did.

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Re: Briggs Ebay scam again
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2019, 11:12:13 AM »

The arrows do not work. You have to click on the text beginning with "Select.............."

I have spoken to an Ebay agent and the listings will be removed.
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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2019, 11:59:40 AM »


I have spoken to an Ebay agent and the listings will be removed.

Not very quickly.....
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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2019, 12:31:16 PM »

I see that the scammer is back again, up to his old tricks!
Satisfy my curiosity - how do you tell this is a scam?

The biggest clue is that this is a reoccurring event.
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