Is this the one still doing the rounds...SCAM..

[paul mc c]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASTRO-PHYSICS-1100GTO-GERMAN-EQUATORIAL-TELESCOPE-MOUNT-PASILL4-NEW/124174023152?hash=item1ce95939f0%3Ag%3AWVwAAOSwr3NergqM&LH_Auction=1

[Craney]

The listing has a name and an address at the bottom..  ??   ......  how does that work ??

[paul mc c]

But they won't allow pick up....

 

 

[david_taurus83]

Its listed in multiple locations. I've reported it a few times

[paul mc c]

13 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

Its listed in multiple locations. I've reported it a few times

Thought that...

[Cornelius Varley]

40 minutes ago, Craney said:

The listing has a name and an address at the bottom..  ??   ......  how does that work ??

The genuine account gets hacked into.

[Davey-T]

Just now, Cornelius Varley said:

The genuine account gets hacked into.

It seems depressingly easy to do this 😥 maybe if they put as much effort into preventing it as they do tracking our every move it could be stopped.

Dave

[Big Jim Slade]

Whoever they are they seem to go in bursts, I suppose when they get some new accounts to try. Reported a listing for an 8x10 camera that was using pics from a recent legitimate auction just this morning.

[Pete Presland]

Its been removed now, i have seen a few items like this. Ebay do seem to care about this sort of scam, especially as they make no money from it.  Amazon and Ebay are both great sites when things are good, but you really do have to tread carefully on both of them. 

Edited May 3, 2020 by Pete Presland