Scam Warning

[avro]

A fully overhauled Lotus Twin Cam cylinder head is currently listed on EBay and advertised as being available from Germany. A few days ago the same head was listed as being available in Italy
This particular Head was one that l had overhauled some time ago and had sold from the same site to a UK buyer.
The single picture being used in the current listing is one that l had taken when l originally sold this head and l still have a copy.
I had contacted EBay and they removed the listing but it has now reappeared. I will do so again but who knows which country the scammer will use to advertise it from next.

Nick Stagg

[trw99]

Thanks for the head's up, Nick.

Tim

[promotor]

A fully overhauled Lotus Twin Cam cylinder head is currently listed on EBay and advertised as being available from Germany. A few days ago the same head was listed as being available in Italy
This particular Head was one that l had overhauled some time ago and had sold from the same site to a UK buyer.
The single picture being used in the current listing is one that l had taken when l originally sold this head and l still have a copy.
I had contacted EBay and they removed the listing but it has now reappeared. I will do so again but who knows which country the scammer will use to advertise it from next.

Nick Stagg

I saw that yesterday and knew it was a photo of one of your heads - I submitted a report to Ebay but never got a response from them.
Scammers are trying it on everywhere unfortunately.

[sng]

This is a great example of what is wrong with large internet companies and the law: -

The ebay item is obviously a scam as it encourages you to bypass all the eBay processes by contacting and paying for the goods directly with the vendor. This will be in contravention to eBay policies, this should make it a no brainer for eBay to remove the item and cancel the vendors account. eBay should have never allowed the entry in the first place and should remove it as soon as it is highlighted by an eBay user.

In my opinion eBay should be accountable for any fraud that occurs as they know the entry is a scam but have failed to act in a timely manner to remove it. Especially in this case as it plainly contravenes eBay policy so no ambiguity here.

A big thanks to all members who try to protect Lotus fans from scammers if only eBay played their part.

[Donels]

Ref eBay, do not purchase the following brake flaring tool from eBay as they’re made of ‘cheese’. The 1st one failed after four flares and the vender sent me another one FOC which failed on the first flare. He’s not replied to my request for a refund.

[tonyabacus]

I have over time contacted eBay about potential scam adverts and have to say the people I have spoken to have been very proactive in dealing with each case. I think it would be very difficult to vet each advert as it was being placed due to the volume concerned. It may take a while to spot the scammer and that is where we come in. For instance many of our members know more about Lotus items than the staff looking at the ads, so we can flag up to them items that appear to be a scam.

As to the repeat ads from different places that is another lesson we need to be learn from, in that we know from what happens in other areas of our society, that scammers are very cunning and innovative. But it is thanks to those vigilant individuals within our group, that we can alert not only eBay but also our members to potential frauds and scamming