New Santa Cruz Blur XC Carbon on ebay for £1200 Buy In Now…

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SANTA-CRUZ-BLUR-XC-CARBON-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-XT-ROCK-SHOX-MD-/350715709400?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item51a84907d8&_uhb=1

This looks decidedly dodgy obviously.

#1 How would the genuine Tesco come in to possession of a new MTB worth several thousand pounds?
#2 How can this user trade using the Tesco name (as it looks highly doubtful this is the real supermarket)?
#3 The contact address goes to a non-descript industrial estate in Swansea and Street View doesn’t suggest there is anywhere where a “tesco Outlet” may be located

What is the deal with all of this? Apparently over 170,000 customers which is confusing if indeed shady.

It looks as though someone has hacked the genuine Tesco account to try and divert funds to an unrelated (fake) email with the buy it now price…

Oh how I would love this bike for those pennies but with experience- if it looks and feels to good to be true then it probably is!!!

Staff member selling under the name? Could be dodgy but surely no-one stealing an eBay ID is stupid enough to use one like that?

That looks hookier than a hooky thing on St Hookies day during the festival of hooky

Dont bid on ebay – mail them instead, oh right 🙂

Scam for sure. Avoid, or outbid me. 🙂

I think Tesco might like to know their account has been hacked (assuming the Tesco account is actually genuine)…

Looking at other items sold it does look like a genuine tesco store. However the mode of selling on this particular ad, the email this gmail address thing, is not like any of the other stuff they sell. I reckon someone dodgy has managed to sneak this on.

I think Tesco might like to know their account has been hacked

Already reported.

If the scammer had put a bit more effort in, it would have been much harder to spot. The rest of the listings (other than the fancy bikes) appear to be real.

Googled the email, few scams pop up

Hmm just spotted the white trainer in the bottom corner of the photo… definitely dodgy!

I think Tesco might like to know their account has been hacked (assuming the Tesco account is actually genuine)…

Looking at the other items for sale, it looks like the genuine Tesco’s.

I guessing someone has hacked their account, placed the ad and will scam someone.

Hmm on the phone so only just read the description. It would appear someone would be that stupid! Equally, no one is really stupid enough to follow the email and “by it now” are they……… really?…

The genuine contact listing in the business details section shows a different email address

Business seller information
Tesco Outlet
Field of Dreams
Olympus Court,
Swansea Vale
Swansea
SA7 0AQ
United Kingdom

Phone:01792 761820
Email:theteam@tesco-outlet.co.uk
VAT number: GB 220430231

I have seen a few very similar ads recently for S-work bikes both road and mtb. They seem to get removed very quickly presumably by ebay. The body of the ad always looks the same or very similar so beware.

Somethings not right here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-SPECIALIZED-S-WORKS-STUMPJUMPER-CARBON-29er-LARGE-/290863311088?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item43b8cde8f0

And others

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intense-951-FRO-DH-bike-/290863311027?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item43b8cde8b3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-SPECIALIZED-S-WORKS-STUMPJUMPER-CARBON-29er-LARGE-/290863311088?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item43b8cde8f0

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moots-Mooto-XZ-29er-Titanium-Mountain-Bike-/400413209909?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item5d3a7cb535

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COLNAGO-50th-ANNIVERSARY-/290863311006?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item43b8cde89e

Love the description on the Moots

This bicycle was built in June of 2010. I am only selling because I am getting a pro-deal ?team bike? from my sponsor. I would say that this Moots ?dream bike? is best suited to someone 5?10? or larger! The suspension is ideal for a heavier, X games aggressive rider. ll be happy to answer any and all questions about this bicycle and also ?show? the bicycle locally, if you happen to be in Ottawa

Weird so did they buy some bankrupt stock?

Why do you have to e-mail. Why not just put a buy it now price. Is it so they can vet the buyer?

Weird so did they buy some bankrupt stock?

Why do you have to e-mail. Why not just put a buy it now price. Is it so they can vet the buyer?

No, definately scammer, they have been hacked. 🙁

Just asked. Seller if I will get my club card points 😀

Emailed him to ask about how to buy at 1200 quid
Interested in if he’ll sell to me now I’m the highest bidder on eBay at 1220

These scammers have been at it for ages, and they always hack shops with lots of items for sale as they are less likely to notice it.
After you report them, ebay dont take long to remove them.

They have sold on ebay before.I recognise the e mail address. I was looking for a cannondale flash and he had one for £1500.00. I think i managed to trace his postcode to a bungalow in gloucester or shropshire. Was very very cagey about it. He had several bikes advertised. All were pulled at same time.

Use the report listing button and let ebay know. I have (breaching payment terms).

I do this quite a lot if something looks dodgy, it usually gets removed within a day.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-SPECIALIZED-S-WORKS-STUMPJUMPER-CARBON-29er-LARGE-/290863311088?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item43b8cde8f0

Current bids are at 89 grand????…can we do deal with Paypal gift to avoid the charges?

I know someone who fell for this on another product- only his cost him 4k.

Once you email them as requested you are asked to pay by banks transfer, a very official looking ebay invoice comes through your email. When I advised my friend to contact them by phone a mail came back saying they had recently had a throut operation so couldn’t speak.

It was my friends first and last encounter on Ebay! Once I realised he had paid by Bank Transfer I googled the adress to find I t was a hire shop in Scotland- who had never heard of him.

The Police and bank were contacted and the account was set up in Cambridge but had been shut down once they had received his money and neithe the P olice or Bank took it any further.

I have over 400 transactions and believe if its too good to be true it often is!

Email just in

MC015 Security notice: eBay listing removed

The listing was removed because the item appears to have been listed without the account holder’s permission. At this time, we’re restoring the account to its original owner.

That’s good richpips, I also reported all of these items. I had not seen scammers selling through well established shops before so it is a good eye opener.

The thing that always gets me though is how the scammer get so much right (like using the trusted Tesco Outlet as a cover which must have taken a fair bit of doing to hack the account) but then make so little effort elsewhere. A bit better grammar, a background in the traditional Tesco colours and an email like tesco-outlet@gmail.com would have been hard to spot…

shotsaway – Member
The genuine contact listing in the business details section shows a different email address

Business seller information
Tesco Outlet
Field of Dreams
Olympus Court,
Swansea Vale
Swansea
SA7 0AQ
United Kingdom
Phone:01792 761820
Email:theteam@tesco-outlet.co.uk
VAT number: GB 220430231

“If we build it, they will come”

I’ve had this happen to my eBay account – logged in one day to find lots of questions about “the car”, had a look and I was apparently selling a rather nice looking Porsche 911 for a bargain price.

No idea how they got my account, no evidence of malware or anything on my computers, eBay password not common with any other accounts I have, not been phished, still a total mystery. Got the listing pulled, changed my password and not had any probs since (a good few years now). I’d love to know how it happened.