Ebay scam: listings re-directing to look alike sites http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-K

bxboards

Hi Just found a pretty clever scam on Ebay - high value items are listed at 0.99 and then re-directed within a second to a copy-cat site Here is the original listing: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-KD-65X9005A-65-3D-1080p-HD-LED-LCD-Internet-TV-/261999481142 Very hard to report as the re-direct is so fast (I had to install noscript to block the re-direct code This is a new one on me!

ballisticbrian

Forgive me if I don't want to click on the link.

Pierre_De_Grenoble

would be interesting to know how long eBay take to end these listings, after they are reported. I won't look myself just in case there's some other nasty code on the page.

bxboards

ballisticbrian wrote: »

Forgive me if I don't want to click on the link.

Yeah, that's fair enough

The re-directs go to a website call bulkbuyuk.com but is an Ebay clone - it wants you to re-enter login details again naturally, so probably will harvest loads of ID's and passwords.

About the only way to stop the re-direct is to install 'noscript' from what I can see, so it's a cross site hack.

ballisticbrian

One way I can think of reporting it for a quick response is to send the link to spoof @ ebay.com ? I think I have that right anyway.

bxboards

Here is a screenshot of the re-direct scam website - quite a cunning scam as the re-direct is almost instant.

mrcol1000

Pierre_De_Grenoble wrote: »

would be interesting to know how long eBay take to end these listings, after they are reported. I won't look myself just in case there's some other nasty code on the page.

Has been taken off now. I am surprised that Ebay can not automatically detect redirect things such as this.

bxboards

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Has been taken off now. I am surprised that Ebay can not automatically detect redirect things such as this.

You'd think so.. I reported the original listing and it went within an hour, but I can see this sort of attack all over Ebay today from various IDs. I can't spend all day reporting these - Ebay should be more pro-active in killing the listings at source.

Another:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEC-MultiSync-X551S-55-1080p-HD-LED-LCD-Television-/201404902407

motorguy

bxboards wrote: »

You'd think so.. I reported the original listing and it went within an hour, but I can see this sort of attack all over Ebay today from various IDs. I can't spend all day reporting these - Ebay should be more pro-active in killing the listings at source.

Another:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEC-MultiSync-X551S-55-1080p-HD-LED-LCD-Television-/201404902407

Once they realise they might be losing revenue they'll be on it like a rash

Pierre_De_Grenoble

motorguy wrote: »

Once they realise they might be losing revenue they'll be on it like a rash

I tend to think that if a solution requires a little work and expense (ie staff) than eBay on the whole will do nothing. Haven't these redirect scams been on the go for years??

Pierre_De_Grenoble

Another thought, is that it must be possible for eBay to run a search for the specific "redirect" code in their listings and eliminate the lot on the entire site in one hit..