How to judge whether the ebay account is hijacked?

sysboy

Recently I received a Second Chance Offer on this item, the final price of which is 140, but my max bid price is only 50. There is no item description, just only some pictures.

The winning buyer just registered in the same day with the item ending day. However, after only one day the buyer has received the positive feedback. The seller has 66 feedbacks and 100% Positive. So I think the seller account might be a hijacked one or the seller is a scammer.

Sorry I dont know if it is good to post the item number or the seller ID here, but I think we should avoid such scammers.

The problem is how to judge whether the account is hijacked or not even if it has a nice feedback? Thanks.

frivolous_fay

Is this related to this thread?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=923789

sysboy

There is no direct relationship with that thread. This is another case. Thanks

Premier_2

You bid a maximum of £50 and the item sold for £140?

That could only happen if there was a £140 reserve in place from the start or you were quite a way down the bidding list (i.e someone else excluding the winner also bid beating you)

It could happen though that the seller has 2 or more identical items to sell, but one wonders why they are prepared to sell 1 of those for about 1/3 of the apparent value.

Regarding the winner who achieved positive feedback within 1 day, this could have occurred if that feedback was because they bought or sold an item with collection in person.

From what you say, I doubt the seller with 66 feedback has had their account hijacked. The new account could be ashill bidding account acting on behalf of the seller which would explain the high value they bid, but not necessarily so.

Also, you bid 50 quid on an item with no written description?
A genuine SCO is always exactly the same as the original item listing, except for the item number and the fact that it is only available to you as a BIN at the price you bid.

If in any doubt, do not accept the 2nd chance offer - you are under no obligation to do so.

sysboy

Thanks Premier.
I mean my maximum bid is only 50, but the final bid price is 140. However, the seller gave me a Second Chance Offer. Of course I will not accept it.

soolin

AS premier has said if the auction was won at £140 and yet you have a second chance offer of £50 then there were two much higher bidders than you. That doesn't necessarily mean the SCO is fraudulent, it might just be that there is a limited market for this item and seller is trying to get whatever he can while he has 'live ' buyers. This scenario would of course only apply if the item was freely available, ie if it is a unique one off item then it is also an obvious scam as I can't see at least two other bidders withdrawing within 24 hours of auction end.

All second chance offers will show in your 'my ebay' if it is in there then at least it came via ebay, if it was just a direct email then it is definitely a scam.

However, my concerns here are firstly no description on original auction which either shows a naive seller or who one is possibly hiding something.