What's new in the world of scams and ScamWarners.
by TerranceBoyce Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:27 pm
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2014/04/28/fraudsters-modify-ebay-listings-with-javascript-redirects-and-proxies.html

Fraudulent classified ads posted on eBay have been exploiting an opportunity to establish convincing attacks against potential car buyers. Simply viewing one of the sneaky eBay ads causes the victim's browser to instead request the same listing via an intermediate server, which subtly modifies the content of the page to the fraudster's advantage.


We get a mention too.

The Scamwarners forum has documented similar cases of suspected fraudulent activity on the car trading website Autotrader.


What I lack in understanding the article, I make up for in being relentless and remorseless in warning against the fraudulent adverts.

CAR ADVERTS - If a car seller mentions escrow - he's scamming you Never ever for any reason pay anything until you have seen and inspected the vehicle
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