{"id":27725,"date":"2017-08-25T18:03:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T22:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27725"},"modified":"2017-08-25T18:03:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T22:03:41","slug":"dan-warns-of-more-fraudulent-ebay-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/dan-warns-of-more-fraudulent-ebay-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan warns of more fraudulent eBay items"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes:<\/p>\n

There’s been a new flurry of these posts on eBay, always the WJ 8711A. These items have prohibited listing practices, and should be ignored — definitely not something to bid on. I have reported these on numerous occasions to Ebay, which has expressed appreciation, but they keep coming back. Location is often listed as Pennsylvania, and other states.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Example of item title<\/p><\/div>\n

And they can’t even get the spelling right!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for the heads-up and warning, Dan!<\/p>\n

It’s frustrating and I assume it’s a scammer who has hijacked valid<\/em> eBay seller accounts. The seller above, for example, has 16,000+ feedbacks 99.7% positive. \u00a0TIn every way, the top of the listing appears to be valid.<\/p>\n

But if you scroll down the page, you’ll find this message:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Let’s be clear: If you ever see the message above, you are viewing a fraudulent eBay listing!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The scammer actually embeds the convoluted BuyItNow message above as a graphic in the eBay listing. \u00a0This makes it difficult for eBay to automatically find the scammers and delete the postings.<\/p>\n

Many thanks, Dan, for apprising us of the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: There’s been a new flurry of these posts on eBay, always the WJ 8711A. These items have prohibited listing practices, and should be ignored — definitely not something to bid on. I have reported these on numerous occasions to Ebay, which has expressed appreciation, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43],"tags":[2635,331,6212,3779],"class_list":["post-27725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-ebay","tag-ebay-scams","tag-watkins-johnson-8718amfp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7db","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47787,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/dan-notes-that-premium-receiver-scammers-are-back-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":27725,"position":0},"title":"Dan notes that premium receiver scammers are back on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"February 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, for the following guest post: Premium Receiver Scammer(s) Back by Dan Robinson From time to time here on SWLing Post, we have alerted readers to scammers using multiple eBay addresses to attempt to rip off unsuspecting potential buyers and using old photographs\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-13_190437-AEG-Photo-on-desk.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-13_190437-AEG-Photo-on-desk.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-13_190437-AEG-Photo-on-desk.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-13_190437-AEG-Photo-on-desk.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-13_190437-AEG-Photo-on-desk.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-13_190437-AEG-Photo-on-desk.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26088,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/buyer-beware-dan-shows-us-how-to-spot-a-scam-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":27725,"position":1},"title":"Buyer Beware: Dan shows us how to spot a scam on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"May 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: This is an example of a classic scam -- and these are usually seen involving Watkins-Johnson 8711\/A receivers. 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