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Originally Posted by Orange
eBay doesn't work like that with the escrow thing. He'd have to make a fake website, assuming he hasn't already yet, if you contact him. I say go for it to waste his time  |
If you read some of the postings in the ATR's link from post #16, that appears to be exactly how the scam works.
Once you agree to make the purchase, you'll get sent a link to a page that mimics eBay Motors, but none of the links actually go to eBay addresses. Then, you send the money - using a money transfer service - to the "escrow holding company". Once they get your money, they don't care anymore and can abandon the email address they contacted you with and start the scam again (or continue all of the other scams they're running).