On 10/08/2018 12:33 PM, pianovt via Groups.Io wrote:

Dave, I agree that the internet was not meant for e-commerce and really
lacks in terms of security. In this case, the domain name is

3262345523.site

The standard should really not allow any other text in front of the
domain name. It's just asking for a scam.

Yes, but "text in front of the domain name" is how subdomains work.
Nearly all large networks use subdomains, sometimes as many has five
levels deep. In the case of the fake web page being discussed,
"www.ebay.com" is a fully legitimate subdomain of domain "3262345523.site".

The problem here is scumbags on one end and people not paying
attention on the other end. Of course, as with anything else, when the
scumbags get better at fooling people, it becomes less our fault and
more their fault, as is what seems to be happening here. I myself would
probably have spotted the fraudulent page, but only because I ran very
large (tens of thousands of domains) DNS servers years ago, and I run a
couple of good-sized ones (hundreds of domains) now. Any other
reasonable person may not notice it at all.

...just like any reasonable person may not notice a modified ATM with
an added card-harvesting fixture, or a scam phone call from the IRS.

-Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

Number named sites are quite common originating in China for reasons I can only guess at.

Dave
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Dave, I agree that the internet was not meant for e-commerce and really lacks in terms of security. In this case, the domain name is

3262345523.site

The standard should really not allow any other text in front of the domain name. It's just asking for a scam.

Vladan

On 10/08/2018 12:09 PM, pianovt via Groups.Io wrote:

Aside from the obvious weekend ebay scam, there is something very
disturbing here. I am talking about how well they disguised their web
site URL.



I generally check a URL (at least superficially) before clicking on it.
This URL probably would have fooled me. This kind of a scam could happen
anywhere outside of ebay. For example, they could have set up a phony
Amazon web site using the same method. It looks like it was a really bad
idea to allow URLs with a string of text in front of the domain name.

A URL *is* a string of text, adhering to certain conventions, nothing
more. There is no way to differentiate what constitutes the domain name
other than presenting it to a resolver to execute a DNS query.

Remember, this entire thing was designed before we started allowing
scumbags access to the Internet. We are now using it for things that it
was never designed to be used for. People would do well to keep that in
mind as they use it, but of course they won't.

-Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

Aside from the obvious weekend ebay scam, there is something very disturbing here. I am talking about how well they disguised their web site URL.



I generally check a URL (at least superficially) before clicking on it. This URL probably would have fooled me. This kind of a scam could happen anywhere outside of ebay. For example, they could have set up a phony Amazon web site using the same method. It looks like it was a really bad idea to allow URLs with a string of text in front of the domain name.

Vladan

I reported it to eBay who say they are aware that its a scam, as is pretty much everything else listed under his name. The scam items are all listed as being outside of the USA. As Paul says the genuine seller has posted a note saying that he's been hacked and that unless the listing is for engraving within the US it's a scam.

Its a scam - the payment method via external link is the tell.

Seen these many times before.

the buy now method violates eBay laws.

I suggest everyone clicks on the "Report Now" link so it gets removed ASAP.

the same scammer is posting quite a few adds, here's another one...



regards

Tim

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Try to visit his shop. He says he has been hacked.

Paul G8AQA.

A 9 GHz Agilent PNA network analyzer for ?2250.?

Note it is running as an auction, but the auction says that it is buy it now. If anyone is bidding, I would not send any money without contacting eBay first.

Dave, G8WRB.

There are many many items with that modus operandii. A month ago or so many were for HP3458a; frequently the same photo/item was located in multiple continents.

Apart from the point you mention, red flags:

* what has the other vendor sold
* very short term auction
* starting price <?10
* link to a disguised non-ebay site