The (almost) best scam I ever faced - University Magikarp

This is a common, reoccurring Ebay scam.

Here’s another thread about it

Here is how this scam works:

  1. Scrape and save expensive pokemon listings.
  2. Identify a high feedback account that has been compromised - make sure you don’t reuse the same email/password combination across websites! Usually this account has nothing to do with Pokemon.
  3. Log into account, automatically insert fake, expensive Pokemon listings, probably using Ebay API.
  4. Redirect people off Ebay via email, ask for f&f or bitcoin or some other non-refundable methods of payment.
  5. Profit.

These listing will typically something that looks like this as the second image.

For example, this “Trains Tracks and More” account was a recent victim the account has since been deactivated, here was one of the listings: https://www.ebay.com/itm/166370695285

Screenshots I took before the account went down:









Don’t fall victim!

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