Ebay allowing banner ads from scammers | eBay Café

cynical72 · 2021-03-30T13:48:48.014000Z

At the top of my screen just now was a banner ad telling me I could claim my "free gift" (below is a screenshot): I knew it was too good to be true but I clicked out of curiosity, and was taken to a page with a countdown timer where I was asked to answer questions about my age and gender. When I clicked to complete I was taken to another page filled with clickable gift boxes, and at the bottom of the page were a bunch of fake Facebook comments from fake accounts, all saying things like "I thought it was a joke but I received my iPhone today!" To my complete lack of surprise I was told I'd won an iPhone: Clicking the link would have taken me to a malicious phishing website. After some searching on Google it was apparent this scam has been doing the round for a while, offering people free PS5s which they would never receive. I'm very surprised and disappointed that Ebay is hosting these 'adverts'. DO NOT CLICK THEM. Ebay needs to sort this out ASAP.

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