eBay Fraud?

[John Vasco]

On a guitar forum that I visit regularly, there is an increasing influx of top name guitars being faked out of China. Some of the members on that forum take the following steps:
1. Contact the 'rip off' seller and advise him of the fake and suggest they take it down;
2. contact e-bay and advise them of the fake auction;
3. If that fails, two will bid ludicrous amounts to, in effect, blitz the auction away: one will bid $1million, the other $1million + 1 dollar.
4. The rip off person's attempt at fraud is blown away. There is no way they will try to pursue the sale to its conclusion. One less con on e-bay.
What the forum members do is not totally 'correct' in these PC times, but all too often e-bay does nothing in spite of being advised about bogus/false/fake auctions.