No it's not a scam. I thought that at first. Until I realized the person with the high bid can bid as high as they want and it will only show the bid to bet whoever just bid. Exsample: #1 bids 1 / #2 bids 200, but all that it will show is a high bid of 2 / #1 (or whoever) bids 50, then it will show you have been out bid and the bid now is 51. This will go on until someone bids over 200. Does that make any sense?