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Topic: New eBay fraud - second chance offers
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albatron@aol.com
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posted 02-28-2006 08:46 PM
   
As you all probably know, I recently sold a flown to the Moon on Apollo 15 flag for Al Worden on eBay. Today I received an email from one of the non winning bidders thanking me for the second chance offer and he'd be delighted. So I emailed him back and said I hate to disappoint you but, I did not send one and can you send me the email you got? It came from a yahoo email address (of course) not mine. Very well done email, replete with all legit eBay links, art, you name it. The email address of course, was the first giveaway...but it said in the email to send payment to the email address and for further info to respond through the "contact a member" link. Fortunately the person contacted me BEFORE sending in payment - but if you get a non winning bidder, beware of second chance offers. Soon's I figure out who to report this too I am. eBay of course, does not make contact easy. |
LT Scott Schneeweis
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posted 02-28-2006 09:28 PM
I receive these periodically...They are forwarded immediately to spoof@ebay.com for analysis/prosecution ------------------
Scott Schneeweis
URL http://www.SPACEAHOLIC.com/ |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-01-2006 05:29 AM
Yes, and if you ever get one of those with Paypal all over it, you forward those to spoof@paypal.com as well.[This message has been edited by ejectr (edited March 01, 2006).] |
albatron@aol.com
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posted 03-01-2006 06:41 AM
Thanks guy - I did forward those to the Spoof emails but Safe Harbor has a specific contact for this. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 03-01-2006 01:20 PM
Just move your mouse over the links and you'll see the address on the bottom. Usually some ISP or an IP address with show up.
I hate those things! I do know that I onece got suckered into logging into one of those Ebay ones, but got lucky and my foolishness didn't bite me. *whew*I know better now. Tom
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fabfivefreddy
Member Posts: 1067
From: Leawood, Kansas USA
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 03-01-2006 08:57 PM
Unfortunatley, fraud of all kinds is rampant on ebay. Buyer beware! -Tahir |
RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-03-2006 03:27 PM
I got an odd "ebay" contact seller email. The reply from the bidder, in this standard form contact letter, wanted to know when his items would be shipped. The problem is I have never sold anything ever on ebay and haven't purchased anything in months.The big omission in the letter was that there was no item description or item number. I forwarded it to ebay. |
spaceflori
Member Posts: 1499
From: Germany
Registered: May 2000
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posted 03-04-2006 01:18 AM
THE BEST ADVICE HERE IS :ONLY REPLY TO EMAILS THAT YOU ALSO SEE IN YOUR "MY EBAY" Message Center ! That way you can be sure that it's not a fake or spoof email. Florian ------------------
Flown artifacts, autographs and more !
www.spaceflori.com |
albatron@aol.com
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posted 03-04-2006 01:46 PM
Flo is correcto amundo. I just had one from someone threatening to call the police as they paid me and never received the item. I went to MY EBAY and of course it wasnt there. |
Joe Davies
Member Posts: 258
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 03-04-2006 01:49 PM
In the years that I have been using EBay I've seen it evolve from an enjoyable and good place to buy and sell with a few low-lifes, to a mine-field of crooks, wasters, and fraudsters.
Its now an extremely high risk venue to buy and sell.
Shame, but the reality is when you have a userid on Ebay you leave yourself open to every fraudster around.I dont see Ebay making any real efforts to protect their users, in the same way that they have never made any real effort to clean up their autograph sections. I would close with "caveat emptor" but these days it should be "user beware". |
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