Watch out ebay!
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From: Santa Clarita
Watch out ebay!
I have to let my friends in here know about this. I recently bid on a 34 Ford Coupe for a friend of mine who was interested in purchasing it. My friend was willing to buy it for $34,550 and that's what I bid on it. I spoke to the owner, who lives in Tennesse, and he has a reserve price of 46K on it. I got outbid by one other guy and the bidding ended. Nobody bid to the reserve price. Two days later, I get a email from this person, stating I have a second chance at getting the car, because the highest bidder could not afford to buy the car for the price he bid (37K). The name on the email was not the same as the owner. If I was interested, I would reply to his email and we could set up arrangements for payment and pickup of the car. WHAT A SCAM! I forwarded a copy of the email to ebay. My concern is, How many people sent this guy 34K and never got a car for it. You gotta be careful on ebay.
Hotshot
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
There are all kinds of "Phishing" schemes out there. They either tell me I have a problem with my account and if I don't "click below" and straighten it out I will be denied access. Then I have been sent messages from sellers asking when I am going to paid for the item I have won and if there is a dispute I again should "click below". The newest scam is someone telling me they want to buy the item I had for sell and they "now money have to buy item" or some other horrible english and I should email them by "clicking below". I get an average of one a week. It's kind of funny though, they always send them to an email address I don't use for eBay business. It's gotten to the point I don't report them to eBay anymore.
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From: Canada
Fake Email Ebay
I used to get them myself but they have slowed down considerably. Awhile ago I almost fell for one of the go to this link to update your account. A bell went off and I went to My Ebay Message, and the email was not there.
I contacted customer support, and they instructed me on how to foward it to Ebay.
Do not alter the message in any way, hit foward on your email, and send it to, spoof@ebay.com You will then receive a return message from Ebay shortly telling you it did not orginiate from Ebay.
The same with Pay Pal, foward unaltered message to spoof@paypal.com.
Remember don't ever give aany information sensitive to your account. Anyway thought I would reply to this posting as I am an Ebay member myself and know what its like getting these B.S. emails.
I contacted customer support, and they instructed me on how to foward it to Ebay.
Do not alter the message in any way, hit foward on your email, and send it to, spoof@ebay.com You will then receive a return message from Ebay shortly telling you it did not orginiate from Ebay.
The same with Pay Pal, foward unaltered message to spoof@paypal.com.
Remember don't ever give aany information sensitive to your account. Anyway thought I would reply to this posting as I am an Ebay member myself and know what its like getting these B.S. emails.
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From: BFE Palm Bay, Fla
Every single time I bid on something that is worth anything and lose, I ALWAYS GET one of those scam second chance emails. What a buncha doofuses... I'd love to kick the crap out of each and every one of them...
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
I ran into a similar situation with a jet ski. The auction said tha tonly approved bidders could bid on it. I emaile them to see what you had to do to be "approved" I never heard backf rom them. After the acution ended I emailed them to say I was still interested and I wanted to look at it. The auction was local. I got an almost instant response from them stating that they were in Canada and would sell it too me for a certian price air shipped to my door (it was an exceptionally good deal) I emailed them back and asked for verification of the vin#, trailer vin#, last state it was registered in anad then I offered to meet them either at my attorneys office or the local DMV office....
I never heard back from them
There are alot of scams out there. If youare plannign on buying an item for a considerable amount of money...do some research, cover your backside and don't commit until you know its all on the up and up
Thanks for the heads up on it
Bobby
I never heard back from them
There are alot of scams out there. If youare plannign on buying an item for a considerable amount of money...do some research, cover your backside and don't commit until you know its all on the up and up
Thanks for the heads up on it
Bobby
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From: Deridder, LA
awhilw back, i was going to get a rice burner to save gas....received an email from this guy with pictures and the works...he stated that he and his wife had just moved to England and had to sell everything in the US....the car was really in excellent shape and the price was perfect....he setup some kind of shipping stuff with Ebay logos on it..to verify, I called and emailed Ebay about the person...the next day, the auction was not on the website and they NEVER heard of the ebay seller's name....so what i was thinking that some people have hacked into ebay's website and used the format to gain $$$$$$.....So if you are an ebayer like me, check out the person's feedback and email Ebay about the seller before purchasing.....
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
It's not hard to make a fake real looking eBay message. A little HTML coding knowlege is all it takes. It's very easy to steal graphics from any web site.
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From: Minneapolis
I bid $4K on a truck that bid up to $12K, but did not meet Reserve. I got a second chance offer by email to buy it for $4K. The seller referred to the truck as his product. Ever hear someone refer to their F1 as a product?
If the email is real, it will come as a message on your ebay account. Otherwise, bogus.
If the email is real, it will come as a message on your ebay account. Otherwise, bogus.
