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Valued Member
 United States
200 Posts |
Quote:You should probably report this to ebay and forward them the message that you received so that they can do their best to prevent it from happening again. That was my initial thought but I could not find a way to do so. I found a place to report member but in this case, I am sure the ebay member mentioned in the email is also a victim. |
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
All the more reason to notify ebay. If the email sender's account has been hacked, they may not be aware of it. So notifying ebay can prevent the scam from spreading and keep others from being suckered. Just because you figured out it was a scam don't assume others are smart enough to do the same. |
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Valued Member
United States
380 Posts |
Have you tried to contact the actual seller and just ask him if he knows about this deal?
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Valued Member
United States
200 Posts |
Finally got to the end of this fraud. Got a very ebay like email asking for payment with few differences. Payment method: Complete the payment in three easy steps: 1. Find a Western Union location (click here) 2. Send the payment to payment address below : Some London address And for good measure, highlighted in red was this text: Note : Sending the payment through any other method than Western Union will void this transaction and your Purchase Protection rights! In the end, it turned out to be a standard Western Union fraud. |
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Valued Member
United States
200 Posts |
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Have you tried to contact the actual seller and just ask him if he knows about this deal? Yes, actually I did contact the seller. Looks like I was not the only one to have got that email. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
815 Posts |
For something that big, either do it through ebay, or request an itemized invoice through paypal, sent registered mail. Unless the price is 10-15% below spot, I would walk away. If it's any lower than 15% below, it's 100% a scam. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
Egads! The old "...go to Western Union and wire your payment to..." scam! I guess some things never lose their popularity. If the scammers are already mining ebay accounts, they'll soon up their game into mining the Bitcoin system. That should happen later this year (if they're not doing it already). |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1192 Posts |
Sure sounds like a phishing scam. Don't ever click through any links you get in your email unless you are absolutely sure of the source. It's very possible for them to set up a page that looks like ebay's login page, but is really their own page. When you put in your login details and hit send, they receive them instead of ebay. Your account is now compromised. Run some anti-virus software and then change your ebay, email and other passwords to be safe. |
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New Member
United States
23 Posts |
I once got burned on a Second Chance Offer. I will NEVER do it again, unless, he/she starts a new auction .... IMO
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3670 Posts |
Again if it was LEGIT message would have hit your inbox in BOTH email and ebay.... How did he get your info, 1000z of ways for crooks to get your personal info these days from careless junk mail tossed into the trash, to hacker programs designed to sneak into your system and acquire that info.... |
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Valued Member
Canada
281 Posts |
Quote: A genuine SCO will always appear in your "My Messages" in your ebay account.  If it's not there,its fake period and when I read LONDON address, it reminded me of a seller I met in person after purchasing silver from him and he told me a story where he once sold an 1oz of gold to a London resident. Although he shipped it secure with a signature confirmation, for some reason I can't remember, the buyer was able to convince PayPsl he never received it, so the seller lost with his 100% feedback and as we all know PayPal ALWAYS favors buyers before sellers... In the last 5 years, I've purchased 3 times with a second chance offer without a glitch and was very happy for those second chances |
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Posted 03/03/2013 9:13 pm
