[meteorite-list] WARNING: New twist on eBay spoof (scam)

From: Meteoriteshow <meteoriteshow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Mar 4 09:26:25 2006
Message-ID: <007d01c63f97$9329ce80$0400a8c0_at_IBM>

Hi All,

I have also received such spams and usually forward any ebay spam to ebay.
But... I wonder what they really do about them. The more I send to ebay, the more I seem to receive spams! Of course I don't say
that ebay are the spamers themselves, of course not, but what do they do against spamers? What does it change to take time and
forwards spams to them?
Anyway, the best about messages supposed to be sent by potential ebay buyers, is to go on "my ebay" and have a look on the account
whether messages have been sent, and not to reply directly from the message received in the mailbox...
Just my 2 cents,
Cheers,

Frederic Beroud
http://www.meteoriteshow.com
IMCA member # 2491 (http://www.imca.cc/)

----- Original Message -----
From: "almitt" <almitt_at_kconline.com>
To: "R. N. Hartman" <rhartman04_at_earthlink.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WARNING: New twist on eBay spoof (scam)


> Hi Ron and all,
>
> Some of the new ebay spoofs are designed so you can't even forward the
> spoof to ebay. There have been a couple where I couldn't forward it to
> them. I did try to tell them about the spoof but there damn automated
> software won't acknowledge your complaint. So beware!
>
> --AL Mitterling
> Mitterling Meteorites
>
> R. N. Hartman wrote:
>
> >As I have not seen this posted yet, I will send this warning along.
> >
> >It appears as if you are getting a message from an eBay member re: an
> >auction #6436472319. The sender wants a reply and the message form looks
> >quite real. In fact, it is an ebay message reply template. It may state
> >that they bid on one of your auctions and is a request for shipping rates,
> >it may be an inquiry about a non-delivered auction, or many other
> >variations. If you click to tell the person that it isn't your auction, you
> >will get a sign in screen requesting your ID and sign in password. THIS IS
> >NOT FROM EBAY. If you go to the actual auction number you will get a
> >warning message from the owner of that auction number who states that his
> >auction number was stolen, etc. and to beware of a very clever scam. If you
> >have done these things, best to change your password (and report it to
> >spoof_at_ebay.com).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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Received on Sat 04 Mar 2006 09:26:02 AM PST