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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:19:11 -0500, Chad G <[email protected]> may
have said:
>I posted the original warning about the fake auction. As soon as I saw it on Ebay I contacted the
>seller. He was quick to reply and his response was very polite. From the original email I realized
>he knew absolutely nothing about the bike he was selling. My first reaction to the auction was that
>he probably had the same bike but didn't have photos and decided to use mine (which doesn't bother
>me). Then I saw that he was using my place of employment as the shop that is selling the bike. I
>found that irritating. Then I posted to the newsgroups and ebay about the peculiarities of the
>auction. At risk of getting negative feedback I decided to bid on the bike and win it. Literally 1
>minute after the auction ended he emailed me some amusing threats. Funny enough, he keeps emailing
>me. The last message stated that he's going to steal my user ID and then steal everything
>associated with it. Whether or not he can do it, I don't know. I'm not too computer savvy. I am a
>bit concerned for my credit info and paypal stuff etc... But from the behaviour of the guy, I think
>he's just a dishonest teenager having some "fun" (I hope).
Probably not a teenager.
There are a number of professional thieves and frauds who have been operating via eBay. It would be
appropriate, at this point, to contact your provincial police and to forward the information in your
possession to them.
The fact that eBay has removed the user's ID from active status is a strong indicator that they also
found reason to question the sale's validity. The chances are good that the perp will pop up again
with yet another fake or stolen eBay ID.
BTW, stolen eBay IDs happen primarily when a foolish eBay user receives a fraudulent email stating
that they need to log into a suipplied URL to verify some part of their eBay information, and in the
process, their ID and password is collected. (This probably accounts for 90% of the stolen eBay
IDs.) There are other methods, though, and given the recent revelations about the lack of security
in Internet Explorer, it's probably wise to use some other browser unless Microsoft finally decides
to get serious about taking the idiotic security-eliminating bells and whistles back out of IE.
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have said:
>I posted the original warning about the fake auction. As soon as I saw it on Ebay I contacted the
>seller. He was quick to reply and his response was very polite. From the original email I realized
>he knew absolutely nothing about the bike he was selling. My first reaction to the auction was that
>he probably had the same bike but didn't have photos and decided to use mine (which doesn't bother
>me). Then I saw that he was using my place of employment as the shop that is selling the bike. I
>found that irritating. Then I posted to the newsgroups and ebay about the peculiarities of the
>auction. At risk of getting negative feedback I decided to bid on the bike and win it. Literally 1
>minute after the auction ended he emailed me some amusing threats. Funny enough, he keeps emailing
>me. The last message stated that he's going to steal my user ID and then steal everything
>associated with it. Whether or not he can do it, I don't know. I'm not too computer savvy. I am a
>bit concerned for my credit info and paypal stuff etc... But from the behaviour of the guy, I think
>he's just a dishonest teenager having some "fun" (I hope).
Probably not a teenager.
There are a number of professional thieves and frauds who have been operating via eBay. It would be
appropriate, at this point, to contact your provincial police and to forward the information in your
possession to them.
The fact that eBay has removed the user's ID from active status is a strong indicator that they also
found reason to question the sale's validity. The chances are good that the perp will pop up again
with yet another fake or stolen eBay ID.
BTW, stolen eBay IDs happen primarily when a foolish eBay user receives a fraudulent email stating
that they need to log into a suipplied URL to verify some part of their eBay information, and in the
process, their ID and password is collected. (This probably accounts for 90% of the stolen eBay
IDs.) There are other methods, though, and given the recent revelations about the lack of security
in Internet Explorer, it's probably wise to use some other browser unless Microsoft finally decides
to get serious about taking the idiotic security-eliminating bells and whistles back out of IE.
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