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October 22, 2006
eBay Fraud: Fake Emails
Just a sample of what was in my email box from the thieves this week:
1. My supposed suspension for shill bidding:
"Shill bidding" is bidding on my own auctions in order to artificially inflate the price. The crooks hope that I will panic and race to assure eBay that I am not guilty of such a heinous crime. And of course, they want me to respond via their link to "unsuspend" my account.
In this piece of trash, the scumbags are trying to convince me that "digitaltrader-uk has paid me for an auction item - but I neglected to send it to him. A novice (they hope) will panic and click the "review the submitted details" button and convince eBay that it's all a big mistake and I'm innocent.
An especially bad feature of this garbage is that they have used a real eBay ID. I'm sure that 'digitaltrader_uk' has no idea her/his ID has been usurped in this shabby way.
Of course, in both emails, their goal is to get all my account information. The moral of the story is, as always, DO NOT provide any account information except on the eBay site!
Posted by SydneyJohnston at October 22, 2006 12:57 PM
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On this page, you have a numbered list, but both items are "1. My supposed suspension for shill bidding:"
http://www.auction-genius-course.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/415
Posted by: Norm at November 25, 2006 1:41 PM
