[AT] ebay

Ricky Prescott diamondp at centex.net
Tue Mar 2 07:51:17 PST 2004


Thanks for the heads up guys.  I knew something was up when they wanted my
SSN and my ATM pin number.  I don't have any money,  they wouldn't get much.
Thanks, Ricky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] ebay


> It's a scam, pure and simple.  If it's like the one I got recently, the
> visible link would make you think you're going to eBay.  However, you will
> notice under the covers (right click/view source) that the actual link is
a
> hard IP address.
>
> I forwarded a few of these to eBay earlier in my eBay experience, but have
> since concluded that this is not new or original and I'm sure the eBay
folks
> are inundated with this one.
>
> If you find the IP address, you can do a tracert (that's the name of a DOS
> program) and sometimes you can get some idea where it ends up, almost
always
> a foreign country.
>
>> Bill Brueck (brick)
> Chatfield, Minnesota USA
>
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] ebay
>
>
> > Ricky why don't you forward that message to the REAL EBay and see what
> they
> > have to say about it.
> >
> > Charlie
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ricky Prescott" <diamondp at centex.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:16 AM
> > Subject: [AT] ebay
> >
> >
> > > I recieved a message last night from ebay asking me to update my
> account.
> > > They are wanting my SSN and two different credit cards.  They want to
> know
> > > several different things that I have not had to use in the past.  They
> are
> > > claiming they need to verify me for security reasons.  Anyone else had
> > this
> > > message?  I never put my SSN on the internet.  Thanks, Ricky
> > >
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