[AT] ebay

Robert Brooks rbrooks at hvc.rr.com
Tue Mar 2 12:51:55 PST 2004


Ricky;

They don't only want your money, they want your ID so they can get a large 
credit line in your name and then use it up.

You will know about it when you do a credit check, or apply for something.

It takes a long time to get it fixed.

Bob


At 09:51 AM 3/2/04 -0600, Ricky Prescott wrote:
>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.
> >
> > B²
> > 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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