[AJD] Crafty Ebay Scam

[Brian VanDragt]

This is insane.  I just checked my email again, and I got two more offers
from different people to sell me the item Chris and I were bidding on.  Both
claim to be the seller of the original item.

Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
Brian VanDragt
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:22 PM
To: Antique John Deere mailing list
Subject: Re: [AJD] Crafty Ebay Scam


The same thing happened to me on the same item.  I wasn't serious about
winning it, I just put a small bid in so I could watch it (my watched items
list was already full).  I got the same email offer.  Anything legitimately
sent through ebay will show up in your messages on ebay's site.

Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
Chris C
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:29 PM
To: ATIS LIST; John Deere Antique Tractor
Subject: [AJD] Crafty Ebay Scam




   I was bidding on Ebay Item 140194945365.  Now that
it has ended I will post what has been happening
during the auction.

   After I was outbid yesterday afternoon,  I received
an e-mail that was phised to look like it came through
Ebay offering me two of the same thing,  the first one
for $150 and two for $250 if I wanted both.  Now I
happen to know the seller on this item,  So I am
certain if it was legitimate it would have come from
his e-mail and not a phised one.  Now to mention the
offer came to am e-mail account (this one) that has
nothing to do with my Ebay ID.  (jdnutinwa is me,  but
it uses another e-mail for ebay)

    So I forwared it to spoof at ebay.com and sure enough
they deny any relation to it.  So today, as soon as
the item ended,  I get another e-mail phised to look
like an offer through Ebay to buy one or two of the
same items listing a link to the item # I had been
bidding on.

   Spencer and Dean forgive me for posting to both
lists at once,  but this is the most clever ebay
spoofing I have seen in quite a while.  Had I not
known the seller or had it come to my regular Ebay
email address I probably would have bit.  I also would
have bid higher and tried harder to win the item had
something not been fishy...

                 Chris




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