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gshv
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 Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:16 pm Post subject: WARNING: second chance offer e-mail scam |
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I bid on auction with 2 C4040 microprocessors and didn't win it. Today I received a second chance offer for those chips. What was strange that I wasn't the second bidder, and the seller claimed that the offer is for chips from the auction. There was no second chance offer on my eBay profile page. I looked at the source of the second chance offer e-mail and found that it was sent from .ro domain. So, be warned - if you get offer like this go to your eBay account and verify that this offer is genuine.
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gshv
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I received confirmation from eBay - it was a spoof.
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wepwawet
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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ebay is spoofed and spammed at the moment and they don't get it.
I get every day a question to one of my items from that f****ng china seller "My dear friend, ..."
All responst I get when I report that and ask for a spam filter in "My messages" is a spam-like mail by ebay that I shall not do business outside ebay.
They only care for trheir own money.
Not one comment on all I wrote in the message text when I report it.
The last messages I wrote were likely offendend to ebay and even here they didn't react.
Those things are read by robots I guess.
But a soppf as a second chance offer is new to me.
Thanks Genna for that hint!
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spongiforme
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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i received two different second-chances offers as well, both fake
reported them to ebay fraud center in my country ; doubt that will help much
the check is easy - log in to your ebay account ; the second-chance offer doesn't appear there
there are other clues in the messages themselves (invalid report rule violation link, incorrect mail addr, etc.) |
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spongiforme
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| wepwawet wrote: | | They only care for trheir own money. |
i agree
a couple of times i got disgusted, and considered not using ebay anymore, but they have no same-scale competitor, and for collectors... there is no other option |
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Marcin
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| wepwawet wrote: | | ebay is spoofed and spammed ... |
I'm spammed too by offers : "We are computer wholesellers ..." I thought I was alone with that problem.
PS. I must create message rule in Outlook with message text starting like above and sending to Waste Bin 
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wepwawet
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jepp, no problem in outlook but the ebay message folder is full.
i got a new china mail tonight.
no marcin, you"re not alone.
and therefor i can't believe ebay is not able and willing to find a way to protect us.
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Robev
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 Yeah it sux, I get them as well. Now I just forward them straight to the eBay Spoof address. The thing that makes me really mad is that these chinese characters even get their eBay for Free then make a bloody nuisance of themselves.
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JAC
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| I always email the seller to confirm the second chance offer. |
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tlccomp
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| wepwawet wrote: | ebay is spoofed and spammed at the moment and they don't get it.
I get every day a question to one of my items from that f****ng china seller "My dear friend, ..." |
Me too, almost every day.
| wepwawet wrote: | But a spoof as a second chance offer is new to me.
Thanks Genna for that hint! |
I got the same second chance offers as well. |
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wepwawet
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| Hehe, maybe it didn't find the way through my spamfilter:-) |
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gshv
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| wepwawet wrote: | But a soppf as a second chance offer is new to me.
Thanks Genna for that hint! |
This one was first for me too. I've got lots of other phish e-mails in the past - "account suspended", "qustion from buyer", "I bought something on eBay without my knowledge", and maybe some others.
BTW, I've got another "second chance offer" for the same chips today.
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tlccomp
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| gshv wrote: | This one was first for me too. I've got lots of other phish e-mails in the past - "account suspended", "qustion from buyer", "I bought something on eBay without my knowledge", and maybe some others.
BTW, I've got another "second chance offer" for the same chips today.
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Me too. I also contacted the buyer and he was not happy about it.
I believe he contacted everyone on his bid list to warn them about it. |
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Robev
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Me too. I also contacted the buyer and he was not happy about it.
I believe he contacted everyone on his bid list to warn them about it.
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Do you mean the Seller or the Buyer?????
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tlccomp
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| Robev wrote: | | Quote: | Me too. I also contacted the buyer and he was not happy about it.
I believe he contacted everyone on his bid list to warn them about it.
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Do you mean the Seller or the Buyer????? |
Ooops, I meant the Seller  |
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