[meteorite-list] WARNING: New twist on eBay spoof (scam)

[almitt]

Hi Ron and all,

Some of the new ebay spoofs are designed so you can't even forward the 
spoof to ebay. There have been a couple where I couldn't forward it to 
them. I did try to tell them about the spoof but there damn automated 
software won't acknowledge your complaint. So beware!

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

R. N. Hartman wrote:


>As I have not seen this posted yet, I will send this warning along.

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>It appears as if you are getting a message from an eBay member re: an

>auction #6436472319.  The sender wants a reply and the message form looks

>quite real.  In fact, it is an ebay message reply template.  It may state

>that they bid on one of your auctions and is a request for shipping rates,

>it may be an inquiry about a non-delivered auction, or many other

>variations.  If you click to tell the person that it isn't your auction, you

>will get a sign in screen requesting your ID and sign in password.  THIS IS

>NOT FROM EBAY.  If you go to the actual auction number you will get a

>warning message from the owner of that auction number who states that his

>auction number was stolen, etc. and to beware of a very clever scam.  If you

>have done these things, best to change your password (and report it to

>spoof at ebay.com).

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