Be very suspicious with these kinds of transactions. Scammers often use honest people's E-bay IDs to "sell" stuff and rip off others. Many people have easy to guess passwords. Check up on people before you send lots of money. If the deal sounds too good to be true, you can be sure it is. Never underestimate the cleverness of these scammers - they are pros. This is how they feed their kids, so they learn to be good at it, and go for our weaknesses.
I kept getting those bogus messages a while back. I called E-Bay and Pay Pal and they confirmed that they were fake. I forwarded the messages to the E-Bay Fraud Squad and they have since stopped.
Be very suspicious with these kinds of transactions. Scammers often use honest people's E-bay IDs to "sell" stuff and rip off others. Snip
Man - isn't that the truth! I've been ripped off twice in one day by people hijacking someones legitimate account. Paypal (owned by E-bay) did not respond to my email - so I took it to the credit card company. Then two months later Paypal suspended me from ever using them again for not going through them! E-bay refused to cover it with their supposed coverage guarantee because it was not an E-bay customer who did the scamming! Talked to a detective following up on the scam - someone from Sweden apparently ripped off millions of dollars from thousands of people, and the account holder never knew it happened until the death threats started coming through. Fraud is so rampant on E-bay that I refuse to use them anymore, and obviously will not be using paypal either.
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Kai Schumann
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Dunno (scratches head). Over the past several weeks I have received numerous emails from "eBay" saying they need my information 'updated' because of 'lack of activity'. One email even mentioned 'questionable' activity. Should I be suspicious?
Dunno (scratches head). Over the past several weeks I have received numerous emails from "eBay" saying they need my information 'updated' because of 'lack of activity'. One email even mentioned 'questionable' activity. Should I be suspicious?
BTW, I simply deleted each one of those...
Yes, those are fraudelent emails.. do NOT click on their links and fill in your info.. That's how the scammer's get your info..
But on the other hand, I have been selling #40 drill bits on eBay 100 at a crack.
when the bidding is over I offer any one who bids $25 or more a second chance offer-- it is a eBay option!
Frank K
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