OT: New twist on the Ebay Motorcycle Scam

[Ken]

The scammers on Ebay are getting a little more sophisticated. They now are
trying to use a fake escrow service to rip you off. The web site of the
escrow appears for a few days until it is taken down. Web site looks very
legitimate and will enven answer phone calls. Instead of sending them a
very large deposit they want you to
send the full amount to the fake escrow service.

Goose

[GaryT]

"Ken" <kma...@ventur.net> wrote in message
news:vt777l2...@corp.supernews.com...

I sent a **seller** with a lot of positive feedback, an e-mail recently
enquiring about a new-in-box 8,000 camera that he was selling with a
buy-it-now price of 2k. I was answered almost immediately with instructions
to wire the money to Eastern Europe despite the ebay listing claiming that
it was in the U.S. I was told that the cameras were confiscated by Polish
customs for failure to pay tax and assured that it was all perfectly legal.
the **seller** even offered to pay shipping via Fed-Ex 2 day and would send
the camera as soon as the funds were transferred. I decided to pass on the
offer thinking it sounded too good to be true.

The following day I noticed the auction had been cancelled. I contacted the
seller again, curious as how someone with so many positive feedbacks could
be involved in an auction that had scam written all over it. This time I got
a reply from the real ebay user, who told me that her account had been
hijacked by someone. I was surprised that someone could hijack a user id,
and have e-mails forwarded to them that were sent through ebay to the ebay
account. Where there's a will, there's a way I guess.
GaryT

[Jeff Deeney]

"GaryT" <gtp...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:6FNAb.330048$275.1098824@attbi_s53...

> The following day I noticed the auction had been cancelled. I contacted
the
> seller again, curious as how someone with so many positive feedbacks could
> be involved in an auction that had scam written all over it. This time I
got
> a reply from the real ebay user, who told me that her account had been
> hijacked by someone. I was surprised that someone could hijack a user id,
> and have e-mails forwarded to them that were sent through ebay to the ebay
> account. Where there's a will, there's a way I guess.

Here's how the account hijacking scam works. You
get an email with html forms that claim to be Ebay, needing
to verify your login and password. Ebay will never send you
mail like this. The form sends the scammer your Ebay
login. Similar scams appear to be from PayPal. Never
respond to these.

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