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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Bill Sawyer on February 08, 2008, 09:10:19 PM
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This evening I received an email that looked like an official ebay form giving me a " second chance offer " on a item that I had bid on but not won. The second chance offer is a legitimate ebay function however the offer has to appear in " My Ebay ". I forwarded it to "spam@ebay.com" and sent the original seller a message letting them know what is going on. Heads up on this one - it is tricky.
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Good job Bill. Thanks!!! y1
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Bidding on more kits, eh Bill?
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Thanks for the heads up on that one Bill. Been missing you in the chat room. #^
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That scam has been going on for quite some time. I've been told by ebay to NEVER ever
open an e-mail that is supposedly from ebay at your personal e-mail address. The only
official ebay communications are done thru your message box at MyEbay. Also, many
ebay sellers will put in their acution writeup that they do not and will not offer second
chance offers. That is usually a good indication of a legitimate ebay seller.
Later, Steve
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I do not remember the details, but I received a "Second Chance" offer.
The original high bidder did not complete the purchase so I was offered the item at my last bid price. I handled it through Ebay and got the item I wanted. A new Oscilloscope probe.
Clancy
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Over the past year....I too have been getting all kinds of stuff like that...but I ALWAYS...SENT back to spoof@E.bay or my spoof@paypal etc....and they supposedly... check them out.
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I get those all the time, at least once every other month. But, as stated go to Ebay and check your messages there first. Then is off to: spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com . I wish they would catch the character. As far as second chance offers I usually tell them I am not a collector. DOC Holliday
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My wife recieved a second chance offer on a camper-Trailer that we had sold on ebay under my username,We fowarded that one onto ebay.
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The one that I see most often is the email that says there's a problem with an online account, and it gives you a link that sends you to a page that looks like the real thing but isn't. When you log into the fake page it doesn't do anything but you've just signed over your username/password. It could be Paypal, Ebay, a bank, or any number of other websites. The easy way to prevent getting tricked is to watch the address bar to make sure you're actually on a paypal or ebay website. You can also enable the status bar in internet explorer and when the pointer is held over a link, it'll show you the address it's really going to link to in the status bar at the bottom of the page.
Hotmail does a fair job of keeping most of the scams in my junk folder. The ones that do get through to the inbox usually have the links disabled, along with pop up warnings when the links are clicked, and sometimes a warning that it's suspicious.
In the event that you do fall for a phishing scam, as long as you're prompt about it you can usually change your password on the real page before someone gets around to using your old password.