My eBay account was recently hijacked by some scumbag. I got a suspicious "Question from eBay member" email. When I hovered over the links, I found they all pointed to a Russian website. I reported it to eBay and found that the expletive deleted was selling items under my account. Caught them just in time, but if you're not careful, you could get screwed. Bernie --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, chromex@... wrote: > > You are being scammed and do not send anything Western Union! You are not dealing with the orginal ebay seller. Identical scams have been reported always with a Western Union request to a foreign country ( when no Western Union was requested in the orginal) . > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Robert Krueger <rkr1@...> > I'm looking for "presetbandit" who just sold a poly evolver on ebay. > I'm being solicited by a user claiming to be "presetbandit" and sent a > very official looking "second chance" offer from Ebay, as the original > winner bowed out. > > It looks very suspicious and is requesting a Western Union payment to > the UK, even though the item was located in California. I sent a > Contact Member to "presetbandit" on ebay, but ebay said it may be > blocked as we have not had any transactions to be speaking to one another. > > I figured this person may be on this list and can confirm or deny > whether this is valid. > > Here's the link to the item : > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7412500735 > > > SPONSORED LINKS Music sampler Sampler Electronic > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "DSI_Evolver" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSI_Evolver-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >
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Re: [Evolver] Am I being scammed?
2006-05-13 by Bernie Kornowicz
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