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$$cammed on ?bay !
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Yes, I'm a victim of a $$cam that has been carried out on a well known auction site. Without going into the specifics of the $$cam, due to current investigations all I can say is click on here: Click on the seller ID 15 people $$cammed for a total of $ 3080-00
This is how I feel
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A quick read of the buyer protection policy on ebay shows that they will reimburse you for the price, less $25 for processing. Looks like a lengthy process though.
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Fish Head, you are right on both counts.
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Buyer Beware They Say !!
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Did someone steal the initial ebay ID? Some of the feedback
relates to buying beads
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Hi amanda_wong. Extremely unlikely in our case. It's a long story that I would love to tell you about, but at this point in time I just have to give the relevant authorities every chance to carry out their investigation.
It seems to me that the system is open to abuse. Loopholes
everywhere.
I'm still
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well...funny thing happened to me couple of nights ago... netscape was really slow, and stuborn, couldn't access some regular sites...
when I got onto my ebay site...I somehow got access to someone
else's ebay acc...WTF??? anyway...just had a look at the ebayer's looking at items to double confirm, logged out, and got back in to mine...
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Very interesting isn't it mau
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to promote that other
site, but if you look at that sites chatboards, your eyes will
certainly be opened by what goes on.
I have found out the hard way
There is always someone out there who wants to stuff things up
for the vast majority.
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I had my eBay username and password stolen last week and some
dude listed about 20 Dell computers and 20 Canon cameras with my
identity. The scam was that somebody would "purchase"
them and send the $$ to a fake eBay seller adn lose their money.
Fortunately eBay were on to it and suspended me while they
investigated me and finally restored me.
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Their system has more holes in it than swiss cheese. They are clearly a target for unscrupulous operators. Maybe it's time for the ACCC and Federal Government bodies to be informed of the problems.
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Jeez, thats amazing, I get those emails all the time. I got one the other day saying that someone had been accessing my account, and making fraudulent bids. They said my account would be suspended in 72 hrs if i didn't update my account details. It had a clicky button in it so that I could change them. I clicked the button, but my computer saved my ass, it must have recognised something was up, cos it wouldn't open. Lucky, but a lesson learnt.
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If you ever get an email from someone claiming to be from ebay and requesting your login and password details then report it to spoof@ebay.com.au . It will be a scam for sure.
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Yeah, I'll do that Jack, thanks
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The easiest way to tell: if you click the link and you're not taken to "ebay.com" then you're being scammed. Me? I copy the link to my clipboard and paste it somewhere just to see how bad some of the URLs can be. It's quite amusing how some will try to make their URL look like ebay (i.e. "ebay.account-access.com") and how others couldn't care less (i.e. "12.34.567.89/steal/peoples/ebay/id.html"). How anyone is fooled by this I'll never know.
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The only way you can be sure you are on the real eBay is to go to www.ebay.com.au (ie. type it in or use favourites). Any other way - eg clicking on a link is possibly a fake.
If unsure send the email or page to spoof@ebay.com.au. They will
tell you within 2 mins whether it is OK.
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Good advice
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For anyone interested...
http://pages.ebay.com/educa...
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Good work sigma79
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No wuckas DG. They sent it to me when I emailed off the one that I mentioned earlier. They said that it wasn't from eBay, so I was lucky
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If you get ripped off, then go to the cops. http://www.theage.com.au/ne... http://www.theage.com.au/ne... These two were from The Age today - its not as if people breaking the law are allowed to get away with it simply because they do it on ebay.
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Folks be warned about THAT auction site. The item I tried to purchase a couple of weeks ago, has appeared again under a new different seller ID. I asked the new seller 2 simple questions through that sites email system. 1. Where did you aquire the item from ? 2. Why are you selling it ? Answer Item is brand new, contact me directly on my email address _________ . ____________________________________________________________________ If I was to contact that seller directly myself, I would be exposing my email address. Always ask the questions through that sites email system, just to protect yourself.
Better still, don't deal with them DG
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DG, there is a reason ebay provides feedback history, so you can establish the persons history of being a good person and QUESTION why are they selling computer programs when all they have EVER sold is beads. Yes, let the buyer beware but when purchasing, you are looking for consistency, if you don't use the tools you are provided by ebay, you are increasing your risk. If you have concerns, report the person to ebay, they will move on, maybe start again with someone elses user id. I understand there are shonky guys on ebay, thankfully not too many in golf equipment, but coming in here and slagging off the site when there are a good number of sellers and buyers WHO POST HERE with integrity , is poor form. Pete
PS, I'm about to list some TaylorMade gear, some of it $500
under retail, want some
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We live in a democratic society
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yes, but did you miss my point ??
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Anyone like beer ?? DUFF BEER RIPOFF ON YOU KNOW WHERE
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