From goffmac747@aol.com Fri Dec 15 04:51:59 2006
Subject:Re: OT: I've been screwed on eBay

had a similar spoof where someone sent me a "paypal" added something or other to my account. sent it off to paypal and they confirmed back it was a fake.

-----Original Message-----
From: oldzuto@yahoo.com
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] OT: I've been screwed on eBay

Josh,
I know many people who have gone thru this same mess. I have received several bogus email alerts from both E-Bay and PayPal. I never respond to them. I never take any action. They are always bogus. My accounts have never been shut down or messed with. Just had one the other day that said someone from France had hacked into my PayPal account and to log in and make sure all was OK. It was one of the most real looking fakes I have ever seen!
Bummer this happened to you...yet another lesson in the life of cyber space.

Josh Lawrence wrote:
Guys, I'm just venting here. Totally OT, so if you don't want to read
about eBay woes, delete now.

I posted an item two weeks ago, and it sold for a good price. The
next day I received an email alert from eBay (verified it
independantly by logging on to eBay and finding the same exact
message, it had no links to click on, etc...in other words, not a
spoof) that eBay had changed my account pwd, and that my account had
been compromised. So I went to the eBay site (again, NOT a clicked
link, but actual www.ebay.com) and changed my pwd and checked all of
my personal information, pending bids, etc. Everything is cool. Now
the buyer won't respond to me or pay me for my item. I tried to
report him as a non-paying bidder, but dammit, the dispute console
gets two steps into the process ("What has been done so far"), dies,
and goes right back to the first step. WTF? I have no money, still
have the item I don't want, and my account has lost its credibility
with buyers and with me. I'm pissed.

There has GOT to be a better place to sell yer used musical gear that
isn't plagued with all of this crap. Is craiglist my only hope? That
doesn't work too well - I live in a town of 100,000, and exactly two
people MIGHT care about having my item.

I'm just pissed. Snakes on a plane pissed. You guys have this problem before?

Clonewheel content: The item was the E-mu module I recently bought.
The sound is NOT for me.

--
Josh Lawrence
http://www.hardbop200.com

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