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Rob M (ramram)This is probably the same thing I encountered a few weeks ago. I had been watching the sale of a unique manuscript item and, low and behold, the next day the very same auction showed up (photos and description) from a different seller with a perfect and large feedback rating. The item sold quickly with a "buy it now". I fired off messages to ebay Safeharbor fraud protection and they shut it down the next day. Unfortunately, the auction had already ended with a $1000 buy it now. What happens is a scammer steals a clean ID off of a seller buy sending out bogus ebay emails requesting their ebay password (it looks official - I've received them before). They then change where the emails are sent, put up a fake auction using someone elses auction material, make it a BIN and try to get quick payment. It's almost getting out of control.