Bogus/scary 2nd chance offers on eBay BEWARE

[bobbyw8469]

I have been toying/emailing the guy letting him think I was a dumbass who is wants this card badly and cant wait to send him money. Apparently the scam is originating out of Russia. How he found out that I was an underbidder is a complete mystery to me.....

[itjclarke]

One of the earlier posters had said his was Czechoslovakia. Please let us know how far you get. It sounds to me like things really start to come apart for him at the payment step.

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I have been toying/emailing the guy letting him think I was a dumbass who is wants this card badly and cant wait to send him money. Apparently the scam is originating out of Russia. How he found out that I was an underbidder is a complete mystery to me.....

Good idea. I just did the same.

[peterose4hof]

Frankly, I'm shocked at Ebay's casual response to this problem. It's evident by the type of personal information this person or persons possesses that one of two things is happening. Someone has hacked into Ebay's database or an insider (ie. Ebay employee) is running this operation. Either way this is a very serious problem that could affect 1000s of Ebay members and cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Wake Up Ebay!!!

[ctownboy]

If you want eBay to pay attention, find out who their largest shareholders are and send those companies/people a message letting them know that this is going on and that eBay management is brushing this off as no big deal.

Give specifics to show that the computer system has been hacked or that someone on the inside is giving out private information.

You moaning and complaining to a low ranked employee wont cut it. Complaining to a large shareholder will get more attention to a possibly major problem.

David

[CMIZ5290]

The info that I got on the scam was that he wanted money wired to a bank in Great Britain....

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

The info that I got on the scam was that he wanted money wired to a bank in Great Britain....

.... Yes, the scam definitely seems to come apart at the payment step. If he figures out how to be half as clever with payment as he was with getting the bidding info, personal emails, and sending a pretty good looking 2nd chance email it could get much worse. I've got a couple simple ideas as to how he could do this differently, but no sense posting that. One can only assume he'll get better with time, as long as he doesn't get caught.

[Blinky]

I am not surprised at the lack of a response from Ebay. That is why I did not bother to contact them. Ebay is a typical American big business. They only care when something affects THEIR bottom line. A couple of hackers/scammers does not affect their earnings. There is a hacker that posts fake listings as "Buy it Now" and uses the same examples in bicycles, cameras, stereo equipment, musical insruments, etc,. over an over again. He hacks into legitmate accounts and does it weekly. He has been active for over a year. I quit reporting the fraud listings when I would notice them (it got easy because he uses the same listings) but it would take days for his listings to disappear. That means to me Ebay doesn't care. They could stop this person. But they don't. They could deal with this scammer we are all discussing but they won't. It is just a part of "doing business" for a multi-billion dollar company like Ebay. It is not important enough to them. If it was, these people and their scams would be short lived. Ebay has the resources.