Bogus/scary 2nd chance offers on eBay BEWARE

[jwilson6204]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

That is the same email I got for a second chance offer on tuesday. It was an SGC 84 Mullin from David B. Vintage

Probably not a good idea to go for the 2nd chance offer on the Ruth since it's sitting in my safe. I received a similar 2nd chance offer for a T3 Mathewson. Again, it seemed odd since my offer was well below the final price (and the email wasn't through Ebay).

(first post. I meant to capture the quote regarding the Ruth that was above the quote that was included)

[jdmeltz]

It looks like this is getting some attention:

http://money.msn.com/saving-money-ti...7-7698d83edde7

[bobbyw8469]

I wish they would catch that con artist.

[itjclarke]

I wonder if they used N54 to research their article

[rjackson44]

ive gotten a few i ignore them as they are scams ,,and never accept more money for a lot you sold the check will bounce ,,scams are everywhere its sad.

[CW]

From the article posted above:

An internet security expert said he doubts this round of scams is the result of eBay being hacked. The most likely scenario, according to McAfee Online Security Expert Robert Siciliano is that the scammer is also a seller and, therefore, can see bidders IDs and has matched those IDs to email addresses.

McAfee Online Security Expert Robert Siciliano does not give a plausible scenario. Even if you are a seller, you can't see bidder's IDs of auctions you do not run yourself. Also, how would a seller possibly match the ID with an email address? It is much more likely that eBay has an insider lifting this information and supplying it to the scammers as a team.

Of course, if eBay does find out they have a mole, it will definitely not be made public, so we will likely never find out how this is happening.