Comments on: another ebay scam http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Genie http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-5463 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:17:58 +0000 http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-5463 Hello Matt, I figured I will check in - a new story about eBay Seller hijacking, hacking and scames just published yesterday on MSNBC http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/03/how_far_has_vla.html#posts Hello Matt, I figured I will check in - a new story about eBay Seller hijacking, hacking and scames just published yesterday on MSNBC

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/03/how_far_has_vla.html#posts

]]> by: Genie http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-795 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 22:40:54 +0000 http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-795 You can easily identify hijacked acocunts - just view sellers other items, if they are selling large number of high ticket items and urge you to email them prior to placing the bid, most likely giving email address in the text of the auction, discouraging contact via eBay (contact seller) button, advertising buy now possible without buy now button.... those are the easy ones to identify. The more sophisticated scammer is more difficult to track, I have an archive on my last finding on my blog with step - by step tracking of one of the more sophisticated scam auction. http://ebay-fraud-scam.blogspot.com/ You can easily identify hijacked acocunts - just view sellers other items, if they are selling large number of high ticket items and urge you to email them prior to placing the bid, most likely giving email address in the text of the auction, discouraging contact via eBay (contact seller) button, advertising buy now possible without buy now button…. those are the easy ones to identify.

The more sophisticated scammer is more difficult to track, I have an archive on my last finding on my blog with step - by step tracking of one of the more sophisticated scam auction.

http://ebay-fraud-scam.blogspot.com/

]]> by: fakman http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-758 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:05:47 +0000 http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-758 Hi Genie - thanks for posting that site! How do you tell if an account has been hijacked - and how do you filter out the good from the bad in the RSS feed? I'd be interested to know! Maybe email me mfacer At btopenworld PIG com (replace PIG with a dot!!). Nice site - thanks for providing us with the link :) Hi Genie - thanks for posting that site! How do you tell if an account has been hijacked - and how do you filter out the good from the bad in the RSS feed? I’d be interested to know! Maybe email me mfacer At btopenworld PIG com (replace PIG with a dot!!). Nice site - thanks for providing us with the link :)

]]> by: Genie http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-757 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:35:29 +0000 http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-757 The latest and most wide spread scams hijack eBay accounts and post fake auctions with picture perfect feedback. We are tracking samples of those perfect feedback hijacked eBay accounts and relevant samples of fake auctions on eBay at http://www.companyexposed.com So if in doubt, check the listing that will give you a real time sample of fake auctions and hijacked eBay accounts - 24/7 I have also archived the lates phishing scam that those fraudsters inject directly into eBay auctions so the login page that transmits your user name and password is now part of real eBay page. The latest and most wide spread scams hijack eBay accounts and post fake auctions with picture perfect feedback. We are tracking samples of those perfect feedback hijacked eBay accounts and relevant samples of fake auctions on eBay at

http://www.companyexposed.com

So if in doubt, check the listing that will give you a real time sample of fake auctions and hijacked eBay accounts - 24/7

I have also archived the lates phishing scam that those fraudsters inject directly into eBay auctions so the login page that transmits your user name and password is now part of real eBay page.

]]> by: sandra http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-694 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:31:20 +0000 http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-694 well, as a business student in university of wolverhampton, i know how succesful business is carried out. a seller cannot release any item, unless it is purchased by the buyer, in any form. well, they trid, i mean the nigerian scammers, tried to cam me with my freeview, but i didnt fall for it. They can mess about with me, am also a nigerian, and fully aware of what they can do. what an idiot they are!!! well, as a business student in university of wolverhampton, i know how succesful business is carried out. a seller cannot release any item, unless it is purchased by the buyer, in any form. well, they trid, i mean the nigerian scammers, tried to cam me with my freeview, but i didnt fall for it. They can mess about with me, am also a nigerian, and fully aware of what they can do.

what an idiot they are!!!

]]> by: richy http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-656 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mattfacer.com/another-ebay-scam#comment-656 whilst i agree that the scammers are the lowest scummiest winnets on the behind of society they are providing a valuable service. They are removing money from people obviously too stupid to cope with having it, look upon it as financial darwinism, a kind of idiot tax. Now onto the business of the day, I have a couple of astons for sale, good working order, 50 quid per vanquish, any takers? whilst i agree that the scammers are the lowest scummiest winnets on the behind of society they are providing a valuable service. They are removing money from people obviously too stupid to cope with having it, look upon it as financial darwinism, a kind of idiot tax.
Now onto the business of the day, I have a couple of astons for sale, good working order, 50 quid per vanquish, any takers?

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