Richard King
06-21-06, 10:18 PM
I was bidding on a car on Ebay. I lost the auction and received the following in an email today. The email stated:
"Good news! The following eBay item on which you placed a bid for US $(I deleted amount) on Jun-15-06 07:36:30 PDT is now available for purchase. Transaction Details:
The highest bidder was either unable to complete this transaction or the seller has a duplicate item.
The item is located at eBay Warehouse and it was inspected by our staff. eBay acts as a third party in this transaction and assumes all responsibility for the shipping and handling of this item. eBay warehouse services are free of charges for the buyer. eBay warehouse is a service used exclusevly by US residents that are unable to complete their transactions within the US borders and are located overseas. (US embassyes, US millitare, APO addresses)Plus a bunch of more stuff...
The following address was attached for me to go "buy" the item.
http://signin.ebay.com.warehousing.ro/ws/eBayISAPI.php?SignIn&co_partnerId=2&pUserId=&siteid=0&pageType=&pa1=&i1=&bshowgif=&UsingSSL=&pp=&pa2=&errmsg=&runame=&ruparams=&ruproduct=&sid=&favoritenav=&confirm=&ebxPageType=&existingEmail=&isCheckout=&migrateVisitor=
(bold, italics, underline by me).
Like a dummy, I went to the site and signed on (I immediately went back to the REAL ebay and changed my password). At the site above I had the opportunity to "purchase" the item for the last amount that I bid. All I had to do was submit a "deposit" of $2500 (I was bidding on a car, so this was reasonable). :lol: After changing my password I emailed Ebay to question the legitimacy of the email. Having spotted the .ro, I know what the answer will be, unless, of course, Ebay has found cheap warehousing in Romania. On the referred page I found this sentence: "For this item is required immediate deposit". This must be a problem with having your CS department in Romania. :lol:
What I would like to know is how this scum got my email address from Ebay.
"Good news! The following eBay item on which you placed a bid for US $(I deleted amount) on Jun-15-06 07:36:30 PDT is now available for purchase. Transaction Details:
The highest bidder was either unable to complete this transaction or the seller has a duplicate item.
The item is located at eBay Warehouse and it was inspected by our staff. eBay acts as a third party in this transaction and assumes all responsibility for the shipping and handling of this item. eBay warehouse services are free of charges for the buyer. eBay warehouse is a service used exclusevly by US residents that are unable to complete their transactions within the US borders and are located overseas. (US embassyes, US millitare, APO addresses)Plus a bunch of more stuff...
The following address was attached for me to go "buy" the item.
http://signin.ebay.com.warehousing.ro/ws/eBayISAPI.php?SignIn&co_partnerId=2&pUserId=&siteid=0&pageType=&pa1=&i1=&bshowgif=&UsingSSL=&pp=&pa2=&errmsg=&runame=&ruparams=&ruproduct=&sid=&favoritenav=&confirm=&ebxPageType=&existingEmail=&isCheckout=&migrateVisitor=
(bold, italics, underline by me).
Like a dummy, I went to the site and signed on (I immediately went back to the REAL ebay and changed my password). At the site above I had the opportunity to "purchase" the item for the last amount that I bid. All I had to do was submit a "deposit" of $2500 (I was bidding on a car, so this was reasonable). :lol: After changing my password I emailed Ebay to question the legitimacy of the email. Having spotted the .ro, I know what the answer will be, unless, of course, Ebay has found cheap warehousing in Romania. On the referred page I found this sentence: "For this item is required immediate deposit". This must be a problem with having your CS department in Romania. :lol:
What I would like to know is how this scum got my email address from Ebay.