I lost a bid on ebay for a rare item. 2 days later I received an email from someone (not the original seller or the buyer) offering me the same item for a personal sale. How did this guy get my email address and know what I bid on? I am not buying from him, of course, but what's going on? How do I report this to ebay?
2007-03-08 10:14:36 · 3 answers · asked by Beckers 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Beckers,
if the email came to your ebay mail, there is a REPORT link on the bottom right side. use it!
"I lost a bid on ebay for a rare item."
it sounds as if you may have bid on an item listed on a HIJACKED ACCOUNT.
the email probably came from the HIJACKER of the account.
many of these listings are placed just so the hijacker can send any bidder the email you got. they are hoping to find a sucker.
2007-03-10 18:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by deco 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can see the bid history of any item and anyone who has bid on it is listed - he woudl have contacted you throughthe eBay email system and does not have your real email address.
There's nothing 'conspiratorial' about it adn if you're getting a good deal go for it - as long as it's through eBay for protection.
I'd say reporting it to eBay is proably going a bit far.
2007-03-08 10:24:48 · answer #2 · answered by circusmort 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if I would even bother. I was scammed after not winning a cell phone bid. There really is no way to catch these people. The people that scammed me live in romania which has very lienient laws apparently. If you want to read more into it log into ebay and click on the community tab, their are plenty of people that have been duped like me and want to vent about it. By the way, the wetern union rep. told me that the scammers are making hundreds of thousands of dollars a day! Crazy huh..
2007-03-08 10:24:04 · answer #3 · answered by jsha2424 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋