I'm totally confused because I've lately been bidding ALOT on Motorola Q's on ebay, and today, i recieved alot of messages from different sellers with the same message:
I'm the seller of the item that you've recently bided through the eBay system.Item name: Brand New Sprint Motorola Q Phone No Contract NR Item number: (************) I`ve just been contacted by the eBay staff who informed me that due to some reasons the eBay policy automatically proclaims you to be the winner by default. I need your agreement on this so I can contact eBay to confirm you that you're the winner, otherwise I'll relist the item. I am sorry for the inconvenience, but I need an answer asap. You will have the oportunity to purchase the item at your last given price wich is US $150.00 .If you agree my offer please
I had one before that, exactly the same, with a different item, and on both auctions, im not hte highest bidder, but now they want to give me the item, HELP!!!!
2007-04-28 12:44:01 · 6 answers · asked by Brian N 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
that sounds VERY phishy (note the odd spelling)
it sounds like a phishing scam.
Forward the message to ebay to have them investigate.
the fact that you are on here questioning it, tells me you have a weird feeling about the message too.
if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
2007-04-28 13:31:50 · answer #1 · answered by control 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are getting targeted by people wanting your money. It is called Spoof. DO NOT click on any links in the emails. If you have you should immediately log onto eBay and change your password. This is even more important if you use the same password for your paypal account. Like one of the recommendations above send anything suspicious to spoof@ebay.com.
eBay has a "spoof" tutorial that will help educate people on what spoof is and how to avoid it. By far the most spoof will mimick eBay followed closely by PayPal. I have included the link below.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-spoof.html
2007-04-30 07:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you I would contact ebay and contact the seller of the item and see if they were the ones who sent out the message. If it doesn't feel right don't pay!
2007-04-28 12:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It appears like he's operating a scam on you. he's making an attempt to get funds out of you, and could in all likelihood save the fragrance. you should have not refunded the money until eventually he despatched the fragrance again to you. If I were you, i might want to open a dispute with Paypal, and tell them that the client wasn't happy with the product so that you refunded it, and he not in any respect despatched the object again. Paypal will in all likelihood ban him, and furnish you which include you funds again.
2016-10-18 04:27:03 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's lots of spammers of ebay messages. If your name is not in the message, delete it.
You can also go to your "My eBay" screen and check messages there. If they are valid ebay ones, they are posted there and sent to your email address. You can verify which are real and which are spam.
2007-04-29 02:43:11 · answer #5 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forward the messages to spoof@ebay.com
they will confirm that these are fake emails in all likelyhood. this email addy is for ebays fraud dept.
2007-04-29 18:13:22 · answer #6 · answered by olhippie1967 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋