Ebay Scam Email Identity Fraud? - Collecting Tiki

M midnite Member 37? 47' N, 122? 26' W Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 1230	M midnite Posted posted on Thu, May 22, 2003 10:52 AM Doc Z, re: Midnite, what number do you call? Number? No number, tried emailing them. Did not even think they had phone numbers at eBay, finding an email to inquire on any variety of issues is like finding the Yeti. I did find an email address for privacy issues, which seemed appropos here, and got the respnse that was posted above. A "spoof" as Ebay calls it, yep. I am wondering why it is not on the newsire, covered somewhere, as was the Paypal scam from a few weeks ago. It was a good scam, very well-done, save for the URL. I am sure they got a bunch of real info from less suspecting folks. Like all bad criminals they went over the line, got greedy and stupid. Asking for the PIN, and your credit limit? Stupid. My bet, it's a group out of Nigeria, the world's leader in credit/identity fraud. midnite

Doc Z,

re: *Midnite, what number do you call? *

Number? No number, tried emailing them. Did not even think they had phone numbers at eBay, finding an email to inquire on any variety of issues is like finding the Yeti. I did find an email address for privacy issues, which seemed appropos here, and got the respnse that was posted above.

A "spoof" as Ebay calls it, yep. I am wondering why it is not on the newsire, covered somewhere, as was the Paypal scam from a few weeks ago. It was a good scam, very well-done, save for the URL. I am sure they got a bunch of real info from less suspecting folks.

Like all bad criminals they went over the line, got greedy and stupid. Asking for the PIN, and your credit limit? Stupid. My bet, it's a group out of Nigeria, the world's leader in credit/identity fraud.

midnite

Post #35407 by midnite on Thu, May 22, 2003 10:52 AM