[Boatanchors] Fake messages.

[Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL]

K6SDE wrote:
> Ken,
>
> 10 seconds of looking on ebay.com produces:
>
> "To report suspicious email: 
> 1. Use your email program to forward the message to spoof at ebay.com. 
> Important: In order for eBay investigate your report, you must forward the
> email without adding attachments, adding text or altering text. 
> 2. Once you have forwarded the email, you can delete it from your email
> account."
>
> Looks like they don't like your e-mail ISP or there was an extraneous
> character that crept into the address.
>
> Ian, K6SDE
>
>   
Possibly they want you to forward the messages one at a time...they do 
say forward the message...not messages.  Clearly they don't want you to 
add any comments on the forwarded message.  Let us know what you discover.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:boatanchors-
>>>> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken Hickman
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:12 AM
>>>> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; central-electronics at mailman.qth.net;
>>>> crystal_sets at mailman.qth.com; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net;
>>>> yaesu at mailman.qth.net; boatanchors at theporch.com
>>>> Subject: [Boatanchors] Fake messages.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gang,
>>>>
>>>> After I got the address for reporting fake ebay messages I sent 6 that
>>>>         
> had
>   
>>>> accumulated.
>>>> There were 8, but two were duplicates. All 6 bounced! I used:
>>>> Spoof at ebay.com
>>>> which several members had given me.
>>>> By contrast, I got one fake paypal message which I forwarded to
>>>> Spoof at paypal.com
>>>> and received a reply from Paypal thanking me for the report and giving
>>>>         
> some
>   
>>>> good
>>>> information. It is definitely a legitimate message from Paypal.
>>>> I don't understand why the messages to Ebay bounced!
>>>> FWIW,
>>>>
>>>> Ken   N5CM
>>>>         
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