[Elecraft] Way OT - eBay - HELP

[Andy McMullin]

On 31 May 2006, at 10:37, Thom R LaCosta wrote:

> On Wed, 31 May 2006, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
>
>> Sorry about this OT.  I keep getting nasty messages from ebay and  
>> ebay customers saying that I have not paid for this or that. I  
>> have NEVER used ebay nor have an account with them, and since none  
>> of my neighbours do either my question is 'How does one contact a  
>> HUMAN at ebay?'  All my messages to them seem to go into some  
>> Computer Black Hole.
>
> Most likely the messages aren't from ebay, but from someone  
> attempting to get you to fill in some form with your account  
> information(of course, you have no account).
>
> Best course of action is to simply delete the messages....or you  
> can forward them, making sure that the message headers show, to  
> spoof at ebay.com
>
> It's my understanding that ebay and paypal pursue folks who do this  
> type of thing.
>

I go along with that. I receive  quite a few of these spoofs -- and  
the guys at eBay and PayPal are always interested in receiving  
forwarded copies to try and get whoever is darkening their name! I  
always forward them (with the headers)

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Regards
Andy, G8TQH
http://www.rickham.net/