[Premium-Rx] Beware IC 9000's on ebay - hijacked?

[Mark S. Holden]

John Miles wrote:

>Click on the Security Center link at the bottom of your My eBay page, and
>it'll take you to the magic "Report a problem" page.  I keep an eye on the
>T&M equipment categories, and often use that page two or three times a week.
>
>I have been reporting each fraudulent listing via both "Fraud concerns for
>buyers -> Report a listing you think is fraudulent" (which allows you to
>enter only the auction #) and "Problems with sellers -> The problem you're
>having with your seller isn't listed", which allows you to enter details
>about what makes a given listing suspicious.  Seems pretty effective...
>usually takes 12-24 hours to get a fraudulent listing shut down.
>
>Supposedly they are going to be adding a "Report problem with auction"
>button to each listing at some point.  That'll be nice, but it'll also make
>it easy for unethical competitors to flood eBay with bogus reports.
>Unfortunately, the only real "law" on eBay is the Law of Unintended
>Consequences.  When they fix one thing, it usually breaks something else.
>
>-- john, KE5FX
>  
>
I emailed a search of the seller showing the radios to fraud at ebay.com

They don't publicize that account, but they check it.

It was a full hijack - I tried contacting the seller to warn them their 
account was hijacked, and got a reply from the scammer:

The email address he contacted me from was Hkspeedyno1 at aol

Here's his message:

 >Hi ,
 >I`m personaly located in United Kingdom. I have available 20 units.You 
have the opportunity
 >to purchase this unit for only 1200 US$ each one. If you buy more than 
3 units the price
 >each one will be 800 US$ all shipping costs included.The deal will go 
strictly according to
 >eBay's rules and policy regarding to this auction- to start the 
official transaction, I need
 >to know your details- eBay ID and full name and address.......
 >as soon as I have them I'll start the official procedure, and eBay 
will notify you about
 >this. You'll also receive important guidelines + instructions from 
them (please go through
 >them exactly).
 >I'll handle the shipping, so this will be free of charge for you + I 
am willing to deduct
 >you with the fee for handling the payment procedure.
 >Also, a refund policy will be included.
 >Looking forward to hear from you.
 >Regards...
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