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

[Peter Gottlieb]

That email address bounced for me.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark S. Holden 
  Cc: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org 
  Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:28 AM
  Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Beware IC 9000's on ebay - hijacked?


  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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