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Originally Posted by Stevo69
I have been the victim of eBay scams. eBay jumps on the eventually, BUT, they imply that you, the legitimate eBay user is at fault. Either you answered a spam email or similar. They will never admit that their systems are "hackable".
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Hi Stevo,
This scam is a very easy one to do and falls outside of ebay's "foolproof" systems. I could do it to you right now - just fake bid on a buy it now item, then try to get you to post it to me in leiu of funds to your account...I'll transfer cash tomorrow Stevo honest!!!!!! Except i wouldn't be as thick to include a Nigerian pastor in the scam
It's a very human hack!!!!! The gullible and greedy need only put their commonsense on hold for a wee while.
And yes, I agree - ebay sent a list of links on how to protect myself against fraud, all of which still wouldn't/couldn't plug the hole that let this scammer into the system in the first place
All the best
Doug
