My scams are specifically relate to someone taking over my account. My account suddenly is taken over by another eBayer. They change my password and postal address. Then they start listing large ticket items for sale. They have listed bobcats, large excavating machine, semi's, prime movers. They want the bidders to register with "me" before bidding. These items are listed in the $ tens of thousands of dollars. The offender also starts bidding on anything they can, using my account. In my case, the offenders ended up originating from Denmark, Germany and Ukraine, using internet cafe's in Canada (this is what eBay tell me anyway).
When I contact eBay,they have taken 2-3 days to rectify. Then imply that I must have given out my password, or responded to a spam email. I am pretty internet savvy, and would never do this, but there is no 100% foolproof way of buying on-line.
After several years on eBay, my two basic tips are:
- Use the eBay message system - don't reply to any emails through you mail client.
- Open a small bank account which is independent from your main banking accounts - even use a different bank. And only keep a small amount in at all times
- And we have a post box.
hoo roo,
Steve