(fwd) WARNING! New Ebay SCAM! (fwd)

From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Tue May 18 15:24:16 1999

> Here is the response I got from eBay this morning, and my question below
> it. I considered this a lame side stepping answer and emailed back saying
> so.

They're absolutely right. They have no possible way to control this. The
e-mail does not pass through their system. If they DID get involved
suddenly they'd be responsible for all the deals that go bad, and that would
swiftly bankrupt them in today's litigous society.

So Caviet Emptor. If you don't get the note from e-bay saying "you won
acution foo, contact bar_at_wherever.net to close the deal, and someone sends
you e-mail offering you the same thing, treat it like anyone else e-mailing
from the cold. Verify the address. Get a phone number and talk to them,
maybe. The most e-bay could do is throw them off E-bay if they were members
anyway.

To be honest I'm getting tired of the "ebay sucks because" threads, of which
this is clearly a part. The original note was a valid "heads up", I agree -
it's a scam I hadn't thought of, but I think we've worn it to death now.

-- 
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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