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Weird Email Concerning eBay Fraud
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lugnet.market.auction
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Date:
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Tue, 23 May 2000 20:57:20 GMT
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Hey Y'all:
Has anyone else ever received a notice from: stopfraud@eBay.com? I don't know
why, but receiving such a notice by email feels pointedly UN-official and
cheap. A cursory look at eBay's Safe Harbor area doesn't yield this email
address either. Is that a legitimate address?
I suppose I should mention that I was not the person named in the complaint,
so far I am only a bidder/buyer on eBay. I do recognize the name of a user of
RTL in the body of the email, though. At the same time, I don't think I ever
happened to be this person's "victim of fraud." I fail to see how my merely
bidding in an auction involving this person in any way builds eBay's case
against him/her. I mean, bidding only suggests that I believed in the
legitimacy of the auction (or is that the perceived damage itself?). The
person who won an auction is the one who got victimized. How am I a damaged
party in this action as a mere bidder?
On another note: for some silly reason I am annoyed that this person would
prey upon us Lego nuts -- I guess it points up the inherent foolishness of
what we will pay for plastic. I feel sullied.
Anybody else receive this notice?
-- Richard
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Message has 6 Replies:
 | | Re: Weird Email Concerning eBay Fraud
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| (...) Yes, I have. Just a few minutes ago. I received two eBay id names, both of which had auctions I have bid on. And both are no longer registered. One has received 18 negatives within the past 6 months. The other, whose name I have seen many (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Weird Email Concerning eBay Fraud
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| I also received that memo today, 6 mount ago, I bid on an item from one of the user under investigation, I was the highest bidder and a couple hours before the end of the auction, an E-bay administrator E-mailed me saying that the auction was closed (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Weird Email Concerning eBay Fraud
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| In fact I got the message in question at 3 o'clock this afternoon. From the headers it comes from an internal eBay user, so I'd bet that it's legit. I do recall bidding on stuff one of the sellers in question had for auction, but since I never won (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Weird Email Concerning eBay Fraud
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| (...) My case isn't as flagrant a case of Mail Fraud...but I remember this lunatic... I just got 2 of these emails...I got partially burned by melonfish twice....at least. Luckily I got my money back. He had over 100 positive feedback when I ran (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Weird Email Concerning eBay Fraud
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| (...) I recieved the mail too. It looked funny to me as the lines were wrapped poorly and it didn't have the "official look" ie.. clickable links etc. I sent it on to Safe Harbor, we'll see if they do anything about it. John (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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