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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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Richard Marchetti schreef: (...) Check the email header... If the original point is from a machine from ebay, it's official. If it's not from the eBay domain, it's most likely faked. (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) That seems sensible and straight forward to me, but checkout where it says "may be forged." Here are the headers: ---...--- Headers ---...--- Return-Path: <stopfraud@ebay.com> Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Pretty much the same thing - my headers read the same. I remember bidding on a Melonfish auction (he had lots) if only because I felt that since he was just down the freeway from me, I wasn't that worried about fraud (must have picked up a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Seems to be Legit, Here is the response: Hello John, Thank you for your inquiry. I can appreciate your concern. This is a letter that we do send out. Angela is the manager of the Fraud division. If any of the criteria on the letter match your (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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