Re: [Thinkpad] Possible hijacked Ebay account

Michael Geary wrote:

>>From: Ellis Weiner
>>Can I ask some touchingly stupid questions? What's so
>>obvious? I've never bought anything on Ebay (or sold it),
>>but, aside from the fact that this guy has NO feedback from
>>buyers, what's the giveaway that tells you all he's bogus?
>>I ask this so that everyone one else on the list who is too
>>embarrassed to ask, doesn't have to. Thanks, guys.
>
>
> Don't feel embarrassed; I always respect people who are willing to ask
> questions like this.
>
> The thing to look at is the "seller's other items":
>
> http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=osieight
>
> With no previous selling history, this user suddenly has over two hundred
> big-ticket items for sale, all "BRAND NEW! BEST OFFER!". They are all
> one-day listings that expire within a few minutes of each other. In fact,
> many of the items expire within seconds of each other. Also, every item is a
> private auction ("High bidder: User ID kept private"). This is done to
> prevent other eBay users from contacting the bidders to warn them about the
> scam.
>
> A more recent clue: The thief was foolish enough to list a number of the
> items with "Buy it now", which gave one intrepid eBay user an opportunity to
> "buy" those items with the express purpose of leaving immediate negative
> feedback:
>
> http://feedback.ebay.com/ws1/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=osieight
>
> Unfortunately, this isn't doing quite as much good as it could, because all
> 15 of the negative feedbacks that were just posted are from the same user,
> so they only knocked down the feedback score by one point.
>
> -Mike

This one person posting negative feedback is diligent though. They are
up to 40 negatives. Gotta give them credit for being inventive and
finding a way to take some of th items off the auction block! Good job
to whoever you are!

Strangely, the person posting the negative feedback is using the ID
"stolen_identity!dont_send_money!" which was registered on 8/24/04.
Apparently this person makes a habit of watching for these situations.
I would have expected to see the ID registered today.

Rob

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Received on Mon Sep 6 19:19:01 2004