Re: [Thinkpad] Possible hijacked Ebay account

Bruce Markowitz schreef:

>Kris, I think you have missed the point.
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Really?

>It is quite obviously a stolen identity. It has all the classic signs:
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Why would anyone care to steal a + 15 rate account. You can as well,
and even better make a brand new account.

>1. a relatively inactive account suddenly has 50 or more high end items for
>sale, all brand new
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Which can be a fake, which can be fraud, but isn't an indication of a
"stolen account".

>2. They are all private auctions, which is done so that the buyers and
>bidders can not be warned by experienced users who can spot this stuff
>instantly.
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You sure have spotted I've mentioned already twice that fact. No need
for keeping it repeated.

>3. Half the specs on the "new" machines are wrong, many of them have the
>wrong pictures.
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Which is an indication of fraud, but not at all an indication about a
"stolen identity".

>4. It is Labor Day here, business are generally CLOSED. People are not
>generally on line to buy on a Holiday.
>
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So, there aren't any means to pay by means of a bankdraft either (banks
are closed too I presume).

>As far as the "bidder", there are "Ebay Police" who delight in screwing with
>these creeps.
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Really? "Police" failing to report himself properly looks creepy to me
as well.

> Ebay won't even respond for at least 24 hours, and in my Law
>Enforcement experience, they will DUCK and HIDE to avoid liability!!!!
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Of course they do. That's why I refuse to work with Paypal.

>This is a fake, you can bet your life on it,
>
I do know that, and probably I do know better than you.

Question:

- How can it be there are fifteen ratings positive, 2 ratings negative,
and still an account of 100 % positives, and a global rate of + 15?

Answer: that only can be if an Ebay employee or someone inside Ebay
having acces to the accounts is messing around. Meaning, what we are
seeing not is not so much the aim but simply a try-out for coming
fraudulent actions. Which will be better hidden and more difficult to spot.

So it is even worse than you are prepared to think off. Unless Ebay
would'n hide and duck for once, but I'm not going to bet my pension on
that. :-)

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,
   Kris
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