Re: [Thinkpad] Possible hijacked Ebay account

Michael Geary schreef:

>>From: Kris Steenhaut
>>- 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.
>>
>>
>
>There are other possible reasons for this. As alisa pointed out, someone at
>eBay could have been in the process of taking down this account and the
>auctions, and so the numbers went a little funny for a while. Or, eBay could
>have multiple servers that display feedback ratings, and they don't all get
>updated instantly.
>
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>
>
Or the vilain(s) behind all this are making a strategic retreat. For
instance by removing that Ebay-id.

You are free to bet your pension on "could be's" of course.

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,
   Kris
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