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Dear (---), We're writing to let you know that eBay has ended the following item you were bidding on because the item appears to have been listed without the account holder's permission: Item Number - 20005735xxxx Item Title - Neumann U47 Kondensator-Mikrofon (Long Body) We are now working to restore the account to its original owner as soon as possible. |
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'Second chance' scams A classic Romanian scam is the "second chance auction." The mark: an EBay user who has narrowly lost an auction. The scammers can see that the user was prepared to spend, say, $145 on a particular item. They will then try to guess the user's e-mail address so that they can make contact off the EBay platform to offer a second chance to buy the item. Users commonly have the same e-mail address as their EBay user name, so the scammers may send out 50 e-mail messages using an EBay user name and the most common domain names such as Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo. The Romanian scammers then cook up elaborate stories to persuade their victims to send money via unrecoverable methods such as Western Union -- even instructing people not to tell Western Union the payment is for an EBay transaction, claiming Western Union will charge them an EBay surcharge of 10% (it doesn't), and instead to say they're sending money to their Romanian cousin. |
J.J. Blair wrote on Sat, 16 December 2006 21:53 |
If their message says, "Do not contact me through eBay. Use this e-mail address only." .... |
John Stafford wrote on Sun, 17 December 2006 20:35 |
It's such a shame, as I could have... |
J.J. Blair wrote on Sun, 17 December 2006 23:18 |
As soon as you bid on an item, you are able to get the seller's info, including their phone number. |
Klaus Heyne wrote on Mon, 18 December 2006 00:37 | ||
How do you do that? I just bid on an item, but nothing changed, as far as the anonymity of the seller is concerned |
Rocket17 wrote on Mon, 16 February 2009 15:00 |
Total rubbish, your interpretation, Klaus - as said before: You are NOT the mile stone all things are measured by! You have an opinion. And here is mine: KH, shades of arrogance with every step on the path with no humor present – whatsoever. Some say, the worst combination in German mentality. Some say, they just can’t help it. Here, ironically & metaphorically engraved in stone as German Masterworks. Issue vintage craze/vintage capsules: Some believe that a vintage K67 is generally superior to a K67/870 of recent production and therefore demand the vintage version. To have spitted on the vintage craze: The hypocrisy of one Herr Heyne, as indulging in the vintage craze himself - his very livelihood – here manifested, like a halo above his head! Best for himself to follow his own advise by showing some class (and to shut up)! Be 5:45 o’clock the other metaphor. It could be an hour sooner or later. Seize fire means seize fire when the intrigant seizes fire! After that, some ricochet still flying around. Sitting in a glass house... |