RE: [OT] Ebay Diddle? New Twist ?

["Marc Fuller" <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been (or my auction has) a recent victim of something very similar. I
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had an auction that ran for a high price item. The auction ended, I got
pai=
d, the person was happy with the item. A few days later, I received an
emai=
l from one of the other people that bidded on my auction, asking a
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about the item. It turns out that he received what looked like a legitimat=
e ebay email, offering him a second chance. He had already responded to
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SCO (Second Chance Offer) and had a reply from me (that's the fake me).
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Luckily for him, he wanted to ask me a question first, and sent it to me
(t=
he real me) and I responded telling him the auction had ended etc. He was
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ll ready to pay. Close one for him.
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So, be warned.. SCO's can easily be forged.
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Regards
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Marc
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From: mouserdrip15 [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Mon 13/12/2004 22:55
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Ebay Diddle?





Hi

Over the weekend I bid on an item. It had a starting price of =A3350,
there we no bidders at all untill I bid in the last 10 mins. Then
immediately I was continuosly outbid by a zero rated new bidder until
I lost the item.
5 mins after the auction ended I got a second chance offer from the
seller saying the zero rated bidder was a fraud....!
This seems very much like a underhanded seller forcing his price up?
Or am I being parranoid?

Rob