New Ebay Scam....Canada Shipping questions....

kryptonitecomics

I am sorry if this has already been posted, but I think it's critical that I warn everyone:


I just want to warn all of you about a new scam I just ran across. I sell on Ebay quite often and I get asked a lot of questions about item and or shipping quotes. A person e-mailed me today and told me that a friend had given him my name and that he was told I was an honest seller. He asked me if I ship to Canada and how much my rates were.

When I clicked on respond I had to log onto my Ebay account to respond, but I got an invalid password error. I assumed it was probably something shady going on so I went in an immediately changed my password on Ebay.

Several hours later I got an e-mail from a person in Germany stating that they had recieved 600 responses to a question they had not asked and that someone was inpersonating them. Below are the e-mails.....please be careful as the criminals are getting sneakier and sneakier.

Dear kryptonitecomics,

Hello, HI.My friend purchased one item from you and recommended you as a seller I can really trust. I'm interested in buying some items. Will you able ship my purchase to Canada? What are the terms of shipping? I also would like item to be shipped via USPS. Thank you for your answer!

Please respond to the question on eBay by clicking the button below.

Thank you,
zynnad


----- Original Message -----
From: "DANIEL LEVASSEUR" <zynnad@yahoo.com>
To: <kryptonitecomics@adelphia.net>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: Question from eBay Member


> I am sorry for any confusuion, but I live in GERMANY
> and you are one of about 600 emails I have received
> requesting shipment to Canada all from ebay sellers.
>
> I have changed my password and my email addy on Ebay
> and still recieve thses emails.
>
> I understand it is not your fault, but a problem
> with someone else who says they are me. If you could
> help me and tell me who this little guy is would like
> to confront him/her.
>
> Thank you
> Dan

guysmy

Yikes! This jerk is messing it up for other Canadians that like US coins.

BowTieCoins

Thanks for the warning, I haven't seen that one yet.

But I do not give any of my info unless I go to e-bay myself. I wont do it threw a link.

When we first started on e-bay, I did that, and e-bay had some one take over my account and they were selling TV's and what not. It took like two todays to get back on to e-bay. E-bay was way ahead of it, so no damage done other then the lesson of never giving my info any where except directly threw e-bay.


Katrina

kryptonitecomics

<< <i>Thanks for the warning, I haven't seen that one yet.

But I do not give any of my info unless I go to e-bay myself. I wont do it threw a link.

When we first started on e-bay, I did that, and e-bay had some one take over my account and they were selling TV's and what not. It took like two todays to get back on to e-bay. E-bay was way ahead of it, so no damage done other then the lesson of never giving my info any where except directly threw e-bay.


Katrina >>



The same thing happend to me and typically I am extremely careful.....in this case the thought of a sale blinded me a little so hence the reason for the warning.

kryptonitecomics

TTT.....I want folks to see this and hopefully avoid this scam.............please ignore if you have already read it

AuldFartte

Thank you for the warning

Rockhound

This question came to me today via email and I did respond, I have dealt with several Canadians recently with no problem and all ask what shipping would be. This question I got today wasn't listed in my ebay and after seeing this thread I says YIKES and changed my password. Thank you for the great warning thread...now I wonder how I could find out if anyone has tried to use the info they got if indeed the questioner was bogus?