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Yet ANOTHER eBay Email Scam - Clever!
MooseDog
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Got a couple of new "eBay Scam" emails, but these were ones I hadn't seen before so I thought I'd give a heads up to all. This one comes formatted as if it came from eBay My Messages, but I've never actually seen this format (I request my emails in text so I knew right away this was no good). The messages goes like this:
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Question from reald3al4u
Item: (5784504408)
This message was sent while the listing was active.
reald3al4u is a potential buyer.
hi
I am intrested in buying your item,how mutch is the shipping and how can i pay you?
waiting for your quick reply.thank's
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All the links of course go to numeric URLS, one in Romania. The fake links are from eBay UK.
This if the first of these I have seen that tried to exploit the My Messages part of eBay, which was designed specifically to try and foil these scammers. Just goes to show they are nothing if persistent.
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Question from reald3al4u
Item: (5784504408)
This message was sent while the listing was active.
reald3al4u is a potential buyer.
hi
I am intrested in buying your item,how mutch is the shipping and how can i pay you?
waiting for your quick reply.thank's
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All the links of course go to numeric URLS, one in Romania. The fake links are from eBay UK.
This if the first of these I have seen that tried to exploit the My Messages part of eBay, which was designed specifically to try and foil these scammers. Just goes to show they are nothing if persistent.
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Posted this on Monday. Received 2 that same day. Nice try criminals.