Watch notice ebay scam?

Crazy4Coins

I have recieved two emails recently from what appears to be ebay. The emails are notifying me that an auction I was watching has been relisted. The only problem is that I have never watched the items indicated in the email. Is this some new scammer trying to get you to click on a link in the email?

Heywood

People have said these are scams, but all the ones I have recieved have been Items I was watching.

I always go into the regular e-bay link to re-add if I am still interested.

Preussen

I have received several of these lately. They say (something like) "your watched item has been relisted..."

I was not watching these items, but they were all "other items" offered by the sellers of items I was watching. - Preussen

SmallSizedGuy

<< <i>I have received several of these lately. They say (something like) "your watched item has been relisted..."

I was not watching these items, but they were all "other items" offered by the sellers of items I was watching. - Preussen >>



Same here. I get them for other items offered by sellers I was watching. Is it a scam or an eBay software glich?

MFH

I've gotten two of these 2nd chance offers in as many weeks. Both about coins where I was second highest bidder...and both coins I really wanted.

Knowing both sellers very well, I emailed them and both said that the coins in question were not being reoffered. Both sellers were extremely concerned. If I receive any more 2nd Chance offers, I'll just forward the offer to Safe Harbor at Ebay.

Preussen

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<< <i>I have received several of these lately. They say (something like) "your watched item has been relisted..."

I was not watching these items, but they were all "other items" offered by the sellers of items I was watching. - Preussen >>



Same here. I get them for other items offered by sellers I was watching. Is it a scam or an eBay software glich? >>



I don't know for sure...they looked official, but I just deleted them. - Preussen

RotatedRainbows

Most likely if you click on the link it will want you to log in which means they can hijack your account.

MFH

<< <i>Most likely if you click on the link it will want you to log in which means they can hijack your account. >>




Holy CR*P. I did log onto the account thru the email. Looks like I have to change my password again !

Double D*mn !!

VamGuy

Ok, slow down, it's not as sinister as you might believe.

If I list a Morgan dollar for say $600, eBay charges a $4.80 listing fee. So now image that the coin doesn't sell.

I know that if a "relisted" item sells the second time, the listing fees are refunded.


Rather than relist the same coin, I click the relist link from this closed & unsold auction, and I now change the auction and I list a Lincoln cent.

The automated e-mail goes out to those who were watching the Morgan dollar, only now when they click into the auction, it's actually for a Lincoln cent and confusion errupts.


It's not a big deal.

UncleWiggly

Are they showing up in your My Ebay?



Jerry

09sVDB

I got my first one today. It was for an item I was never watching. I just deleted it.