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dumb question-2nd chance

theczartheczar Posts: 1,590 ✭✭
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i place a token bid on a $2000 card. it was for $1000. there were at least 5 different bidders ahead over me using the new bidder 1, 2 etc. format. today i get an email for a 2nd chance in my home email box, but nothing in my ebay "my message" mailbox. shouldn't i get something in that mailbox if it is legit.

i believe with a high percentage that it is a scam, but just in case it is not i want to make certain.

thanks

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  • Ladder7Ladder7 Posts: 1,221 ✭
    its a scam. forward it to spoof@ebay.com
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  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    Definately a scam. Forward it to Spoof@ebay.com
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    RUN AWAY -- very much a scam.

    Never trust any e-mail you get from Ebay. Only trust what you can find when you're on your My Ebay page that you have logged in seprately to from (e.g. not a link from an e-mail)
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  • 5STAT5STAT Posts: 835
    yes..they are getting crafty with phishing emails.

    I got the same type 2nd chance offer on a 1969 vending box that I had bid on. The seller was a member here on the boards.....but when I got the 2nd chance offer it was from someone else in CA..not MD as the original seller was.

    It was reported. But I wonder how many people fall prey to these types of schemes??
  • jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
    i always delete any 2nd chance offers that I get.
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  • RobMM77RobMM77 Posts: 610 ✭
    Don't do it.......it is a scam like others said. I reported one earlier this week. One was from a overseas seller whom has been put on the NO LONGER ACTIVE LIST. This guys a scam artist.........
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    How did the scammer know who you were? You were identified as bidder 2? I was under the impression ebay did away with the names and went to bidder 1 etc so people would not get phony 2nd chance offers.

    Did I misunderstand you?


    SD
    Good for you.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Usually, I not only get 1 second chance offer, but up to 5 for the same item (high ticket). These phisers are ruthless and persistent. I now just turn off the second chance offer under preferences.
  • theczartheczar Posts: 1,590 ✭✭
    winpitcher-that's what i thought. even though i was bidder 7 they figured me out. i had no early bids and my first and only was 1000 so they figured something out.
  • cravetoppscravetopps Posts: 1,134
    If you placed your bid at $1000 before the auction moved past the $200 point, even if the bid was not early, then your id would have been visible to anyone.
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