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Try clicking on the bid now or the high bidder....



bizzare ebay action

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    Not sure how to report it to Ebay, there site is less than customer friendly..
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    Odd no matter what I try can't find any info except for a JACL link.
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    ALL the links go to email?

    Must be desperate for spam emailimage
    (Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.

    (Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
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    Trying to avoid seller fees?
    Everything I write is my opinion.

    Looking for alot of crap.
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    I found a way to bid.
    I reached my $5.00 limit anyone want to buy it?
    He has great feedback.

    If it is real he must not want a low bidder to win same problem with his 1893 S morgan dollar.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man .....

    My problem is that I am already logged in, interestingly enough, I am SECURELY logged in, as I type this. When I click on that link, it brings up a new window in MSN (the butterfly). What I believe is happening is that someone has designed a way to get others to check on something very high grade, and also built a site (cleverly) into ebay's system by where they might be able to use technology to gain one's email AND password. No matter what link I clicked on that site, I found my BUTTERFLY popping up for me to LOG in.... I DID NOT GO FURTHER.

    I think it's a scam, a trojan, a worm, or something that will SPY, and should be reported.
    Anyone have any idea where SQT is ? Seems I would have to give that link my email to contact the seller and that WILL NOT happen.


    I would advise against bidding on this item. Does the old saying : "if it's too good to be true....." come to mind with anyone besides me ??????
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    Go to a real auction on eBay hit "place a bid" copy the url (sorry for whomevers link I used in the example)
    Ex. http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=MakeBid&maxbid=&item=8340121613&fb=1&co_partnerid=

    repace those bold numbers with the item number 6566824927
    you should get the real ebay page for bidding
    http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=MakeBid&maxbid=&item=6566824927&fb=1&co_partnerid=

    it's real he's just running a scam through ebay like that no on low balls him, even with that I stopped bidding at $5.00 and never clicked his email link.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man, thanks.... I actually went in a roundabout way and did a search on seller. He or she sells a lot of rocks and gems (a lot from Russia). Also, it stands to reason he/she is protecting the investment with CHICKENBIDDER..... very clever, indeed. It is my dream coin. Well, last I looked it is up to $6.74 with just over a day to go......in a 7 day auction, for an 1856 Flying Eagle Proof64 in a PCGS slab ?

    I would think there would be a lot more bids. I'll steer clear image but will watch intently.

    Now, if I had about 17 grand in my budget, I might bid image
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    TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,094 ✭✭✭


    << <i>ALL the links go to email?

    Must be desperate for spam emailimage >>



    Seems so...I havent ever seen this before...... image

    TorinoCobra71

    image
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    CapstickCapstick Posts: 263 ✭✭✭
    Just got this message from the seller:


    "
    Hello,
    I am writing to tell you that this auction is showing up as one of my auctions, however, it isn't my auction, it just showed up yesterday and I dont know whos it is. I have contacted ebay about this matter and apologize for any inconvience it may cause you. I have tried to end the auction, but was unsuccessful since it had bids. Again, THIS ISNT MY AUCTION, I dont even know if it is a real auction, so please proceed with caution. Thank you for your time, Charlotte"


    Explains alot. Either that or the person is trying to snow everyone.
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    VamGuyVamGuy Posts: 1,624
    Shortly after placing my bid, I received this e-mail through the legitimate eBay message system...



    << <i>Hello,
    I am writing to tell you that this auction is showing up as one of my auctions, however, it isn't my auction, it just showed up yesterday and I dont know whos it is. I have contacted ebay about this matter and apologize for any inconvience it may cause you. I have tried to end the auction, but was unsuccessful since it had bids. Again, THIS ISNT MY AUCTION, I dont even know if it is a real auction, so please proceed with caution. Thank you for your time, Charlotte >>



    It really does look like somebody may have managed to infiltrate the "secure" eBay system and create fake/fraudulent auction listings.

    I've already reported the listing to eBay.

    This is weird.
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    This account has been hijacked! (false eBay page)

    I have contacted eBay about auctions 6566824927 and 6567170931
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    Good snoopage skerke !


    Thanx for the alert.
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    VamGuyVamGuy Posts: 1,624


    << <i>Dear eBay Community Member,
    The bid that you entered for the item (6566824927) has been cancelled. You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the (bid history) link from the individual item page.

    Regards,
    eBay >>



    Both auctions are toast. image
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    Good dealimage
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    That's freaky. The entire page is a .gif file associated with an eMail link. Here's the script causing it:

    <SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.1>
    var email = 'tutornbilll@cs.com';
    var subject = '1856 Flying Eagle Cent PCGS PR-64';
    var frameWidth = 2048;
    var frameHeight = 4096;
    document.write('
    <div id="divTst" style="background: transparent; position: absolute; z-index: 1000; top: 0; left: 0; width: ' + frameWidth +'px; height: ' + frameHeight + 'px">
    <a href="mailto: ' + email + '?Subject=' + subject +'">
    <img src="http://www.jacl.org/images/blank.gif" width="' + frameWidth +'" height="' + frameHeight + '" border="0" title="CLICK TO E-MAIL ME">
    </a>
    </div>');
    </SCRIPT>


    Any of you java guys know what that's doing?

    Russ, NCNE
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    robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    That is bizarre. Even after disabling Java, Javascript, and Images on the page, the text of the auction still renders and the entire page is a giant hyperlink to the above mentioned email address.
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    << <i>That's freaky. The entire page is a .gif file associated with an eMail link. Here's the script causing it:

    <SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.1>
    var email = 'tutornbilll@cs.com';
    var subject = '1856 Flying Eagle Cent PCGS PR-64';
    var frameWidth = 2048;
    var frameHeight = 4096;
    document.write('
    <div id="divTst" style="background: transparent; position: absolute; z-index: 1000; top: 0; left: 0; width: ' + frameWidth +'px; height: ' + frameHeight + 'px">
    <a href="mailto: ' + email + '?Subject=' + subject +'">
    <img src="http://www.jacl.org/images/blank.gif" width="' + frameWidth +'" height="' + frameHeight + '" border="0" title="CLICK TO E-MAIL ME">
    </a>
    </div>');
    </SCRIPT>


    Any of you java guys know what that's doing?

    Russ, NCNE >>




    I was hoping you could tell us what was up.

    It's pretty dang wierd.
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    robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Alright, here it is:

    The overlying image was a 1 pixel by 1 pixel, clear GIF image file. There was code via a stylesheet that stretched it to cover the entire page. The stretching of the image was being done by YOUR computer after the page was loaded, which is why it may have slowed down your computer.

    The auction body HTML seems to have been generated using a popular WYSIWYG HTML editor.

    A small portion of the HEAD HTML code was also copied into the auction.

    The auction body itself is properly written if you remove the HTML that generates the overlying image.

    My theory is that someone generated an auction with a WYSIWYG editor, then pasted the code into Turbo Lister or some other program to list the auction via the eBay GCI interface. eBay's server, trying to remove potentially malicious code (the user apparently copied ALL of the HTML, including HEADer), had a hiccup and mangled some of the HTML and also slapped the auction into the wrong person's auction listings.
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    Well this scary to see that eBay hasn't fixed the problem and just ended the auction.
    Well at least I found a place to buy cheap polished stones and other hippie things.image
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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    There was a scammer about a year ago that copied auction pics of high-end legitimate coins (one of which was mine), then had an email link (to Italy I believe) for a BIN price. Looks similar.

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