Who or what it coinbay.biz?

messydesk · June 3, 2006 7:38AM

I received a solicitation regarding a forum at "coinbay.biz." The sender got my e-mail address from this forum. Anyone else get the solicitation or have information regarding it?

UncleWiggly · June 3, 2006 8:36AM

I haven't checked my PostIni yet, but I don't have a clue who they are. I don't believe I ever put my email address down in my profile. Did you?

Jerry

coinpage · June 3, 2006 8:52AM

I got one of those too. The email they got was posted on my website.

dorancoins · June 3, 2006 11:01AM

I got one of those as well - is it real?

UncleWiggly · June 3, 2006 11:11AM

www.coinbay.biz

Doesn't look like a whole lot there yet. Maybe.............

Jerry

DONNYJF · June 3, 2006 11:16AM

Looks kind of cool

Myqqy · June 3, 2006 11:28AM

What's up with the freakin' "sizzler" guy????

ellewood · July 11, 2006 10:43PM

I got my solicitation today. Who is giving out these email addresses? Has anyone had any experience with this yet?

drwstr123 · July 11, 2006 11:07PM

Obviously our addresses were gotten from someplace in common with us all.

pontiacinf · July 11, 2006 11:11PM

that site appears to have nothing but junk

Cladiator · July 11, 2006 11:11PM

<< Obviously our addresses were gotten from someplace in common with us all. >>

Hm, I wonder what we all have in common??? hhhmmm

MadMarty · July 11, 2006 11:14PM

I have gotten 2 of them so far. I'm waiting to see how they shake out...

PhillyJoe · July 11, 2006 11:50PM

FWIW, the two emails that I rec'd from them came to my home computer. I have my work computer listed in my profile here; so that is not the common thread.

Joe

Rampage · July 12, 2006 12:06AM

I have gotten two from them as well.

coinlieutenant · July 12, 2006 12:08AM

I got one too....that kind of irks me.

Conder101 · July 12, 2006 12:10AM

<< Obviously our addresses were gotten from someplace in common with us all. >>
Well I haven't gotten one yet so it may not be the forum.

Oldnewbie · July 12, 2006 12:13AM

I got one. The email seemed a bit cheesey, so I just deleted it.

holadude · July 12, 2006 12:41AM

I got one too. I can't seem to figure out what we all have in common though? Scratching my head!

OffMetal · July 12, 2006 12:47AM

I wonder why???

*cough* messydesk, doranscoins, myqqy, ellewood, pontiaicinf, MadMarty, PhillyJoe, Conder101, Oldnewbie *cough*

Russ · July 12, 2006 12:52AM

They've spammed me twice so far. If their goal is to alienate potential sellers, they are succeeding.

OffMetal,

It's not necessairly the forum profile. The eMail address I have in mine is a spam trap where the mail vanishes in to nothingnes.

Russ, NCNE

OffMetal · July 12, 2006 12:54AM

<<They've spammed me twice so far. If their goal is to alienate potential sellers, they are succeeding.

OffMetal,

It's not necessairly the forum profile. The eMail address I have in mine is a spam trap where the mail vanishes in to nothingnes.

Russ, NCNE>>

I know

I just choose to have mine not shown

poorguy · July 12, 2006 12:54AM

Got mine as well. I do believe eBay will not do anything about this until it becomes big enough to take business away from them and then it won't be called coinbay anymore, if it even still operates after the lawyers have done their damage.

Conder101 · July 12, 2006 1:13AM

Offmetal, my email in the profile is legitimite, where's my spam? I guess they must have decided I'm just small fry and not worth the effort.

Bochiman · July 12, 2006 1:16AM

It's not from this forum.
I've gotten it twice as well.

I get it again and this "Bob Martino" is going to get a phone call at the number listed in that spam.

The address I got it at is the one listed for my paypal and ebay.....

tizofthe · July 12, 2006 1:42AM

Got three of them. Looked at the site and nothing but junk!

p8nt · July 12, 2006 4:04AM

There was a new member here several months ago pushing this site. He had just created it. The only problem is that I can't find the thread

I think the email addresses are coming from here. I received two and both had the correct address but with some messes up capitalization indicating that someone probably hand-copied it from my profile, which would also explain why some of you have not received it yet. You either don't have a profile or he hasn't gotten to your profile yet.

seateddime · July 12, 2006 4:13AM

email address came from PCGS who either sold the list or had it hacked.

The website is coming out of Broward County Florida. There is a # on the email. If you want to know what it is or how they got your email call it.

Tell us what they say (if anyone picks up the phone)

Russ · July 12, 2006 4:36AM

<< email address came from PCGS who either sold the list or had it hacked. >>

That's a serious allegation. I'm sure you must have the proof to back it up. Right?

Russ, NCNE

PhillyJoe · July 12, 2006 5:10AM

<< email address came from PCGS who either sold the list or had it hacked.

I'm not sure coinbiz would pay very much for email addresses that are available for free on a public forum.

Joe

bushmaster8 · July 12, 2006 5:25AM

I believe that seateddime is correct.

The email addresses are coming from PCGS. Not the forum, but the Set Registry. PCGS has either sold the set reg. list, or it has been hacked.

I am certain of this because I have a very good friend that has a separate email address that he only uses for setregistry purposes. No email ever appears in this email account unless it is to/from PCGS set reg.

Until now, that is. He now has gotten several Coinbay spam letters. He is not very happy about it either!

edited to add:
The friend does not make his special email address public in his Registry sets. He uses the option to display his sets without an email address being displayed!

Something is seriously amiss here!

messydesk · July 12, 2006 5:26AM

The e-mail addresses used are definitely from the profiles here. I have a unique e-mail address that I use everywhere that might result in me getting spam, including here. This makes it pretty easy to track its origin and turn off the spammed address if it becomes a problem.

Russ · July 12, 2006 5:31AM

<< The e-mail addresses used are definitely from the profiles here. >>

Not in my case. The eMail address I have in my profile is dead unless I fire up the eMail server on the system where the site is hosted - which I never do.

Russ, NCNE

bushmaster8 · July 12, 2006 5:33AM

Not from your profile... from your Set Registry's.

Russ · July 12, 2006 5:36AM

<< I am certain of this because I have a very good friend that has a separate email address that he only uses for setregistry purposes. No email ever appears in this email account unless it is to/from PCGS set reg. >>

That doesn't mean it came from PCGS. ISP's also sell lists. If he's had any coin activity under another eMail address, it's simple enough matter for a list broker to correlate the two.

Russ, NCNE

bushmaster8 · July 12, 2006 5:37AM

I see... I better go edit the title of my udder post

Tarmac · July 12, 2006 5:45AM

With all the SPAM we get daily why pick on one guy who seems to be doing a good thing, giving ebay competition and giving us yet another venue to buy/sell?

It's not like he's hawking viagra, organ enlargement, get rich quick schemes, etc.

CarlWohlforth · July 12, 2006 5:48AM

I received two emails from them as well. I use the same address in the Resistry as here which is also published on my website. Needless to say I get lots of spam.

Russ · July 12, 2006 5:49AM

<< With all the SPAM we get daily why pick on one guy who seems to be doing a good thing >>

Spam is spam, the source or intention is irrelevant.

Russ, NCNE

CaptHenway · July 12, 2006 6:18AM

I got one at my work e-mail, that is not on here.
TD

Rampage · July 12, 2006 10:58AM

Sorry, but my email address is not listed on my profile, so, it DID NOT come from the forums. And as I said earlier, I got two of these so far.

StrikeOutXXX · July 12, 2006 11:02AM

<< Sorry, but my email address is not listed on my profile, so, it DID NOT come from the forums. And as I said earlier, I got two of these so far. >>

When I registered, I had to give my info, and a day or so later, PCGS (Carol) e-mailed me with the info that I was activated - so my e-mail was given initially, even if it currently isn't in my profile.

joeyuk · July 12, 2006 11:07AM

I got one. Same e-mail profile, registry, peepal, and e-bay.

FatMan · July 12, 2006 11:14AM

<< The eMail address I have in mine is a spam trap where the mail vanishes in to nothingnes. >>

Hey Russ, I keep sending you emails and never get a response. Well maybe you don't hate me after all.

StrikeOutXXX · July 12, 2006 11:24AM

Never mind - it had been posted already...

Russ · July 14, 2006 2:19AM

Spammed again today. BTW, their bulk eMail is being handled by listbuilder.com, which is part of bcentral.com, which is owned by - Microsoft.

Russ, NCNE

Rampage · July 14, 2006 2:30AM

As with Russ, I got another one today, too. I think this is my third so far.

bushmaster8 · July 14, 2006 2:37AM

Coinbay bears a strong resemblance to a similar "ebay-like alternative" that popped up a few years ago called urbid.com.

Urbid never really got off the ground, and I suspect this one won't either.

ksteelheader · July 14, 2006 2:54AM

<< I have gotten 2 of them so far. I'm waiting to see how they shake out... >>

I've gotten three. I don't like the format where you need to constantly scroll to read each auction item. That alone will keep me away.

Boom · July 14, 2006 3:00AM

I've received a total of 3 but they go straight to my Spam folder. They cannot identify my computer unless I click on a bar that permits me to see the pictures. Oh, and my email address is no longer visible in my profile.

Coinhog · July 15, 2006 1:12AM

I recieved two emails also. My spam killer dumped them immediately. How many of us have accounts at apmex. They may have gotten the list from them.

Conder101 · July 15, 2006 2:08AM

Three days later and I've still received nothing. In a way it's kind of sad, so inconsequential that even the spammers don't want to bother with you.

Who or what it coinbay.biz?

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