EBAY fails to protect bidder's privacy and safety

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• flaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭

  October 17, 2006 4:52AM

  It's the nature of the beast. Any sort of public online commerce like eBay is going to expose your purchasing habits to the world. It's not just eBay.

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• sonoranmonsoon Posts: 2,078 ✭✭

  October 17, 2006 9:03AM

  It is a problem that ebay has been slow to address. In my opinion, they should remove the 2nd chance offer until they solve the problem. As an ebay seller, I use the "private auction" feature on my higher end items. That way my bidders are protected from this problem. The spammers can not email the bidders if they do not know who the are.

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• sweetwilliet Posts: 2,316 ✭✭✭

  October 17, 2006 9:06AM

  How do the scammers get the email addresses of the underbidders? I have had a few bogus 2nd chance offers, all on high dollar items.
  

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• ABC123 Posts: 2,627

  October 17, 2006 12:27PM

  Ebay is not for Everyone---Meg Whitman

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• coindeuce Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2006 1:37PM

  
  
  << <i>How do the scammers get the email addresses of the underbidders? I have had a few bogus 2nd chance offers, all on high dollar items. >>
  
  The phishing scammers don't have other eBay members addresses. By simply going to the feedback history of any member they can contact another member thru the eBay "contact member" link on that page. What is most frightful is the fact that many phishing scammers can duplicate the html code used to create the standard eBay graphics to make the message look legit. Never respond to any messages in a private email inbox, especially if the message encourages the addressee to click on a hyperlink in the body of the message. If the message appears to be legit, it can be verified by logging into one's my eBay messages. The message would only be legit if it also appears there.

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• RedTiger Posts: 5,608 ✭

  October 17, 2006 3:51PM

  Legit messages can always be found through a person's MyEbay, and will always have the person's full name, not their Ebay screen name. In anycase, always go through Ebay to contact the seller before making any payments. NEVER reply directly to an email on second chance offers. Follow this little bit of caution and the scammers will never get you.
  
  I do wish that Ebay and Paypal would implement the security features that some banks now use, including a user selected icon, and message on legit official sites. This one step would cut the scammers profit by 80% and it requires little overhead. No more overhead than the PCGS forum icons and custom titles.
  

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• fishcooker Posts: 3,446 ✭✭

  October 17, 2006 10:23PM

  
  I'm sick of sellers constantly sending messages about their current auctions.
  
  How do I block legitimate sellers from bothering me with "Hey check out these auctions" messages?
  
  

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