20th AGE ASE Bidders on eBay beware of Fraudulant 2nd Chance Offers!
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This afternoon I encountered in my email what I concluded to be a highly deceptive and fraudulant 'second chance offer' for a 20th AGE set. The set was offered to me at the price I bid, a full $1000 less than the average selling price the past several weeks.
The item was offered via email through something called eBay Express Services. Through a conversation with someone who handles suspicious transactions for ebay I learned that 'second chance offers' are not made through email, but through My Messages.
By all appearances the item seemed as if it was offered by ebay, claiming that members are 'insured up to $20,000.00'
Going through the offering, the purchase of the item required payment via 'bank wire receipt' to an Austrian bank. (Always a red flag).
As I have personally been stung on the purchase of a coin before, I am taking this up with the FBI on monday. However, I wanted to let other members of the forum know about this as well so no one is harmed.
Too bad stuff like this exists--
Happy Collecting!
The item was offered via email through something called eBay Express Services. Through a conversation with someone who handles suspicious transactions for ebay I learned that 'second chance offers' are not made through email, but through My Messages.
By all appearances the item seemed as if it was offered by ebay, claiming that members are 'insured up to $20,000.00'
Going through the offering, the purchase of the item required payment via 'bank wire receipt' to an Austrian bank. (Always a red flag).
As I have personally been stung on the purchase of a coin before, I am taking this up with the FBI on monday. However, I wanted to let other members of the forum know about this as well so no one is harmed.
Too bad stuff like this exists--
Happy Collecting!
HAPPY COLLECTING!!!
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Third and final step use Ebay messaging to send the seller a message via Ebay. Again, NEVER reply to offers via email. The seller will almost always tell you that any offer was a scam.
Almost all AGE Set auctions are being targeted by the scammers. The first tip of looking for your full name (not ebay name) will screen out 80% of them. The second tip of going to MyEbay messages to check will catch most of those remaining. The third step of confirming by sending a message to the seller through Ebay will get the rest.
Don't fall victim. Lots of people do every day, if they did not the scammers would give up. Every now and then a fish bites. Don't get hooked.
Further, it is safest to avoid clicking on ANY links in an email. It is too easy to phony up links in an email.
<< <i>Almost all AGE Set auctions are being targeted by the scammers. >>
Almost all high dollar auctions, period, are being targeted by scammers. Every time I sell a valuable coin I get eMails from underbidders who received these bogus second chance offers.
Russ, NCNE