Folks, I was an underbidder on the System/360 panel that recently went on
ebay.
This morning I received an obviously fake 'second chance' offer email.
The interesting part is that the sender had clearly done some research, as
ebay has not exposed your email address for many years, precisely to
prevent scams like this. Since my ebay ID is 'corestore_org' it's not too
hard to google and find an email address for me; they clearly did so, as
the email correctly associated my email address with my account name,
exactly as a genuine ebay email would.
I don't think anyone here would be taken in by such for an instant, but be
warned all the same; someone is being 'active' with scams tailored to our
interests. The email claimed to originate from 'ebay at ebay.joe211.info' and
sought a reply to 'jrengineer70 at gmail.com'.
EDIT a google reveals several other scam emails using this email address.
It never struck me before, but of course ebay doesn't even show underbidder
*account names* any more; they splash them with asterisks and display them
as x******x. Yet the scammer knew my full ebay ID, my correct email
address, AND the amount of my underbid. Someone *must* have cracked the
ebay database...
Mike
http://www.corestore.org
'No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother.
Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame.
For one person, in the dark, where no one will ever know or see.'