Mayor Fraud On Ebay!

[BAZARUS]

hI ALL

I know it is not a right place for this post, but I also know, that many of you buy and sell on ebay, so I've decide to worn you. There is a mayor fraud going on that started this morning. Thousands of members have receive an email, that looks like from PayPal. It says, that you have just purchase a phone for $289. If you recive this email, do not replay or click on any link. Just delete it! I have called PayPal and spoke to a lady, that she alone recived so far today about 150 phonecalls about this spoof email. Wonder how many people answer phonecalls at PayPal. Multiple those by 150 and it will came up with a big number.

 

[Troy]

E-mail Fraud

This is NOT an E-Bay fraud but an E-Mail fraud !!!
I too have received e-mail asking me to update various accounts. DO NOT !!!
Simply delete the e-mail.

Troy

hI ALL

I know it is not a right place for this post, but I also know, that many of you buy and sell on ebay, so I've decide to worn you. There is a mayor fraud going on that started this morning. Thousands of members have receive an email, that looks like from PayPal. It says, that you have just purchase a phone for $289. If you recive this email, do not replay or click on any link. Just delete it! I have called PayPal and spoke to a lady, that she alone recived so far today about 150 phonecalls about this spoof email. Wonder how many people answer phonecalls at PayPal. Multiple those by 150 and it will came up with a big number.

 

[BAZARUS]

This is NOT an E-Bay fraud but an E-Mail fraud !!!
I too have received e-mail asking me to update various accounts. DO NOT !!!
Simply delete the e-mail.

Troy

Well, yes of course...but everyone knows what I mean. English is not my primary language

 

[sjm]

Well, yes of course...but everyone knows what I mean. English is not my primary language

Don't worry about your English, Bazarus, for we all enjoy your posts on the forum. Thanks for advising all of us on the forum about this potentially dangerous situation.

 

[cardiac kid]

This is NOT an E-Bay fraud but an E-Mail fraud !!!
I too have received e-mail asking me to update various accounts. DO NOT !!!
Simply delete the e-mail.

Troy

Troy,

Most of the people who are the subjects of these e-mails want you to forward them to their offices ASAP. I received the subject e-mail. I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com. The quicker they receive copies of the fake requests, the sooner the offending party can be caught and prosecuted. I don't even have a paypal account!

 

[BAZARUS]

Don't worry about your English, Bazarus, for we all enjoy your posts on the forum. Thanks for advising all of us on the forum about this potentially dangerous situation.

oH, thanx I enjoy to...Rude Dog just bust my ass for a gramma mistake in the tittle.

 

[Johnson]

a good site any paypal user should check out is

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

It's a legit site made by people who got swindled by con artists via paypal, i have been swindled myself and have known a lot of other people who have as well, imo, it's secure to buy through paypal, but if you are going to sell anything online do not accept money via paypal, sooner or later it will catch up to you.
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[BAZARUS]

a good site any paypal user should check out is

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

It's a legit site made by people who got swindled by con artists via paypal, i have been swindled myself and have known a lot of other people who have as well, imo, it's secure to buy through paypal, but if you are going to sell anything online do not accept money via paypal, sooner or later it will catch up to you.

Would you elaborate on this issue? I'm receiving most payments through PayPal and I'd be intresting to hear your story.

 

[Teddy Harris]

a good site any paypal user should check out is

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

It's a legit site made by people who got swindled by con artists via paypal, i have been swindled myself and have known a lot of other people who have as well, imo, it's secure to buy through paypal, but if you are going to sell anything online do not accept money via paypal, sooner or later it will catch up to you.

I've been using paypal for at least three years and never had a single problem collecting any mony owed to me, and never had a single problem when I made payments. I personally think the paypal service is excellent.

 

[Johnson]

Would you elaborate on this issue? I'm receiving most payments through PayPal and I'd be intresting to hear your story.

http://paypalsucks.com/PayPalFormerEmployee1.shtml


Thats an article from a former paypal employee turned whistle blower, u can read it and it goes into detail, i got scammed for like $50, it could of been worse i received $1000's via paypal, and i have friends who have lost $1000's some of which are being sued by paypal, read that article, but basically someone gets a stolen credit card online or whatever(which is very simple to do), they buy something from you, preferrably something expensive, and since it was a stolen credit card months later once paypal figures out what happened they order you to pay back the money, and so then you are out whatever merchandise you sold. I had another buyer retract $100, saying that he never got the merchandise, when he had, and paypal refunded him the money, well i fought it, got the money back, and then they charged me a $10 fee for their involvement. It's just pathetic, without customers they would be nothing, and the way they have it set up a lot of their customers get stabbed in the back.
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[piglit]

Well, yes of course...but everyone knows what I mean. English is not my primary language

We don't talk no english here. That's ball spin. We gonna learn you some American. Then y'all'll be knowin' from where I be at. Just axx me.

-pige

 

[larrynj1]

i think this might be too godo to be true, but i got an e-mail from the treasurer of an african nation who has a budget overrun of 100's of millions of dollars. he wants to split it with me if i let him transfer the money into my account. after i give him all my bank info and passwords, he's going to visit me at home with it all in cash!!

 

[Rude Dog]

i think this might be too godo to be true, but i got an e-mail from the treasurer of an african nation who has a budget overrun of 100's of millions of dollars. he wants to split it with me if i let him transfer the money into my account. after i give him all my bank info and passwords, he's going to visit me at home with it all in cash!!

It has to be true, do it!

 

[macguy]

hI ALL

I know it is not a right place for this post, but I also know, that many of you buy and sell on ebay, so I've decide to worn you. There is a mayor fraud going on that started this morning. Thousands of members have receive an email, that looks like from PayPal. It says, that you have just purchase a phone for $289. If you recive this email, do not replay or click on any link. Just delete it! I have called PayPal and spoke to a lady, that she alone recived so far today about 150 phonecalls about this spoof email. Wonder how many people answer phonecalls at PayPal. Multiple those by 150 and it will came up with a big number.

I get an email something like that almost everyday. They are just frauds trying to get information. Delete them, it is just a part of being on the net, kind of why you lock your doors at home or in your car, the world is full of not so nice people.

 

[Purdman]

Excuse me

BAZARUS may have been talking about mayor Barry in Wash. D.C. LOL
BAZARUS my friend, your English is a lot better than these guys Polish buddy.
Hope you find your dream home. I honestly don't know where you can get an apartment for $600. It is at least $1,100 in my area. You are welcome to pay a visit anytime.
Purdman

 

[hemicudas]

BAZARUS may have been talking about mayor Barry in Wash. D.C. LOL
BAZARUS my friend, your English is a lot better than these guys Polish buddy.
Hope you find your dream home. I honestly don't know where you can get an apartment for $600. It is at least $1,100 in my area. You are welcome to pay a visit anytime.
Purdman

Let's not revisit the Mayor Barry thing, Don. That was why our first thread got pulled, lol. Remember, LOL. Hell, I thought it was a hell of a thread. Most others did too. You DaMan, Don. Just wish I had known it 2 years ago. You and da Green Guy are OK.

BAZARUS, Don is telling ya the truth. You are a MAJOR asset here, my friend, Hang in there,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,$Bill

 

[Purdman]

The Mayor and Hemi

Hey Hemi, you know da mayor? Why I seen em just the other day at a rally. They asked him how he felt about the new Abortion Bill. He said he already paid it. When they asked him about defence, he said he thought they ought to paint it. Give em a call, his number is FE FI FO FE FI FO FO. Tell em Don sent ya. Two rocks in every pipe, how can ya lose on that platform.
Purdman

Only in your nations capitol, Washington, D.C.

 

[BAZARUS]

BAZARUS may have been talking about mayor Barry in Wash. D.C. LOL
BAZARUS my friend, your English is a lot better than these guys Polish buddy.
Hope you find your dream home. I honestly don't know where you can get an apartment for $600. It is at least $1,100 in my area. You are welcome to pay a visit anytime.
Purdman

LOL...well I actually found a apartment - 2bedroom (almost 900 sf) for $499.00 in Ronaoke, VA. Don't know what the catch is yet.

 

[Purdman]

LOL...well I actually found a apartment - 2bedroom (almost 900 sf) for $499.00 in Ronaoke, VA. Don't know what the catch is yet.

Hey Voytek, the catch is, it is next door to Bumfuc$ Egypt. There are more cows than people down there. Great area if ya want to be a coal miner. All the woman down there are barefoot and pregnant. Mostly by kinfolk. Ya know what they do on Holloween, pump kin. Hairlip and flipper country my man, that's the catch. I met a guy from Ronaoke at work. One day he called me at home and said he was comming out my way with his wife and sister. Wanted to stop by. Well, when he showed up, there was only one girl in the car. You figure it out. You could probably get a good deal on some property in Florida! LOL
OK folks, just kidding here. Don't get your panty hose in a knot. Remember, I know councilman Barry.
Purdman

 

[Zims Rack]

i think this might be too godo to be true, but i got an e-mail from the treasurer of an african nation who has a budget overrun of 100's of millions of dollars. he wants to split it with me if i let him transfer the money into my account. after i give him all my bank info and passwords, he's going to visit me at home with it all in cash!!

Trust me, it's a scam! I gave a guy my bank info a week ago, the money should be there any day now and then he's going to contact me to give him back 30% of the money and I get to keep 70%. What a deal, just couldn't pass this one up! "Too good to be true!" haha!!
So, don't fall for it!

Zim