ebay scam alert

[markstoon]

Ebay shoppers are being alerted to a new scam known as "Second Chance".

What has been happening is that bidders who lost out on an auction are sent an email offering them a second chance to buy the item they missed. The email includes a link to the fraudsters site and offers the opportunity of a second chance to buy the item.

Unfortunately it is a scam and any bidder who pays for the item looses their money. The fraudsters' site looks identical to Ebay

[siriya]

Thanks for alerting us. There is a very high chance of falling into this scam.

[goodboys]

I had a similar experience with a buyer who made the highest winning bid and following that sent some fake emails as if from ebay and paypal asking me to ship the item immediately without even paying for it. All the paypal receipts show that he made a payment which I never received and finally I confirmed that all those receipts were FAKE.

[indieover]

well that is really horrible to be scammed that way. i will going to avoid to click those emails.

[goodboys]

Just check the emails which you receive from ebay like ones and compare them with the original ebay mails. You can observe a slight difference in the email id. Then you can know that it is a fake one. Same for paypal as well.

[indieover]

well i will go type the url myself on the browser. so that i will not going to be scammed. i have not remember receiving any email from ebay. so i can't really compare the fake from original.

[tirumani]

Thank you for telling about the scam.

[Anish]

Thank you for the warnings. It will help me on sometime or the other, as I am thinking of bidding for something on ebay. I will keep this stuff in mind.