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Have to confess to a bad habit that developed after I bought my STR on eBay just over a year ago. Drives my wife crazy.
I keep checking STR auctions on eBay that have a "Buy-it-Now" option and, if it looks like a nice car, kickstart the process with a bid of about 60% of the Buy-it-Now price. At that price, the reserve is never met, and I don't usually continue bidding. It's low-risk mischief, but that's how I started the bidding process for my own STR!
Did the same thing for the STR below and, of course, was well under $10K and nowhere near the winning bid of $15300. Imagine my surprise when eBay sent this message today:
"You've been given a second chance to buy Jaguar : S-Type 4dr Sdn R 2006 Jaguar S-Type R Supercharged NAVI Warranty Leather 410HP Gray. To purchase this item, just contact the seller at: us.andy.1970.s@gmail.com"
Obviously, there was a problem with the winning bidder and, when this happens, eBay normally approaches the next highest bidder. It's amazing that they are now asking me, but of course I have no interest other than to share this info with the forum. Of course, it may just be a scam!
Jaguar : S-Type 4dr Sdn R in Jaguar | eBay Motors
I keep checking STR auctions on eBay that have a "Buy-it-Now" option and, if it looks like a nice car, kickstart the process with a bid of about 60% of the Buy-it-Now price. At that price, the reserve is never met, and I don't usually continue bidding. It's low-risk mischief, but that's how I started the bidding process for my own STR!
Did the same thing for the STR below and, of course, was well under $10K and nowhere near the winning bid of $15300. Imagine my surprise when eBay sent this message today:
"You've been given a second chance to buy Jaguar : S-Type 4dr Sdn R 2006 Jaguar S-Type R Supercharged NAVI Warranty Leather 410HP Gray. To purchase this item, just contact the seller at: us.andy.1970.s@gmail.com"
Obviously, there was a problem with the winning bidder and, when this happens, eBay normally approaches the next highest bidder. It's amazing that they are now asking me, but of course I have no interest other than to share this info with the forum. Of course, it may just be a scam!
Jaguar : S-Type 4dr Sdn R in Jaguar | eBay Motors
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So now I'm curious and furious about that security breach.
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Hang on... when I got 2nd chances I think I had to login to ebay to take the offer up. I don't think you get sent an email along the lines above so probably you got a fake. Have a close look at the full email (with headers) and you'll probably find it has a Received: line showing it never came from ebay.
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Yep, sent a copy of the email to the spoof people at ebay, and they confirmed is was a "phishing" scam, i.e. someone trying to get hold of account information.
I check the Properties of all emails from Paypal and eBay, especially when the message was as unexpected as this was. Saw that the source address was ebay@ebay-4ns.com instead of ebay@ebay.ca. So no harm done this time.
I think I may now be cured of my habit of "mischief bidding".
I check the Properties of all emails from Paypal and eBay, especially when the message was as unexpected as this was. Saw that the source address was ebay@ebay-4ns.com instead of ebay@ebay.ca. So no harm done this time.
I think I may now be cured of my habit of "mischief bidding".
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