Stop! Never, ever reply to scams like that! I'm 100% sure it was a scammer that was "phishing" for your credit card number. I sure hope you didn't give him your credit card number, but if you did, call your issuing bank immediately, stop that card, and change your password / PIN just to be safe. Folks, and this bears repeating I think, never give your account ID, password, or any financial/sensitive information of any kind to one of these scammers that e-mail you. There is absolutely no legitimate reason for eBay, PayPal, or your bank, stockbroker, etc. to be asking for sensitive information via e-mail, NONE. The e-mail may look dead-on realistic (like it came from eBay, or PayPal, or your bank - I got a couple of those last week for the first time - looked like a legit e-mail from my credit card issuer, but was a phishing expedition). Delete any such e-mail immediately (or report it to fraud @wherever.com first, then delete it). End of protective rant. Greg Parker Dexter, Michigan http://www.bicycleclassics.com
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:06:17 -0700 From: Jay Sexton <jvs@sonic.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Frejus/pog bikes on e-bay / photos of Pro Tour up
Hello all,
Okay, something strange is going on. I admit to the list that I was the high bidder on the Frejus and (supposed) Pog track bike before the auctions were ended prematurely, and about four hours later I get a fraudulent bidder notice from e-bay, informing me that someone has attempted to bid using my e-bay I.D, and I need to confirm my account using a credit card number. First time ever this has happened. I hope it is just co-incidence. Have any of you had this happen, and if so how did you deal with it? If you decide to reply, please do so off list, as I suspect some would object to me bringing this to the list. Sorry, but it kinda pissed me off, someone trying to fraudulently use my I.D.
For classic bike content, I have posted photos of my nearly completed Centurion Pro Tour 15. Photos are here if anyone is interested:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/
Ignore the saddle and the tires, and obviously I have a few more parts to install, but I'm on a roll! I'll post better photos when the bike is done. And thanks for looking.
See ya.
Jay Sexton
Sebastopol, CA