I got a message from an ebay seller concerning an item that I had bid upon. I had even been messaging that seller so a message from him was not unexpected. Out of hundreds of ebay messages, this one really fooled me because they leveraged a transaction that I was actually involved in.
When I attempted to respond, i got a login page to respond to the message, and the scammer picked off my ebay password. I realized the scam about 10 secs later and changed my password before any harm was done.
This is probably why bidder's addresses are now kept secret on auction pages.
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA