Listers: This is a new avenue of the internet criminal. I am suggesting that it has elevated one step further than Don has reported. I was the perusing the auctions as I have been know to do when my eyes fell on an item of interest. When I clicked on the item a dialog "log-in" box appeared. I was not able to view the particulars of the auction because I could not navigate the page without "filling out" the dialog box. Now when I back-clicked I was returned to my search. Again when I clicked on the auction the dialog "log-in" box appeared again. Now that is really sinister. BT
Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote: 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 _______________________________________________
Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204 (509) 747 4314 Masi3v4me@yahoo.com
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