[SEL] OT, E-bay scam??

[bill at antique-engines.com]

My son says from 5 to 10 million in a shot is a conservative estimate.
And there are many scammers doing it.

I used to be able to send 700 emails in 3 minutes on a slow server and
dial-up connection.

Bill

> On 6/30/05, Jeff Allen <transteck at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just got something from e-bay (maybe) but it's in German. Don't have a
>> clue what it says. If you speak German and would allow me to forward it,
>> contact me off list. I think it's a new scam, but without being able to
>> read it I don't know.
>>
>> Jeff Allen
>
> As Lew says, send it (verbatim) to spoof at ebay.com. There are many of
> these going round for ebay and PayPal, lesser numbers for various
> banks. At least ebay and PayPal have set up channels for folks to send
> them to, most Banks haven't a clue when it comes to responses to these
> things.
>
> The latest one for PayPal is a spoof telling you that someone has sent
> you a payment for an item, and that there is a query on the
> transaction. I don't know how many of these emails get sent out, but
> we are getting 2 or 3 a week regularly.
>
> spoof at paypal.com
> spoof at ebay.com
>
> Peter
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