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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 20, 2005 12:47 PM

someone listed an outboard motor on my ebay account luckily i stopped it and changed my password but now have a 40.00 listing fee on my hands does anybody know which link on ebay to use to get refunded? thanks

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jim schrader
"Let's see “do I have that title already?"

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Dan Lail
Film God

Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 20, 2005 05:47 PM

Hi, Jim, try this. Go to your "My eBAy". In the lower left column select "Security & Resolution Center. In the category #1 box select "Report Problems With Other eBay Members". In the #2 box select "Problems with sellers". In box #3 select "The problem you're having with your seller isn't listed". Click continue and send an e-mail to customer support.

Hope this helps. [Smile]

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted July 20, 2005 07:12 PM

What gets me is that they had your account info and were trying to SELL something using that info... instead of going on a buying spree. I mean... wouldn't any payments have gone to Jim? [Big Grin]

Ahwell, just being silly I guess. I'm glad it didn't get worse than this, actually.

But still - who steals another user's identity to sell an outboard motor? *chuckles and giggles*

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 21, 2005 12:16 PM

thanks for your help i chatted with an live advisor yesterday afternoon and got it all taken care of, yeah you would think they would go on a shopping spree,with all your info, but i had a 40.00 listing fee that got taken care of to, i think i know now what caused all this i got an email supposedly from ebay stating i was a silver member well i prodeeded with this tha tis how those jerks got my info, but thanks for all your help it is nice to know we fourm members all so close [Wink]

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jim schrader
"Let's see “do I have that title already?"

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Dan Lail
Film God

Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 21, 2005 12:59 PM

Hi, Jim, I'm glad you got it taken care of. So you used the "live chat" to resovle the problem. What's the ID of the person that used your account? Just curious. [Confused]

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 21, 2005 04:17 PM

Hi Jim, sorry you got burnt by this "spoof". You have to be extremely careful with e-mails. I have received and reported at least 3 "spoof" e-mails supposedly from PayPal. They look like the real thing, but take you to an unsecured website. I'm glad you got it straightened out. [Smile]

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted July 21, 2005 06:49 PM

Agreed... Never give out your ID and passwords in response to an email, because no serious company is going to ask for them via email, ever. Another trick to keep in mind is, if you have even the slightest doubt as to whether an email is genuine or not, and there is a link in the message, RIGHTCLICK that link and select "Copy" from the context menu. Now, if you paste what you just copied in, say, Notepad (or even in the browser's address bar, but be sure NOT to press ENTER if you do that), then you will see the actual http address, rather than the one shown in the email message. If the message is a scam, the link will be very much different. [Smile]

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Dan Lail
Film God

Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 21, 2005 07:20 PM

I missed the e-mail part! Never mind the ID. [Roll Eyes]