Reply from Ebay on 2 of the scammer sellers.

Hello Jeff,

Thanks for writing to us. I appreciate the opportunity to assist you
with your questions. The recent items listed with this account were
the
result of an unauthorised account takeover. Unfortunately, we were not
aware of this activity until some time after the listings appeared on
the site. Once we became aware of this activity, immediate action was
taken. We are now in the process of restoring the account to its true
owner. At this time the transaction in question should be considered
null and void.

Let me suggest a few ways this could have occurred.

If the user had a relatively simple password or password hint question
it is possible that a third party was able to gain access to the
account
by guessing the password.

It is also possible that the user could have unknowingly provided his
or
her password to another party. Some eBay users have reported receiving
messages asking for User IDs and passwords. These messages appear to
come from eBay Support, but in fact are not. eBay will never ask for
sensitive information of this nature through email.

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items, especially if the price seems too good to be true.

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such
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by
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recourse
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Best wishes,

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eBay Trust and Safety
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Original Message Follows:
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Form Message
Subject: FR%C00229 Other Possible Fraud Issues
#AU 34
welshgorilla1971 UK 76 ?01-01
Item:
User Feedback: 34
Browser Info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT
5.1)
Message:
Report a prohibited item or listing policy violation > Possible
Fraudulent Listing > Other Possible Fraud Issues;
Buyer Status: 0

Item number: 2445097619; AU !44400! 060803

Payment Method: Other Payment (specify in your note below)
Date of Payment: 11/27/03
Customer concern: This is a scam.
Free Freight to Australia?? Th at would be more than the quad. Less
than 1/2 price of new with 40 hours use?? Come on, blind freddy can
see these scams.

2 of them, This is about the 4th one on 2 weeks Ive seen.. Seems ebay
is turning to crap.


Item number: 2445097619
Item number: 2445097109

This is the email from the "SELLER".. The old Wire me the $$ and I'll
send it



I am glad you are interested in the quad.

I prefer to let you know all the details about this auction and about
this deal so everything to be just fine.

You can view the auction at the following link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2445097619
Some words about the quad:2003 Yamaha Grizzly 660.This quad ONLY has
40 km and 13.6 Hrs. on it, almost brand new, and It's always been
kept in the garage. It still has the factory 6 month warranty. There
is not one scratch on this machine and you can see in the pictures
and run great.
Please,review the auction for more details.
Maybe the most important thing that i have to tell you is that i am
affiliated at eBay Square Trade and i assume you know what mean this.
I
have $20,000.00 deposit in an eBay and SquareTrade managed purchase
protection account.In case we will close this deal,you are protected
by
Square Trade.How you are protected by Square Trade,well,in case you
will
not receive the quad as i described to you,Square trade will refund
you
with 100% from the whole amount which you paid to me.Even in case you
will not receive the quad ,they will refund you the money.But this is
not the case.One conclusion,you are protected.

Just to let you know that the quad it will be shipped from Lisboa
/Portugal.Don't be worry about the shipping charges(shipping
taxes,insurance and handling),i will pay the shipping charges(actually
FedEx offered us a disscount of 79.2% from the amount of the shipping
due the fact that we have a contract with them).So,you will not have
to
pay anything regarding the shipping.You will not have to pay any
additional taxes like customs,etc,because the quad will be shipped
delivery duty paid.

Delivery Time: 7 days
Price: 5000AUD
Terms: 30 days money back quarentee.
Payment:Wire Transfer
If the quad is what you are looking for and if you agree with these
conditions then i will be glad to close this deal with you.

I will be waiting your email.

Kindly Regards,
Jeff.

Office:931455495
Phone: 932496494