Second Chance Offer
For this scammers are impersonating eBay sellers in an attempt to hoodwink users into handing over payment for non-existent goods.
A fake Second Chance Offer looks like it was sent to you by the seller of an auction style listing that you didn't win. It's designed to trick you into sending payment for a non-existent item.
The scammer will e-mail the bidder (mainly of high value items) and offer them this bogus second chance offer, often requesting correspondence through a third e-mail address, and high payment through bogus addresses.
A fake Second Chance Offer looks like it was sent to you by the seller of an auction style listing that you didn't win. It's designed to trick you into sending payment for a non-existent item.
The scammer will e-mail the bidder (mainly of high value items) and offer them this bogus second chance offer, often requesting correspondence through a third e-mail address, and high payment through bogus addresses.
Phishing
This is when con artists fool people into giving out private financial information through an illegitimate web site. They send out spam e-mails that in many cases look identical to ones you would have received from the actual company. They then create a web site that mimics the style and design of the original.
Even the links on this web page will usually take you to the real company's web site. But there's a big difference. When you enter the information and press the send button, it is the crooks who get your credit card number, not the banks.
Even the links on this web page will usually take you to the real company's web site. But there's a big difference. When you enter the information and press the send button, it is the crooks who get your credit card number, not the banks.
Copy Catting
This is when an exact (or near exact) copy is made of a listing and listed through a bogus sales site. In some instances, the bidder is instructed to follow a link which takes them to a false web site where graphics can be put in place to cover address pages when a link is followed, and the listings are placed in the original sellers' name, yet just on a fraudulent copy site of eBay.
The false listing is then often offered to bidders on the original genuine listing for a better deal or something beneficial to the buyer.
The false listing is then often offered to bidders on the original genuine listing for a better deal or something beneficial to the buyer.
Hijacking
The Hijacking of accounts is a common problem, attempts for which to achieve this are increasing by the day. The attempts to achieve information mainly come in the form of e-mails, usually with clever html to look like eBay/PayPal etc which lure victims to fraudulent websites and request the member to enter their user name and password to verify their account info for one reason or another.
Once this info is entered the fraudsters save it, access their accounts and change their passwords, and proceed to use their accounts to sell items. The aim of this is to fool users into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers and account usernames and passwords.
Once this info is entered the fraudsters save it, access their accounts and change their passwords, and proceed to use their accounts to sell items. The aim of this is to fool users into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers and account usernames and passwords.
Western Union
Western Union is a well known route used by fraudulent eBayers and other scammers to receive fast and easy payment, and unlike an escrow transfer, there is not an easy way of getting money returned once paid – it is all up to the fraudulent seller.
eBay strongly sides against this as a form of payment for purchases made using this website, and even says not to accept any purchases through a seller who states that Western Union is the only way to pay, and most competent buyers and sellers are aware of this.
eBay strongly sides against this as a form of payment for purchases made using this website, and even says not to accept any purchases through a seller who states that Western Union is the only way to pay, and most competent buyers and sellers are aware of this.
NEVER EVER follow a link in an email which asks you to login to confirm your account details – there are many email scams pretending to be your bank to get your account details.
