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Title: Another phishy email
Post by: *wheels* on August 11, 2010, 10:20:13 AM
Received the following email:

Hello,

I don't know if you received my first email regarding your ebay item. I would like to know if the price includes shipping. I'm very interested to buy it but I'm a little bit confused.

I saw the same product with worldwide shipping included, listed at a cheaper price on w w w.bids-auctions.com

Please let me know at your earliest convenience if I'm speaking here with the same seller. Thank you.

Best regards,

Marie Murphy


Miss Murphy must be a bot crawling through eBay listings looking for email addresses. I've just checked the listing and it included a contact email address. Just when I thought we had removed all the email addresses after the last lot of phishy emails!

The email did not come through eBay messages, and there was no 'first email'. The item number and description are correct and price is listed as including Free Post.
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: bnwt on August 11, 2010, 01:27:33 PM
wheels this is quite a popular email doing the rounds

I got it a few months back although it used a specific item number and I do not have any email addresses in my listings
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: *Ubbie Max* on August 11, 2010, 03:24:17 PM
Just email her back saying "Get effed, strongly worded letter to follow"
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: *Yibida* on August 11, 2010, 03:32:06 PM


Clearly what we need here is a Bot to hunt down the Bots... I'm on it !  ... I'll start scripting the code to make one now.... hell I'll make a 1000 and start a Bot war ! .....
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: *Brum6y* on August 11, 2010, 07:29:34 PM
Quote from: *Yibida* on August 11, 2010, 03:32:06 PM


Clearly what we need here is a Bot to hunt down the Bots... I'm on it !  ... I'll start scripting the code to make one now.... hell I'll make a 1000 and start a Bot war ! .....


I can see this becoming a prequel for the Matrix movies...
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: *Yibida* on August 11, 2010, 08:31:24 PM
Quote from: *Brum6y* on August 11, 2010, 07:29:34 PM
Quote from: *Yibida* on August 11, 2010, 03:32:06 PM


Clearly what we need here is a Bot to hunt down the Bots... I'm on it !  ... I'll start scripting the code to make one now.... hell I'll make a 1000 and start a Bot war ! .....


I can see this becoming a prequel for the Matrix movies...

I can feel a  sci fi  thread coming on......
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: *Ubbie Max* on August 11, 2010, 08:35:49 PM
Good idea Yib, with plenty of Aliens to kill.
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: tellomon on August 12, 2010, 06:10:43 AM
LOL!

Thx for reminding me of several emails I got a few years ago from "buyers" who dint get their stuff and threatened to ding me.

I was NEVER a seller!

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r271/rontello/eBay%20nasty%20pix-gifs/ebayburninganimation.gif)
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: bnwt on August 16, 2010, 12:02:57 PM
I called paypal about this email I just received ... when I mentioned it said I need to check my paypal accunt .... the guy cracked up laughing

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll208/bouddiebay/Screenshot2010-08-1at115212AM.jpg)
Title: Re: Another phishy email
Post by: tellomon on August 16, 2010, 12:03:59 PM
^LOL!^