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EBAY ENDED THE 2ND CHANCE SCAM BUT A NEW SCAM IS HERE!!

by: steelerman78( 20714Feedback score is 10,000 to 24,999) Top 1000 Reviewer
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Guide viewed: 4870 times Tags: SECOND CHANCE | FRAUD | WESTERN UNION | EMAIL | SPOOF


EBAY HAS FINALLY PUT A STOP TO THE"SECOND CHANCE OFFER SCAM"BUT THE SCAMMERS ARE ALLREADY CREATING A NEW SECOND CHANCE OFFER SCAM!!FIRST LET ME INFORM OF THE OLD SCAM WHICH IS STILL GOING ON FOR SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY,THEN I WILL GET TO THE NEWER LOOP HOLE THERE USING FOR THE BIG BUCKS AUCTIONS

WHAT IS THE SECOND CHANCE OFFER SCAM??  THERE ARE CROOKS OUT THERE IN OTHER COUNTRYS SURFING EBAY ALLDAY WATCHING AUCTIONS.IF YOU LOSE THE AUCTION WHEN THE AUCTION IS OVER THIS CON ARTIST SENDS YOU A EMAIL LOOKING LIKE IT IS FROM EBAY FOR A SECOND CHANCE OFFER.THIS PAGE HAS BEEN CREATED FOR 1 OF 2 REASONS.

FIRST REASON THERES A LINK ON THE PAGE TO "EBAY"ITS NOT REALLY EBAY .IT WILL ASK YOU FOR YOUR LOG IN INFO AND PASSWORD LIKE IT DOES WHEN YOU GO TO EBAY.COM..AT THIS POINT IF YOU ENTER YOUR PASSOWRD THEY HAVE STOLEN YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND WILL LIKELY CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT ALL THE 100'S OF AUCTIONS THERE GOING TO LIST ON YOUR ACCOUNT.

SECOND REASON IN THE SECOND CHANCE OFFER THEY WILL ASK YOU FOR A WESTERN UNION WIRE TRANSFER.NEVER DO THIS!NEVER!IF YOU DO OR HAVE YOU JUST GOT SCAMMED!I SEND OUT SECOND CHANCE OFFER EVERYDAY DAY BUT REMEMBER IF YOU GET A EMAIL FOR ONE ON A SEPRATE BROWSER TYPE IN EBAY.COM AND IF ITS A LEGIT SECOND CHANCE OFFER IT WILL BE LISTED UNDER "YOUR BUYING SUMMARY" IF ITS NOT THERE ITS NOT REAL.

ON TO THE NEW SCAM!SINCE THIS HAS BECOME A MAJOR PROBELM FOR THE EBAY COMMUNITY EBAY HAS FINALLY TAKE SOME ACTION TO PREVENT OR SLOW DOWN THIS GROWING TREND FOR FRAUD.WHAT EBAY HAS DONE IS NOW ANY AUCTION THAT REACHS $250.00 OR MORE THE BIDDERS NAMES BECOME PRIVATE SO SCAMMERS DONT HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE LOSERS NAMES.YOU STILL HAVE THE RISK OF GETTING A FAKE SECOND CHANCE OFFER IF THE AUCTION ENDS UNDER 250.00.THIS HAPPENED TO ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS FOR ONLY $105.00.BUT HE DID THE SMART THING AND CONTACTED ME TO CONFIRM WAS THIS LEGIT.

NOW WHAT THE CON ARTISTS ARE DOING IS FIDNING HIGH END ITEMS THEY KNOW ARE GOING TO SELL FOR BIG BUCKS AND TRYING TO CONTACT BIDDERS BEFORE THE AUCTION HITS 250.00.THEY WILL PRETEND TO BE THE ACTUAL SELLER OF THE ITEM YOUR BIDDING ON AND ASK FOR YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ALLMOST LIKE THERE SCREENING YOU TO ALLOW YOU TO BID ON THE ITEM.WHAT HAPPENDS NEXT??THEY WATCH THE AUCTION UNTIL IT HITS 250.THEY CAN STILL LOOK AT THE BIDDERS,IT WILL SHOW WHAT TYPE OF RATING STAR(COLOR OF STAR)AND RECENT BIDDING HISTORY ON EBAY.THEY CAN FIGURE OUT BY THIS WHICH ONE WAS THE PERSON THEY CONTACTED FOR A EMAIL ADDRESS AND WHEN THE AUCTION IS OVER THEY SEND YOU A FAKE SECOND CHANCE OFFER FOR WHAT EVER YOU LOST THE AUCTION AT.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO AVOID SOMEONE STEALING ANY OF YOUR EBAY OR PAYPAL PASSWORDS OR GETTING SCAMMED ON CASH??

SIMPLE! IN JUST 3 STEPS ITS ALLMOST IMPOSSABLE TO GET SCAMMED

STEP#1=ON A SEPRATE BROWSER ALLWAYS GO TO EITHER EBAY.COM OR PAYPAL.COM AND LOOK FOR THAT INFORMATION ON YOUR ACCOUNT.IF THERES A ACCOUNT PROBLEM YOU WILL FIND OUT AS SOON AS YOU LOG IN.

STEP#2 NEVER USE THE LINKS IN EMAILS CLAIMING TO BE SENT BY EBAY OR PAYPAL.NO MATTER WHAT OPEN A NEW BROWSER AND TYPE IN WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.DONT LET THESE CROOKS FOOL YOU TELLING YOU"THAT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE SUSPENSED IF YOU DONT RESPOND"

STPE#3 CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS FROM TIME TO TIME.I DONT MEAN LIKE EVERY WEEK BUT MAYBE EVERY 2-3 MONTHS.SOMETIMES THEY STEAL YOUR PASSWORD AND WAIT A WHILE UNTIL IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR NOT USING EBAY THAT MUCH THEN THEY HIT YOUR ACCOUNT.AND WHATEVER YOU DO DONT USE THE SAME PASSWORD FOR BOTH PAYPAL AND EBAY.IF THEY GET YOU ON ONE THERE GONNA GET YOU ON BOTH.IT A RECENT REPORT I READ FROM THE F.B.I. THAT THESE ONLINE SCAMMERS IF THEY GET A WORKING PASSWORD FOR ANY ACCOUNT THERE TRYING IT ON ALL KNOWN ACCOUNTS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS.

BEST OF LUCK BIDDING AND LETS HELP TO KEEP EBAY SAFE!IF YOU FOUND MY GUIDE HELPFUL PLEASE VOTE "YES"AS THE MORE VOTES IT GETS THE HIGHER UP ON EXPOSER IT GOES SO MORE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THIS AND WE CAN MAKE IT HARDER ON THE CROOKS TO SCAM ANY OF US!


Guide ID: 10000000003423122Guide created: 04/19/07 (updated 10/28/09)

 
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