i was scammed i also reported it to ebay  before i paid so i thought ,,.before i paid i received a  go ahead its ok.i have attempted to cantact ebay several times since then , no reply except maybe a computer generated message ,,,thanks for using ebay,,, the guy who got me has had other auctions up since then i have found  however there is no way to contact ebay who could do something if they wanted obviously dont ebay needs a phone number on top of every page for security purposes , i have even attempted to contact the person whos site was used hacked. and got no reply when these people take over a site i beleive they can control emails.and if we could contact ebay for verification  for our purchases it would stop.