eBay Want it Now Warning!

[gothique]

I've posted 6 "Want it Now" posts on eBay.

I've received this same response to ALL six different items (Very hard to find vintage patterns, music, etc):

"Hello, about your post WANT IT NOW: i have this item in my possession for sell at a very good price. I post the link here (if you want to see the full description).
w.w.w.wantnow (Deleted to void the link) m29.html
Waiting for your decision. Thanks."

Luckily, I didn't respond right away, because a few days later I received this message from eBay:

"Hello (My eBay name) (My email address),

Our records show that you recently received an email from princess [partially deleted for privacy] through the Ask Seller a Question or Contact eBay Member features. This email may be fraudulent and an attempt to do one of the following:

- Obtain your eBay password
- Gain access to your eBay account
- Use your eBay account for fraudulent activity
- Set up an outside-of-eBay transaction which may be fraudulent

This kind of email is often called a "phish" or "phishing attempt," and the people who send them are known as "phishers." Phishers use these methods to try to get your personal information, such as user names, passwords and credit card details. Because the emails may sometimes come through the eBay system, the phisher may seem to be trustworthy and have a good reason to contact you.

***Important - Protect Your Personal Information***
- Don't reply to the sender either through the eBay system or your personal email account.

- Don't open any links or cut and paste any Web addresses into your browser from the phishing email.

- If you think you may have entered personal information such as your password, Social Security Number, or credit card information into a website based on a request from a phishing email, you need to act *immediately* to protect yourself from identity theft. For detailed instructions about the steps to take, please go to:

h.t.t.p:(partially deleted to void link)ebay.comhelpconfidenceproblems-identity-theft.h.t.m.l


If you check the want it now section, you'll see that there is a problem.
None of the posts are in order. If you post an add, it won't show up in the forum, only your ebay pages, yet you get responses (same one every time).
So please if you've posted to Want it Now, DON'T RESPOND!!!!

[Elianae]

Thanks for the head's up! It would be tempting to respond to a scam like that.

[Azeeza]

WOW!! Scammers are trying everything to steal people's passwords and clean them out. Thanks for the warning too. I appreciate it very much.

Azeeza

[ghazallah]

There are people out there who will do anything rather than work like the rest of us.