posted on January 14, 2007 05:19:30 PM
No, not mine but while looking at Bose sound system auctions I found this auction .... 230078437886
What a great deal until I looked a bit into the seller's closed vs. current listings.
This poor seller's account has obviously been hacked. I quickly reported it (by email) to the Ebay Security Center and sadly got a canned email response: "Thank you and the matter will be looked into within 24 to 48 hours". By then, the hacker's hundreds of one day auctions (with their $1,000s of dollars in bidding) will have long since ended.
Is there any other way to notify Ebay of this activity?
posted on January 14, 2007 07:10:48 PM
I ran across several hacked accounts the other day. One was the seller I bought the bogus coffee maker from. It really makes you a little nervous seeing their account had been hacked - like...was my information in their database? Does this hacker now have MY information since I'd won an auction from this person? This was a powerseller and I assumed they would have phone numbers and help that the rest of us peons wouldn't have. Still it took over a day for the auctions to be pulled.
I reported each and every auction and ebay's response was blah blah blah etc. I don't think it was until I emailed AOL (the email address referenced - don't bid until you email me at AOL.com) that I think the auctions actually ended. I DO know that ebay was extremely slow in ending these auctions.
They were quick enough to email me when I contacted the high bidders on the auctions and informed them they were bidding on hijacked accounts auctions.
The hackers had let the seller list an auction and then went in and revised all the auction script - title, description, price etc. That meant they had their Ebay password. It made me wonder if this is from non-secure wireless networks?
