bikewriter identity theft

Timo says:

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He writes
that a certain thing "really torques me off".

I get a total of 655 hits on Google Groups search for that phrase, from just
about every segment of Usenet, and a wiiiiide variety of nyms. Probably too
loose to track.

Steve

"Timo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was thinking of bidding on a bike on eBay but have been put off by the
possibility that the seller's account has been hijacked, and that the

FYI:
http://thehippy.net/nucleus/index.php?itemid=27

hippy

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I was thinking of bidding on a bike on eBay but have been put off by the
possibility that the seller's account has been hijacked, and that the
auction is not legit. I'm not even sure that the emails I've received are
coming from the true account owner. His About Me indicates that his account
has been hijacked. While eBay takes till the next blue moon to get back to
me, I thought maybe this group might know something about the situation.

I got a reply from a person who purports to be the owner of the eBay
account, which sounded on the up and up, but most good confidence-men are
adept at seeming trustworthy, even extra-trustworthy. The email address was
bikewriter##@{somedomain}. Ring any bells? His writing style in the email
was reminiscent of that in some posts appearing in this forum. He writes
that a certain thing "really torques me off". There was an
environmental-concerns and mountaining biking thread recently in which that
locution appeared. Is bikewriter legit? Anybody recognize him?

Post the auction number.

This is a bogus auction too:

<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58080&item=7930597038&rd=1>

Hijacked US account, bikes in UK. They are listing 99 seperate
auctions, like they did 86 last week. I keep reporting them,
they keep taking them down and yet they continue to hijack another
account and so on and so on...

If I can keep finding bogus actions, why can't EBay police their own site?

"Timo" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:KeCdnZ3PbtPGmODcRVn-
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His About Me indicates that his account
has been hijacked.

Good lord man, flee! You think the real and legit owner of the account put
that there for kicks? Pass this auction over even if it's too good to
miss; on second thought pass it over *even faster* if it's too good to
miss.

--
- Joel C.

Does Alanis Morissette stress you out? Her sweater is on backwards and
inside out, and you say, "Hey, your tag is showing."

Chris Phillipo said:

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Post the auction number.

This is a bogus auction too:

<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58080&item=7930597038&rd=1>

Hijacked US account, bikes in UK. They are listing 99 seperate
auctions, like they did 86 last week. I keep reporting them,
they keep taking them down and yet they continue to hijack another
account and so on and so on...

If I can keep finding bogus actions, why can't EBay police their own site?

No commissions in shutting people down.

They (Ebay) must be getting faster, it's an invalid item
already.

Thanks for the blog. I've seen those scams and have avoided them. This one
was a little different:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7109692600&ssPageNam
e=STRK:MEDW:IT

Timo

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"Timo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was thinking of bidding on a bike on eBay but have been put off by the
possibility that the seller's account has been hijacked, and that the

FYI:
http://thehippy.net/nucleus/index.php?itemid=27

hippy

The seller has modified his About Me text. A few days ago, it said that his
account had been hijacked.
Timo

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Thanks for the blog. I've seen those scams and have avoided them. This one
was a little different:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7109692600&ssPageNam

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e=STRK:MEDW:IT

Timo

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"Timo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was thinking of bidding on a bike on eBay but have been put off by

the

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possibility that the seller's account has been hijacked, and that the

FYI:
http://thehippy.net/nucleus/index.php?itemid=27

hippy