"-exray" wrote in message
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Lou wrote:
IF you are suspicious about any e-mail stating it is from E-Bay, then you
can send it to and they will check it and let you know if
it is legit or not. IF it is not legit, you'll know pretty quick. IF it
IS legit, they'll tell you that too, and what to do about it.
I've never heard anything about them checking and telling you if it is
legit. You can send a blank email to that address and get the standard
"Its not us" blurb. That pretty much says that ANY email saying its from
them - isn't.
-BM
Reply to the sender then, see what "they" tell you! That could be an
interesting experience. No one has ever said what happens when that was
done, with the exception of those who were less fortunate enough to actually
send their info to be processed. But then we don't hear them say they gave
the info, they cry the blues, they got screwed. Write the "sender" of those
messages and report back. Maybe the system isn't perfect, but then if one is
dumb enough or let's be polite and say not educated enough in the ways of
the internet to know when they're being screwed or not, then even the catch
all response won't really matter either. BUT it will at least say - it
wasn't from E-Bay - which can then "hopefully" equate in that person's mind
as "be careful". It doesn't take much to catch those unsuspecting - off
guard. If a person is not up on the things that can happen on here,
"nothing" will save that person from being screwed - I don't care how bright
they "think" they are or how dumb they actually may be. With some people,
unfortunately, "nothing" clicks. You can sit here and preach to them all day
on what not to do, and damned if they don't do the opposite. Like a child,
you tell them not to touch the hot stove, they do it anyway, to see what
happens. People often have to learn the hard way. Instructions - simple or
complex - just don't always work with "ALL" people. No, the system is "not"
perfect. But until it is, we can only guide them to work "with" it in it's
present form - dumb as that may be. I am not aware of anyone sending a blank
email to spoof at e-bay, so I can't say what the reply would be. I think
I'll try it just for the hell of it. Have "you" tried it to back up your
statement? Just curious!
TRM.