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This cant be right.... Can it?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBay[....]item=6114712316&category=42391
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Posted: 2004-09-01 14:50:02
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probably not. there are loads like this and they started the day
announced the P910 and we have had quite a few threads linking to these type of auctions
I would only buy latest phones from ebay if I could collect in person
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Posted: 2004-09-01 14:52:31
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Oh right, thanks...
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Posted: 2004-09-01 14:55:43
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But this guy has a perfect profile, would he ruin it for the money, it depends if theres a reserve or not, Id give it a shot if there was no reserve and Id only have to pay .99
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Posted: 2004-09-01 15:36:11
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No - don't bid. I would say about 99% of sales for the P910 and Nokia 9500 are probably scams. It is very easy for scammers to steal accounts and therefore appear ligit. I reported about 10 of these account takeovers to eBay in the last 2 weeks. You should report these to eBay as well. Drive-out the scammers!
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Posted: 2004-09-01 15:41:18
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perfect profile perhaps, but most of his recent sales that I have looked at are for crystal related items and now suddenly he has 20 P910?
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Posted: 2004-09-01 15:44:49
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Almost certainly a hi-jacked account as all his previous sales have been of crystals...
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Posted: 2004-09-01 15:46:39
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2 interesting things though
first, it was a 10 day listing. people hijacking and doing this usually do 1 or 3 day listings
also there is very recent feedback for others
don't know what to make of it really
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Posted: 2004-09-01 15:49:13
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Unless he has decided to expand his business.
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Posted: 2004-09-01 15:49:46
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I think this listing is for information to lead one to purchasing a P910. The diction in the description alludes to the seller having knowledge of how to obtain a unit. I guess the section where he/she describes that the unit will come with a receipt from the vendor sais it all. What I read into that is that it he/she does not have possesion of the stock, but has a listing of which vendors may have units in stock. This is very common on Ebay. However, most sellers are likely to warn users that they are simply selling the information for where/how to obtain a product. I think this seller has failed to do so if that's the case.
In addition, I don't think this account was hijacked either. Most of these hijacked accounts usually state some BS about asking the buyer to email them at an alternate email address because they won't have access to the Ebay linked address. That seems more likely in the sense that it might be easy to obtain a username/password from Ebay, but difficult to get personal email password information from that. Ebay makes it tough even for legit members to recover their passwords thus I believe a sure way to spot these hijacked accounts is to look for members asking buyers to write to an alternate address. I spoted at least 3 of those so far with supposedly reputable sellers. I don't think it's tought to spoof these Ebay accounts. A lot of hackers are capatilizing on that by probably sending emails to members and having them relinquish their Ebay id/passwords under false pretenses. Becareful!
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Posted: 2004-09-01 16:13:58
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