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Posted By: cmoking

This is a case of a phished ebay account. You know those emails you get that pretend to be from ebay or paypal, but are not really? Well, the real account holder must have gotten fooled and logged into his account through one of the links in the phishing email. The bad guys then have the password. Later on, they will list 1 day listings of expensive cards. With lifted images from previous auctions. The reason they use 1 day listings is so the auction will have a higher chance of ending before ebay catches the fraud and ends the auction. But the criminals don't have to have the auction completely end to steal money. They'll probably get a few emails and contacts during the short time they are up. Even after ebay finds out and shuts them down, they can go back to the people that contacted them and give them a good deal - say $2,000 on a complete 1932 Caramel set or something like that. These guys are also always out of the country, and will never be willing to meet in person even if you offer cash.