Bogus/scary 2nd chance offers on eBay BEWARE

[ezez420]

I looked up one of the previous auctions that jengineer sent a second chance offer from and the winning bidder is no longer a registered user. The item was a $4500 d304 Mathewson card psa 5.i received a second chance offer having bid on it from jengineer. Could it be possible that accounts have been hijacked and then other accounts are used to win auctions? This way no item is ever shipped out, the email can go out from the winning bidder with the information provided from the seller, however the seller is never being associated as the emails don't match. I will say this the seller did not answer any questions on the item and hasn't sold an item since. There are quite a few of these one off single high dollar cards lately from people with no history or feedback.

I am curious if this is the case on other high dollar auctions that people got emails from.

[arc2q]

ezes420-
That sounds like a very plausible theory. That would fit the profile of the scam and explain how the scammer gets the email information on the underbidders.

[itjclarke]

I'm not sure I fully follow/understand (reading quickly on phone) the previous post(s), but will say I exchanged several emails with the real seller on the item I received a bogus 2nd chance offer on... Then eventually the winning bidder on the item posted here.. So we know, at least with near certainty that particular auction and sale were legit. Seller had no apparent knowledge of scam mails I'd received.

[ezez420]

Then that debunks my theory.

[WillowGrove]

For the record I received a second chance offer last night from

jrenv.engineer60@gmail.com

So it's still going on a month or two later.

I remember when this thread started and I didn't read it again now but if there is anything I can do to help bring this guy down can someone please let me know.

Also - the email came through as SPAM which gave me reason to be concerned since Ebay emails never come through as SPAM (for me)

thanks to this thread I can save my money and headache. so thank you.

[Moonlight Graham]

I got one too on Saturday the 15th-same email address as everyone else and the same format.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

For the record I received a second chance offer last night from

jrenv.engineer60@gmail.com

So it's still going on a month or two later.

I remember when this thread started and I didn't read it again now but if there is anything I can do to help bring this guy down can someone please let me know.

Also - the email came through as SPAM which gave me reason to be concerned since Ebay emails never come through as SPAM (for me)

thanks to this thread I can save my money and headache. so thank you.

I wonder how much money this thread and others exposing bogus cards or shady vendors have saved board members. The figure would be staggering, I am sure.