eB*y bot

Rich, just got this very message from username harrymurphy last night:

"Hey, I have tired twice to pay you through p*yp*l but the transaction is not working its keeps giving an error message (This recipient is currently unable to receive money) is there anything wrong with your p*yp*l??"

{note: I replaced the "a" with *}

Two things weren't right. First, I haven't sold in years. Second, the message came to my non-eb*y e-mail address. Other than those two facts, the message looked just like one you would get through the eB*y message system.

I forwarded the message to spoof@eB*y.com so they could handle it.

RobG

When I get something like that with poor spelling & grammar, like a foreigner trying to work the English language, I usually suspect something's up, too.

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote in news:1134426989.588217.114110 @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Yep, my email here is a decoy, too. It's amazing how much mail it gets with all sorts of dire warnings about my eb*y/p*yp*l accounts. Of course they have the purple flag that says it's from usenet, so I know right away.