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Rich - 12 Dec 2005 08:17 GMT

Just a heads up, and pssibly a future issue. One of the other usegroups I
am subsribed to has begun to have some issues with a bot that hoovers up any
mention of eB*y (yes I am a little paranoid and don't want to start it
here).

Basicly, you type that word in your post and within a few minutes get an
e-mail stating that your payment or some other nonsense had not been
recieved, yada yada yada. As often as we tend to use the word here, I
thought I should mention it, and maybe reccommend being careful before it
hits here. I hope it is over precaution, but some strange things are
seeming to infect us here too.

OK... back to your models (yeah right).

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Rich

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rgronovius@hotmail.com - 12 Dec 2005 22:36 GMT

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

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frank - 12 Dec 2005 23:16 GMT

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.

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Gray Ghost - 13 Dec 2005 04:31 GMT

rgronovius@hotmail.com wrote in news:1134426989.588217.114110
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

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

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.

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