G'mornin' Folks,

I logged onto my computer this AM....had 43 messages from e-Bay about some listings, that were bogus.....but e-Bay had caught it....and corrected the problem.....

The reason that I am posting this here is because I have not bid on anything that was not MB related other than a Scientific Calculator....during the past 6 months or so.....

After I jumped through all of the necessary security hoops related to restoring my e-Bay account.....I actually was allowed to speak to a human being.....part of the conversations was related to items that I had bid upon or was watching, within e-Bay......the only unusual e-Bay incident was an item (MB 300D in Chapel Hill, NC).....that I had bid upon, but was withdrawn for an unknown (to me) reason....and then re listed.....am presently watching that item, but have not bid......that car is going for around $177 bucks (reserve not met) as of a few moments ago......

I am not posting the link, because I don't know if this is related to my account hi jacking......just mentioning it because it is the only unusual activity of any kind related to anything that I have done within e-Bay.....

I use the same handle "Shorebilly" over there as well.....

I sincerely hope that my problem is not related to any items that I have bid upon, or sold....but especially the Mercedes Benz stuff.....

SB

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Diesels:
'85 300D, "Max, Blue Benz", 155K, 27.0 MPG
'84 190D 2.2, "Eva, Brown Benz", 142K, 40.2 MPG
'77 240D (parts car)
'67 Eicher ES 202 Tractor "Otto" (2cyl, Air Cooled, 30HP)
Gassers:
'94 Ford F-150, "Henry", 170K (300 Six) 17.5 MPG
'85 190E 2.3, 148K....Parts Car
'58 Dodge W300M Powerwagon (Flat Fenders) Less than 10 MPG

I have received plenty of bogus emails telling me that my Ebay (and Paypal) account had been hijacked. But they were all just phishing for my personal information, password, etc.

Be careful.

I just had the same message from EBay yeaterday. . . somethings up! I will contact them directly today to see what gives . . .

there is a specific address that any true ebay correspondence comes from, and it should also be within your ebay "messages" as well. be careful.
im from chapel hill. i swear i have seen this car before, but if its the same car im thinking of, then someone is selling it for Sarah(owner). I really dont think that something is fishy with the auction.

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1980 300D

Is it possible you replied to an official looking email from Ebay at sometime in the recent past that required you to submit your username and password. To hijack an account the dirtbags have to either figure out or trick you out of your password.

It is difficult to tell the phony "Phishing" emails from a real one until you look at the address that the links within the emails go to.

Any official Ebay email can also be found copied to the "My Messages" section of "My Ebay"

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Later.........Gregg

(86) 300 SDL
(00) GMC Yukon XL 4X4
(97) C5 Corvette
(02) BMW R1150GS Adventure
(00) KAW Nomad 1500 FI

What exactly was bogus, the messages or the listings?

More than likely, an official-looking email not from Ebay!!!

I have seen the sort of thing which TangoFox007 mentions.. VERY official looking ...but NOT VALID....

HERE is what to do anytime something is suspect...like they are emailing you about something you are not involved with ( sometimes shown in the title )

IMMEDIATELY forward ( delete nothing from it and don't answer it )
it to

SPOOF@ebay.com

they will send you a confirmation and thankyou for sending it...

The easiest way to tell a fisher is to look at the url the login link sends you to. If there is a login form in the email you can view the source find the

tag and look for its action.... Any of these urls should ALWAYS end in ebay.com or whomever you expect it from. I work for large webhosts and you would be surprised at the number of morons that will give out their credit card pin number.

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http://superturbodiesel.com/images/sig.04.10.jpg
1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Thanks Shorebilly...I have been getting a lot of that official looking stuff ....
They even have item numbers listed....
When you go to ebay and search under the item number nothing is there....
Thanks again for the heads up...

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1978 Yellow 300D (The Mustard Toad)
1980 Blue 240D (The Iron Toad)
1989 Grey Mitsu.4WD Mighty Max Pickup (Needs a Diesel transplant bad)

(Open the pod bay doors HAL)

Neither EBAY nor PAYPAL (same company...) will send you an email without YOUR NAME in the email. not your email adress, not your username. it will be your actual name. also, ebay and paypal will NEVER send you an email that asks you to click on a link to get to their site to fill in info. they will always tell you to go to their site and login to your account, THEN remedy the problem they are asking about.
JOHN

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Always, always, always check to make sure the message shows up in your ebay message box as well. The gf's mom a while back got several bogus emails saying that her account had been hijacked. I don't remember if she replied to them or not, but none of those messages were in her ebay message box, which they should have been if they were really from ebay.

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

I get those all the time as well. You can also use dnsstuff.com to do an IP address look up, and trace back. You will usually find it is either a spoofed IP address, or it will take you to some where in Russia or Europe.

I made the mistake of answering one, and promptly contacted PayPal. I changed all my info, then went back to the phisher and gave them all sorts of bogus info.

So, now I just give them bogus stuff like B. Y. Temey for a name and bogus CC numbers like you see printed in ads.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

That is generally true. But the fact that the email contains your name does not ensure its authenticity.

All communication that is real should be done by signing onto Ebay then read your ebay mail. I got trick early one morning when I wasnt wake yet.
I got an email saying I was outbid on something so clicked on the link and it prompted me to sign in. I realized it just after I signed in so I changed all of my passwords as fast as I could.

The bad guys are always working on ways to get your $$.

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Currently driving a very clean 1985 300SD from the West Coast.