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04-18-2005, 02:33 PM
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Message from Ebay - Is it a scam? |
04-18-2005, 02:38 PM
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| Ravaged By Age  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PST + 8
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    | no scam... TM enforcement is bug to them... If you are showing bad faith i.e. pretending to be or trade off the back of their name, run to the hills.. If, on the other hand your regged is quite innocent, go here : http://www.chillingeffects.org/index.cgi And check your facts out
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04-18-2005, 02:46 PM
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| Seems to be alot of links about suggesting it is a scam: http://www.bewareofebayscams.com/legal.txt If it is a scam, I dont see what the sender has to gain though?
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04-18-2005, 02:47 PM
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04-18-2005, 02:47 PM
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   | why would someone do that? Its unlikly to be a scam....
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04-18-2005, 02:48 PM
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| They've asked me to confirm in writing that I agree. Thats all.
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04-18-2005, 02:59 PM
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| I doubt very much that it is a hoax....
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04-18-2005, 03:08 PM
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| Just in case it isnt a scam I have replied to the email and remove the name servers associated with this domain. I will let you know what happens next. Cheers for all your replies.
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04-18-2005, 03:22 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada
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| I received a similiar letter a few weeks ago from ebay regarding my domain - boycottpaypal.info, I think it is legit.
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04-18-2005, 03:23 PM
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| Be careful Always check the link by mousing over it. If the domain is not ebay.com then it is fake. Subdomains do not count. Many of these crooks wil take a domain like XXXXX.com and add subdomains to make it look legit like signin.ebay.XXXXX.com. |
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04-18-2005, 03:26 PM
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| jj2ii3344 - did you respond to their email and disable the website? Theres only 2 links on the email and theyre both valid links. No unicode, No hidden links, no @ in the url etc.
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04-18-2005, 05:47 PM
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| NamePros Regular  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina
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| It is more than likely for real. When I first started I registered myebaytip.com, I did not know about trademarks, and a few weeks later I got an e-mail from Ebay. They told me not to use the name just to let it expire. They keep an eye on domains being registered with ebay and paypal in the name. |
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04-18-2005, 06:18 PM
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It's best to just completely avoid registering names that contain trademarks of large companies, as it's just asking for trouble. Most individuals register names and think along the lines of, "I can sell to the company for millions". But they don't realize that the company doesn't have to buy the name, all they have to do is legally pursue the case and most times they will be forced to hand over the name. These large companies such as eBay have millions and millions to pay for lawyers, they can afford the very best and clean you for everything. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and-alerts/83514-message-from-ebay-is-it-scam.html Please do keep us informed. 
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04-19-2005, 07:26 AM
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| It was legit. I replied to the email confirming that I would do what they asked and they sent me a reply back thanking me for my cooperation. A valuable lesson has been learnt.
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