Okay, I am pretty naive, but I'm smart enough to catch most phishing scams, etc. I've received two e-mails over the past two days:

Yesterday:

>From: Brian Frydenborg <bfry1981@gmail.com>

>hey I was just hoping to confirm that the phone was sent out!

Today:

>From: Brian Frydenborg <bfry1981@gmail.com>

>please confrim thsat you shipped me my phone!

>brian Frydenborg

I've ignored both, and made sure my eBay account is intact (with no recent auctions, etc). I've also checked PayPal and there isn't any recent activity. I figure if I reply to this Brian Frydenborg person (asking what the heck he's talking about), I'll just give some spammer my e-mail address, as I haven't sold anyone a phone recently. Ideas?

-Tofer

won't hurt to just respond with an email.

Maybe you could even turn it around, and ask him "Where is my money?!"

mikebw Wrote:
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> won't hurt to just respond with an email.

If I respond with an e-mail, then El-Spamaricio will know that it's a good address. Then again, my e-mail address gets around a lot already (the @#$%&), so it probably isn't a big deal to have another spammer with a guaranteed target...

-Tofer

I'd let sleeping dogs alone. No need to take the chance of getting on another spammer's list or getting mixed up with a crazy person.

It is a very common fake phishing email.

Similar emails threaten postal investigations for non-delivery, etc.

Forward all such emails to spoof@ebay.com with headers and eBay will send you back an email confirming it was a spam, plus they will add it to their database.

Do not answer them or click on links in them.

Seems to be a common new fraud/spammer tactic... been all the sudden getting the same sorts of e-mails. You don't reply, I give you bad feedback - etc... First one I got - I was like, woah - what did I miss on ebay?

Anything like that - just log into your ebay account. By typing in the URL in your browser... clicking on a link in those e-mails will likely take you else where, as they use html embedded behind text of what is made to appear to be the ebay link.

And really - the case with all e-mails like that... if any doubt - just log in to your account manaully entering the URL for the bank, etc... never click a link in those e-mails... if there is really something up, you'll know when you log in and check your account status page.

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OWC Larry
Other World Computing
[www.macsales.com]

I'm tempted to create a username "Brian Frydenborg" and post here asking about my phone.

WE ARE THE FRYDENBORG

ALL YOUR PHONES ARE BELONG TO US

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

what the heck happened to this thread? I can't see the first couple posts, and the formatting is wonky on the first one that I can see.

Greg the dogsitter Wrote:
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> I'm tempted to create a username "Brian
> Frydenborg" and post here asking about my phone.
>

I got banned from a forum years ago for pulling a similar stunt like that (although a bit more devious...). We'll see if Mr. Frydenborg the dogsitter shows up...

-Tofer

mikebw Wrote:
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> won't hurt to just respond with an email.
>
> Maybe you could even turn it around, and ask him
> "Where is my money?!"


POMTL....

Good one!