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.

I 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.

Seems every day a new one comes up about ebay or paypal......
Today was a first for me... my bank.....
well, my bank never sents out emails..... never ever.... no matter what..... so I guess any that say they are from my bank aren't .....seems pretty simple......