I've received these types of letters a number of times. What I do is forward them first of all to the Federal Trade Commission - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then I also forward to the authentic email address of the alleged sender. In the case of ebay that address is - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have allegedly gotten them from paypal as well and that address is - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I only assume that somebody pays attention to this and ebay and paypal will send you form letters--albeit always the same ones--telling you they are investigating the matter. The reason I forward them is so that the complete header goes along with it--at least I think it does anyway. It is very important, however, to never click on any of the letters' links, no matter what. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 11 16:20:01 2006 Received: from pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.66]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ewihc-0004uJ-Pu for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:20:00 +0000 Received: from elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.224.36]) by pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1Ewiha-0003XO-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:19:58 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:19:58 -0500 (EST) From: Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T.Fake ebay email X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:20:01 -0000
Robert, it is always best to show the headers yourself and copy/paste them into the email. Then you know for sure that they can track it. -----Original Message----- >From: Robert M Doran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 11, 2006 11:15 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [MBZ] O.T.Fake ebay email > >I've received these types of letters a number of times. What I do is >forward them first of all to the Federal Trade Commission - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Then I also forward to the authentic email address of the alleged sender. >In the case of ebay that address is - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have allegedly >gotten them from paypal as well and that address is - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I >only assume that somebody pays attention to this and ebay and paypal will >send you form letters--albeit always the same ones--telling you they are >investigating the matter. The reason I forward them is so that the >complete header goes along with it--at least I think it does anyway. It >is very important, however, to never click on any of the letters' links, >no matter what. >_______________________________________ >http://www.striplin.net >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '83 300SD (happily running diesel/WVO mix) '82 300CD slate grey, black interior, 152,xxx mi