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Found a "Congratulations buyer (buyername) has agreed to purchase your item (NOT listed by me, NOT sold by me, NOTHING to do with me!).....
HOW did I get this email??????
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I would be very suspect.
Smells like a phishing attempt or scam.
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Did you check the headers, etc.? Could be one of those scams... they seem to be quite rampant again.
OTOH, I keep getting one from eBay, telling me congratulations, I'm a favorite seller... I thought it was a scam, cuz I haven't even listed anything in a few months! I sent it to eBay, who said it was legit... Wow! I'm doing quite nicely for not even listing...
Looks like eBay's auto-emailing system has just gone berserk!!
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I just got one today, seems I won a 12 pack of 4 color toner for my Minolta copier.
Heh, when did I buy oneah dose tings?
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I got one to pay my ebay bill, and the amount was correct and everything, from three months ago, I sent it to ebay and they said it was a phoney, it was very real looking, except they had the amount wrong for this month, I wonder where they got the amount from, I asked ebay and they haven't answered me yet. It was 72.83 not exactly a guessed price IMO.
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I would be very suspect.
Oh, I always am!....(I got the "Favorite seller" thing too and thought for sure it was fake!... )
When I went to eBay with the auction number (DIRECTLY, certainly NOT through the link in the email!) the buyer and seller and price info were all there and all correct...It just has NOTHING to do with me at all!.....
Me thinks that eBay's got issues and isn't gonna tell anyone!....
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Sounds rather like this one