Chapter 8. Second chances—eBay
Who doesn’t like a second chance? Who wouldn’t like a Mulligan? So when people receive an email telling them that they have another chance to bid on an item that they had lost out on because the winning eBay bidder failed to purchase the item, they are pleasantly surprised. Sometimes they are told that the winning bidder did not meet the reserve price, which is the minimum price set by the seller for sale of a particular item. What scammers do is wait until the end of an online auction and then look at the list of bidders and compose an email to losing bidders posing as the seller.
The phony email looks legitimate. However, it asks for personal information to process the bid and receive an invoice from eBay. Unfortunately, ...
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