The Scammers back

[Ian M]

The difficulty is that the scammer is using legitimate seller accounts for his listings, so the scam isn't immediately detectable. Once eBay kills off the fraudulent listings, typically within the space of an hour, the scammer simply moves on to use yet another stolen seller ID. These bona fide seller accounts are presumably harvested via phishing scams, in which genuine sellers unwittingly give away their eBay credentials as a result of receiving an email that purports to be from eBay. Something along the lines of: "Dear Valued Customer, We have detected some errors in your account details and request that you log on using the link below to correct these errors as soon as possible. Otherwise, your account will be terminated."