# Someone is trying to rip me off.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-trying-to-rip-me-off/205318>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 3, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-trying-to-rip-me-off/205318 "2003-10-03T12:26:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-trying-to-rip-me-off/205318/1 "2003-10-03T12:26:54Z")

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Interesting email from supposedly eBay this morning. Of course the link in the email leads to a non eBay site. I have filled out the forms (with false info of course) and thought others may wish to flood them with useless information. Click [here](http://211.170.97.202:5801/security/index.htm) and have fun. I have notifed eBay of the attempt already.

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**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-trying-to-rip-me-off/205318/2 "2003-10-03T12:31:19Z")

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Scum! Total scum. These people need to spend some time in prison for this!

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-trying-to-rip-me-off/205318/3 "2003-10-03T12:33:40Z")

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A check of the site IP address shows the site is from Thailand.