eBay Second Chance Fraud Warning

[cultonc]

I placed a bid using e-bay for a King 2341 Tuba that was being offered for sale by Cash America Internet Sales. I did not make the winning bid but several days later I received a second chance offer to purchase the tuba at the price I bid. This e-mail (and following e-mails) appeared to come from ebay and had an ebay URL. I accepted the offer and using the contact seller option i made arrangements for the purchase. After transfering funds to a secure "escrow" account I did not receive any further notice or bill of sale. I contacted ebay and was advised that this was a spoof and ebay did not send out any of the correcpondence I received. I attempted to stop payment but it was too late. I found out the someone must of hacked ebays system got the email addresses of loosing bidders and sent out the phishing emails. I lost $2,200 and have no tuba to show for it. NEVER trust any correspondence no matter how official looking offering a second chance. There is a good chance they are a fraud. eBay will not accept any responsibility for this and it appears they do not protect bidders information from being hacked.
"Tuba" charlie

[Untersatz]

Ebay ALWAYS says to check your messages in "my ebay" to make sure it was from them. If the email came from ebay it will also be in your messages from ebay..........otherwise it could be a scam

This e-mail (and following e-mails) appeared to come from ebay and had an ebay URL

I'm curious, what website it took you to? If it wasn't actually ebay?

[Tubajug]

Sorry to hear that. I was scammed on a tuba through another site (not this site nor ebay) several years ago. Looking back, I should have seen it for what it was, but a "good deal" can be hard to pass up. Hindsight is 20/20....