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I got one last year and played around with it in Tor Browser. [Unlisted on Youtube] https://youtu.be/20GgzRaFeRM?si=KbvEMZGq-CzKrkcM&t=67 The 'support chat' provided the best laughs. "Message from TradeMe: dear buyer, why you use russian ip-address?" Surprising to me that there (at least appeared) was a person actively monitoring their phishing website. All the more reason to only have your email address in your buyer message. Don't include phone number or address. Maybe not even a bank number (they could use the first numbers to find which bank you are with for a more targeted version).
Yes Catharine, it could be someone's TradeMe account 'hacked'. Sadly it happens on many other websites too. Someone I know recently had their social media account hijacked by this. It's likely not 'hacked' from Trademe's side, what has likely happened is that the user has had their login leaked or session tokens leaked. Example: The person has accidently opened a file included in an email. -> The file didn't open and they thought nothing of it. The file was an .exe or .scr executable file and it was malicious code running on their computer. The file looked at their stored passwords and/o...
I had a success fee refund the next business day for my listing Catherine.
Yes, I saw that email this morning and my success fee had been refunded. Extra brownie points for TradeMe, I saw the user came up as "account suspended" after 2 negative feedback ratings (myself + someone else) last night. This morning the account looks fully suspended. Great job for the system automatically disabling their account until a human could verify, that has would have saved more people they were trying to target!
I learn something new every day. I didn't notice the KP vs P for reference number change.
As said, we all start from zero. TradeMe is good when it comes to refunding a success fee from the sale not going through. I would leave it and let them win. If they had substantial bad feedback (personal decision for percentage) then I would remove their bid.
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I got one last year and played around with it in Tor Browser. [Unlisted on Youtube] https://youtu.be/20GgzRaFeRM?si=KbvEMZGq-CzKrkcM&t=67 The 'support chat' provided the best laughs. "Message from TradeMe: dear buyer, why you use russian ip-address?" Surprising to me that there (at least appeared) was a person actively monitoring their phishing website. All the more reason to only have your email address in your buyer message. Don't include phone number or address. Maybe not even a bank number (they could use the first numbers to find which bank you are with for a more targeted version).
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Yes Catharine, it could be someone's TradeMe account 'hacked'. Sadly it happens on many other websites too. Someone I know recently had their social media account hijacked by this. It's likely not 'hacked' from Trademe's side, what has likely happened is that the user has had their login leaked or session tokens leaked. Example: The person has accidently opened a file included in an email. -> The file didn't open and they thought nothing of it. The file was an .exe or .scr executable file and it was malicious code running on their computer. The file looked at their stored passwords and/o...
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I had a success fee refund the next business day for my listing Catherine.
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Yes, I saw that email this morning and my success fee had been refunded. Extra brownie points for TradeMe, I saw the user came up as "account suspended" after 2 negative feedback ratings (myself + someone else) last night. This morning the account looks fully suspended. Great job for the system automatically disabling their account until a human could verify, that has would have saved more people they were trying to target!
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I learn something new every day. I didn't notice the KP vs P for reference number change.
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As said, we all start from zero. TradeMe is good when it comes to refunding a success fee from the sale not going through. I would leave it and let them win. If they had substantial bad feedback (personal decision for percentage) then I would remove their bid.
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