Thanks Callum for your kind response, it's appreciated. Mitch

Hi all, I have just yesterday afternoon fallen victim to a hijacked account scam. Unfortunately I have a tendency to wrap things up in the transaction department promptly and hence my funds are gone (to the tune of $2800). What a ding dong I am. I contacted my bank in the wee hours and filed a police report this morning but  I'm not optimistic. All I got from TradeMe was an "URGENT Do not complete the transaction" message this morning (too late as I figured it out for myself the middle of the night) and have tried to follow up with them but it is seemingly impossible to reach anybody there ...