OT but important: possible ebay scam

[Jeffhs]

Just a note to you guys about a possible ebay scam making the rounds. I received an email today from a person I have never heard of, signed with my ebay user ID. I have received several other such messages in the last couple days as well. (These messages did not originate from me.) My account has been temporarily suspended because of this fraudulent activity; however, I replied to the suspension notice immediately as per the instructions in said notice, and advised ebay that these fraudulent e-mails did not originate from my e-mail address and/or account.

There is someone out there impersonating me on ebay; there may be others out to impersonate other AK members as well, so again, I urge you to be very watchful and wary of emails from others which have been signed with your ebay user ID. Please report such activity to ebay at once, and certainly if you get a "TKO notice" from ebay (they are legitimate, as they originate from ebay.com) stating your account has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation into possible fraudulent activity involving said account.