Epay questions

[Paul Singleton]

Originally Posted by Vets Dottir 2nd

Hi Folks,

2) I notice lots of bidders list names have a lot of asterisks in their handles instead of alphabet letters. The first think that comes to mind is mischief makers and that these aren't legit bidders ... can anyone explain the asterisks ID's?

Thanks

As for the asterisks in the user names, Ebay does that to hide the identity from scam artists. There is a problem (nigerian scams come to mind) when a high priced item doesn't meet the reserve and the high bidder is contacted by email by someone posing as the seller with an offer to sell at a reduced price. The person sends the money and gets nothing in return then he finds he has been the victim of a scam artist.

Paul

Thanks Paul. And Geez ... some people are just plain rotten, aren't they?
Can't get away from the scammers and spammers