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Secret Sale??? Anyone Else????

glenbankloel — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:30:11 GMT

Hi all, just got an email from ebay (?) offering Secret Sale opportunity. Is this a scam email, says to join is free and then wait for the daily notices offering "special" discounts. Then just buy using the links on the email message. Very sus?? Anyone else got an insight to this message or is it legit? Apparently I buy using the link on the email message to me, and they put 10%-50% cash back into my Paypal account......Hmmmmmm, I wonder. Have a very Secret feeling in my Gut about this. Am I correct????

Re: Secret Sale??? Anyone Else????

jerryman12a — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:15:22 GMT

"and they put 10%-50% cash back into my Paypal account"

Sounds like a Scam , why would they not just deduct 10%-50% off the invoice ?

"Apparently I buy using the link on the email message to me"

Never click on links in emails , another pointer to it being a scam .

Re: Secret Sale??? Anyone Else????

glenbankloel — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:42:09 GMT

Yep, that is what I thought too. Hope no one else accepts.

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***super_nova*** — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:55:48 GMT

Yep, that is what I thought too. Hope no one else accepts.

sadly, bet they will 😞

Re: Secret Sale??? Anyone Else????

phorum_junkie* — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:53:25 GMT

Wouldn't go near it with a bargepole.

Re: Secret Sale??? Anyone Else????

digital*ghost — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:47:16 GMT

Wouldn't go near it with a bargepole.

Neither would I, but some further reading in case it's of interest.

Thread from last year: http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Buying/Scam/500150300

Thread on the US boards, from 2011 and recently resurrected: http://answercenter.ebay.com/question/Trust-Safety-Safeharbor/Secret-Sale-Legitmacy/900286435

Re: Secret Sale??? Anyone Else????

glenbankloel — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:56:43 GMT

Thanks everyone, no I am not going to enlist. Really don't want to be part of. Have sent a message to EBay, and leave it up to them to advise. Maybe it is legit but really not interested in providing any more private and personal info to outside collectors. Cheers