Don't know how many of you may have seen this yet, but in brief, here's how it works. You bid on a (big-$$, typically) ebay auction, but don't win. In a short time, you get what looks like an ebay-trans mitted msg--from the seller--offering you a "second chance" to buy the item...because the original buyer wasn't able to perform, the item didn't make reserve, or for some other reason. I sent the second one I got to spoof@ebay.com & got confirmation that it was a scam, & NOT actually sent via ebay. I also checked it by putting my cursor on the link/address to respond to, which (at least, with my software) shows the ACTUAL address you'd be getting linked to...and it AINT what it looks like. The kicker is that I recently received a "second chance" scammer on an item that I'd already negotiated the purchase of (after it'd failed to make reserve). Dave
