I've just started getting those emails as well. They look 100% real.
It looks just like an eBay email and its from and alleged member who
"has not received payment from you and does not want to start formal
complaint procedures against you". My first thought was "hey... I
never ordered a Samsung BoomSki Box from this guy..." and my second
thought was "stupid eBay...I gotta clear this up" and that's how you
get snookered. Most people will know they didn't order the Samsung
BoomSki Box so they'll just assume that its just an eBay snafu and
punch the "Respond" button in the email to get eBay to sort it out.

NEVER RESPOND TO ANY PRIVATE EMAILS FROM EBAY. Always use the eBay My
Message service. If eBay or a seller has an issue, it will surface
through the My Message service.

I've only been burned once by a seller and eBay sorted it for me and
got me a refund---from a guy in Brazil no less. It was only fro $20
but I felt a lot better that they went after the guy for me and it
only took a couple of days.

There's NO reason to pay anyone anymore than a small deposit on a
Vanagon (content) before you go pick it up. If the seller insists on
full payment being sent, its time to hang up the phone.

Jeff / San Anselmo
On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:30 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:43:28 -0400
> From:    David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM>
> Subject: Re: Buying Vans on e-Bay
>
> Hi Jim:
>          That is soo scary !!
>
> I have tried very hard over my 50+ e-Bay transactions to remain open
> and as cooperative as possible. What you said (about someone stealing
> your acct. info.) scares me to no end. For two days running this
> week, I got fake e-bay customer replies demanding I return his
> money.???? Or else he would have e-Bay revoke my account. I read it
> again after reading your message and figured that someone had stolen
> my info and sold some fictional Camera to some unfortunate bloke.