When buying through Agon a buyer should always-

Received this email today supposedly from AudiogoN.

From sender email address,
AudiogoN

Interesting!... In my prep of this post the scammer's email address is displayed. In "Preview first" Agon blocks the showing of the email.

LOL,
Here it is spread out. You guys can string it back together.

steventamhk@

gmail.

com

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email [Quote]

AudiogoN Notification: Account restricted

Dear Member,
Due to recent activity on your account, you will require a second confirmation of identity with us in order to enable further investigation of this matter. Your account is not suspended, but if in 48 hours after receiving this message your account is not confirmed we reserve the right to suspend your registration AudiogoN.
To prove your identity, Click here !

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause and we want to thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you for using AudiogoN

You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to notifications with an account registered to Audiogon.

[End of quote.]

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This is a scam of course. This is how a scammer can get your password to gain access to your Agon account.
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I do not think the phishing emails stating the user's account is restricted are necessarily only related to Audiogon information being hacked. I keep getting those notices to an email account that is NOT linked with my Audiogon account.

The notices come to a junk email account I use to subscribe to newsletters and special offers.

All forums have trolls, I've found several in here. Typical one is that guy thats asks 10,000 questions with no intention of buying.
The real problem is the new user id, make sure you correspond with them before accepting 'make offer', or your listing just may get tied up 72 hours before you can re-list not to mention the hassle of contacting our busy Audiogon mods because buyer had no intention of buying.
As far as payment goes, if you havent been an Augon member for a year with good feedback, forget paypal, I will insist on a Postal money order. Insist they can show they're an upstanding audiogon/ebay member before considering paypal. I have had folks email/phone me from states away wanting to purchase something I had on Craigs, they had no problem with money orders. Don't get sukked into a flimflam.
I urge everyone to use this common sense. I realize they're probaly a few more lil exploits in here too, I try not to let my guard down.

Rule of thumb for any forum, be wary. They're alot of good apples in here but rest assured they're a few bad ones. I havent been here long but I have run across a couple.
Paypal and new user ID can be exploited, always insist that they have been a member with good feedback before committing to a transaction via paypal.
The new user can also exploit your sale, he commits and you agree but he had no intention of buying, he just tied up your listing for 72 hrs before you can relist and get your fees credited back.
Exploits, I see that the Augon Mods are dealing with it as best they can without jumping to conclusions as to is doing it. All in given time they'll figure it out.
I insist on postal money orders if it's a new user ID unless they can show me other credentials that carry the same weight as Augon feedback.
It's the internet, I'm a french model too. *grinz

oops, sorry for double post. Thought the Mods didnt like my 'troll' term so I reworded it a lil. I wanted everyone to realize the exploit I went through. Cheers :)