[rpoz-29]

I had my ebay account suspended because somehow, some little bugger listed a ton of camera gear under my name. Fortunately, ebay let me know what was up, and everything has been corrected. If you start to recieve a lot of official looking ebay emails, don't click on any links. They think that's how my account was compromised. The ebay people were very helpful. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[zlexiss]

Keep in mind, that spammers and other ne'er-do-wells can tell if you've even opened their emails, much less reply.

They're called web bugs, pretty much small (sometimes 1 pixel) images with a long, custom address for each email. When you open the email, you request the pic from their server, and they can match the pic you asked for with the email they sent, and they now know it's a good email address.

My advice, I don't even open suspicious emails. right to the deletion bin. If something from ebay or paypal ends up in my inbox, I'll usually open up another window and go right to their site, figuring they'll tell me what they wanted me to know with a notice when I log in.