Wow, I sold a set of wheels on eBay, there were around 7 bidders involved total.
Several of them have gotten fraudulent "second chance" scam e-mails. Some spoof an eBay communication.
Basically saying "The winning bidder could not pay, therefore you are being offered the chance to buy the goods at your last bid amount. Contact the seller at
xxx@zzz.com."
Of course, the "seller" contact e-mail is some hotmail or yahoo account.
This seems like a fairly decent scam. Given the more obvious stuff that people seem to fall for, this one seems to have a good chance of occasional success.
Given that more than one of my unsuccessful bidders have received these communications, it seems like this is a big problem for the eBay system.