Oook!

Got a phonecall from eBay. They blocked the account I was complaining about, so I am safe on that issue and offered me to become registered member for free. That would mean some additional protection, but only until I move to a new address. And that will happen in less than a year for sure (end of my studies is getting closer).

However they were not able to tell me anything about the other apparently legitimate account that is selling stuff. Data privacy laws. Still thinking of buying something from there to check it out.

Then eBay gave me the advice to report this case to the police. As for now, I am considering sending an email to the address that I got from the authorization letter. If he really lives here, I want to give him a chance to explain himself before deciding on further action. What I am concerned about is that I have no clue who that person is and what else he might be trying...

Have reported it to eBay and also asked the community there for their advice.

The only thing that I could find our about that guy was his birthday so far. But I had no luck tracking him in different databases with his email address only. Thinking hard about how to harness the power of the web to identify him.

Maybe I should buy something from the "zukkatyp" person on eBay? That person put their bank account details on eBay, but I only see those in case of winning an auction...

A few days ago I received a letter from eBay with a confirmation code to a new account. Just that I did not open a new account there, I am more or less happy with my current one that I have already for several years. And the address it was sent to was also slightly weird. First, my family name was misspelled Springmair instead of the correct Springmeier and no room number was written. But since the mail is put into our mailboxes by our janitor, it still got to me.

But I do not think that this letter was meant for me. The thing about the mailboxes here is that it is easy for someone to access someone else's mail, the mailboxes are not secure at all. And the email address of the to-be-verified-account was not mine as well: zukkatyp@gmx.de (sugarguy@...). Disturbingly, one can find that email address also on a web forum about Tübingen....

So I feel I have to assume that there is one guy in my hall that tried to open an account on eBay in my name. And interestingly there is also an eBay account with the name zukkatyp and that person is from Tübingen and selling stuff for the first time...