[Resolved] ebay stick up

mrxxlphp

Okie a guy has screw me on ebay and i know he has real email address so i am going to email him a link to clikc on and i want it to log all his info and email it to me i.e. IP, Hostname browser, ISP and computer name

How would i make a script that would do this and email it to me?

Thanks allot

Stuart

ZibingsCoder

I don't know if I speak for anyone else here, but I will say this much for my part. If someone screwed you over on eBay, contact eBay first about it and report the circumstances to them. You can then proceed as they indicate, you never know what legally binding clauses they can get him on without you having to spend a dime.

Secondly, if you don't know how to do what you spoke of already, I'd suggest reading through the PHP manual a bit. It's all in there, but, considering the possible things you could do with that information, I'm not too keen on handing it to you, but again, that's just me.

Drakla

I've written web bugs to see if my friend's girlfriend was reading his emails and they're absolutely simple to write - but man, do like he says and go to Ebay first

TheDefender

Hey stuartbaggs,

Well, my take on the whole thing is this:

What would make him follow a link you provide anyhow? I mean, let's look at things realistically here...

1) He screwed you on eBay, and presumably, he knows he did that to you.
2) He knows your email address.

So, if you sent him an email with a link to click on, why would he follow it. You would have to be pretty convincing, and if it were me, you would never convince me a link you provided was safe.

If you sent it from a different email account, he wouldn't know the address, and would just dump the email without following the link anyhow (probably).

If you masked your email as some "official" looking email from someone (like eBay staff, PayPal staff, etc.) then your actions would be illegal... Essentially, what you are asking is bordering on illegal, depending on why you want that info anyhow...

Just follow the advice of Zib and Drak, and go to eBay with your problem... If you were screwed on merchandise, and payed using a CC or PayPal, you can dispute things. If you were the seller, then go to eBay, and dispute as the seller.

Lastly, here where I live, the local news stations have been known to get involved, and have helped resolve things on eBay before, in the past with very good resolve, but no matter what, you should definitely proceed with this only when you have gotten eBay involved, and exhausted that resource...

Drakla

Hi Defender - you don't actually have to make them click a link - as soon as they open the email they've jumped on the landmine. It happens all the time on the net and in spam emails, and that's why you're better off deleting spam without opening it as it'll tell them if your email was a valid, active account.

TheDefender

Yeah, I know that whole drive by hijacking, and malicious exploit stuff... Good old IE/XP/Outlook exploits... ugh! LOL

digitalDaze

Good luck getting any help from E-bay. I got ripped off and they didn’t do jack for me. Granted it was only 5 bucks but I was still pissed. My advise to you, just give his Email to a bunch of porno sights. He will never stop getting spam.

tekky

or contact the local police in his area and give them his information, internet fraud isn't taken lightly in todays world

mrxxlphp

All ebay will do is refund my listing fee's i need to get his IP so i can go to his ISP nothing more malicous. I was thinking maybe putting a .php file as an image link in his email.

Can anyon eshow me the code for a honey pot sting?

Stuart

onion2k

Originally posted by stuartbaggs
Can anyon eshow me the code for a honey pot sting?

Do you know how stupid you sound when you write things like that? Stop watching "Hackers" and read a book.

mrxxlphp

ok onion2k sorry you ov know what yout talking about! just in case u do that was sarcasm btw.

It is called a sting, no matter where you it is called the same. Oh i suppose I could have called it a colection of server passed variables emailed to the server admin.

Stuart

tekky

I say again... [stop trying to be a hotshot and simply get the police in HIS area involved]

Originally posted by tekky
or contact the local police in his area and give them his information, internet fraud isn't taken lightly in todays world

mrxxlphp

Do you not understand???? How do i find out where he lives? he used fake detals to make an ebay account. he was selling a milier item and wanted to bid my item up.

So i need his IP so i can contact his service provider. Doesnt matter now i got someone from WHT to do it. Thread Closed

bubblenut

Originally posted by tekky
I say again... [stop trying to be a hotshot and simply get the police in HIS area involved]

Seconded!
Start down this line and you'll almost certainly get a digital beating. Unless you have nothing to lose or really are a hotshot then go the safe route.

piersk

Dude, how did he screw you? What did he do?

mrxxlphp

I was selling my phone on ebay and he was selling his (they where the same model) so he registered a new accoutn and bid mine up to £100 so no one else would bid on it, then i asked him how he wanted to pay and he said "with sh*t"

So i needed his IP to contact his ISP

Stuart

piersk

Firstly, theres no point in contacting the police. They won't do anything.

Secondly, I agree with onion2k. Stop tryin to be a hero. There's no point. You will probably get yourself into even more trouble.

Thirdly, if you didn't sell your phone, then there won't be that much commission to pay. Just cut your losses and start again.

Fourthly, you say you will contact his ISP? You think they're gonna do anything about it? Like f**k they will! When our ftp server was "compromised" last august, the guy from the NHTC squad had to pretty much force them to give up the details of the user that did the deed.

Anyway, how do you know it was the same guy and not just some kid messing around?

In short, theres not a huge amount you can do.

mrxxlphp

Can a mod please close this thread i have gotten the code i need and his IP.

stuart

planetsim

no offence but this is the worse use of PHP ive seen ever

mrxxlphp

probably one of the best actualy sorry to have to correct you.

Stuart