i think if you can login to your ebay acct. and see the message from there then it's a legit offer as long as his actual ebay acct. wasn't hacked... of course if it's a high dollar item take the measures needed to confirm it's a real offer.
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, Texas USA
> From: Ben Kamenjas <kamenjas@gmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] received a 2nd chance offer ....
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:25 PM
\r?\n> Fratelli,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I recently received a 2nd chance offer on a rare item and
\r?\n> was wondering if ebay ID: erikk-88 from the Emilia Romagno
\r?\n> region is a CR list member (if so, please contact me) or if
\r?\n> anybody has recent dealings with him that might fwd me his
\r?\n> email address. I ask only because of recent email security
\r?\n> issues and haven't responded to the email from ebay (which
\r?\n> does look quite legit).
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Grazie, Ciao
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Ben Kamenjas
\r?\n> Kensington, Australia