Author Topic: EBay Scam Alert!!!! Be careful!! (Read 90 times)

malthumb · « **on:** May 25, 2010, 06:34:47 PM »

I almost fell for what I am sure is an eBay scam today. Here's what you need to watch out for.....

I received an email saying that I was going to receive a strike because I had not paid for an eBay item I had won on auction. The email included a link to the item and a link to the requirements for appealing the feedback and warned that my account could be suspended if I did not resolve it.

My first instinct was to click the link to the item. I was thinking, maybe somebody hacked my account and ordered something. Then it occurred to me that the link might take me somewhere I didn't want to go so I escaped out. Then I went to a different computer and logged into my eBay account. No messages from eBay. No won auctions with payment required. I searched for the item number provided in the bogus email. It doesn't exist.

If you get an email saying you're gonna get dinged for not paying for a purchase, don't follow the link. Go to your eBay account and make sure all is right there.

Peace,

James

sonicus · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2010, 07:00:19 PM »

Thanks for the Alert. I feel safer to always handle my Ebay business directly from the ebay site on the browser rather then to respond to a possible fraudulent fisher email that could direct me to as you stated a place I didn't want to go Good call and a good save !

lbpesq · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2010, 07:41:42 PM »

I generally never just click on the link in an email from anyone asking for info or telling me my account has a problem, etc. I always open a browser and go to the site directly to verify if the email is authentic. More often than not, it's bogus. You gotta be careful out there!

Bill, tgo

David Houck · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2010, 08:05:23 PM »

You may want to forward the email to ebay. Check the site, but I think it's scam @ ebay.com

lbpesq · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2010, 08:10:22 PM »

In my expereince, most sites use spoof@ for forwarding suspected bogus emails, as in spoof @ ebay.com

Bill, tgo

David Houck · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2010, 09:01:13 PM »

Your right; I just checked and it is indeed spoof @ ebay.com

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(Message edited by davehouck on May 25, 2010)

jazzyvee · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2010, 11:24:09 PM »

A couple of years back I stupidly followed a link email to ebay which was a spoof of a genuine item for sale on Ebay. A few days later I found that I couldn't get into my ebay account and someone had changed the password and listed a car for sale on my ebay site.

A police officer friend of mine advised me to report it to the police as this was classed as identity fraud.

I did and also contacted Ebay who I have to say, were very slow and lax in dealing with it. Even sent me numerous reset emails To my Ebay messages account ... DUH...!!!

I only got their messages because i had my account set to forward messages to my regular email account. Unfortunately the hacker had beaten me to the message every time and changed the password.

After about a month they sorted it out, removed the fake advert details, bad feedback from sale of car etc etc.
Since then it's been fine.

I was pretty annoyed with myself that I followed a link to Ebay as I'm usually very good at spotting fakes and usually only log into sites directly via the browser and not via a link from an email.

What made me suspicious was that usually I always get my login accounts right first time but logging in via the link I had to type my pwd in a few times. So at the time I was suspicious.

Jazzyvee

David Houck · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2010, 08:45:00 AM »

Thanks for posting that Jazzyvee; sharing these first hand experiences helps all of us.