eBay scam

[Mr. Wonka]

Folks, if you lost a bid on an item and receive a "second chance offer" to buy a similar item after the auction has ended, please be careful... many of these messages look like they come from eBay, but they don't.

Scammers send these offers to bidders, and you end up logging in (and providing your password) to a bogus site.

Just a heads up!

[prairieson]

And I bet next you're gonna tell me that Bill gates won't send me to Disneyland even if I do mail 1000 business cards to that kid with cancer in England...

[flamebob]

anyther scam is the one where they supposedly suspend your account. I was signed up with ebay not even a week before I got that one.

[WORLD FAMOUS]

If you do any buying AND/OR selling on eBay, log into your account via a seperate web browser or window (not through the link in any eBay looking emails!) and read the messages in your inbox in "My eBay". If eBay has something important to say, or if anyone wishes to contact you through eBay, a copy AUTOMATICALLY goes into this folder as well as to your regular email. If it's in your regular email, but NOT in the "My eBay" inbox then it's a scam email.

Prarieson - as suprising as it seems, people fall for this everyday. Try adding something helpful next time. ;o)

[mindblowingglass]

Also the emails from ebay will address you by name.
A lot of the scams start out as "dear ebay user" or "Dear "your ebay user name"

My Father just got took on the same one your talking about flame bob. They accessed his account and listed over 1000 electronics.

Also any email from paypal or ebay that looks suspecious, You can cut and paste it and send it to spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com they will tell you if it a real email or fake.

[Shatner]

If you do get one of these emails, you need to forward it to EBay.

[Kool]

[QUOTE=mindblowingglass]Also the emails from ebay will address you by name.
A lot of the scams start out as "dear ebay user" or "Dear "your ebay user name"QUOTE]

I got one that actually had my full name and address. It was a Paypal scam saying I had sent $$ to someone for a watch, which I hadn't, but it tripped me out that my full name and addy were in it!

[smutboy420]

I got about half way to clicking a link in an email last month. cause Someone sent me a ? wanting to know if I take paypal as payment for ebay. Because it was not your standard "Something is wrong" you need to fix right away or you will die or lose you account type thing. None of the everyday plain old your accout has been comprimized thing. It was just a ? and who don't want to respond to some one wanting to pay you.

Anyway I clicked on the link in the email. Something I would not of done if it was one of the run of the mill emails or one of its variations. But just as I was loging in & just about to hit enter on the key board and sign on I realized. I din't have any out standing payments for any ebay items and I din't have any items up for sale at the time that some one could of been asking a ? about. So I looked at the properties of the page and tho all the links went to a real ebay page. the sign in and log in window went to a url on a domain in russia.
So I came real close to forking over the info like a fool. Luckely my gut saved my ass once again. But If I had a lot of items up and going at the same time I might not of caught that one till it was to late.
So I logged in with a bogus screen name and password. and keep clicking on the link and puting in difrent ones each time. That way they will waist time trying useless info. and have a lil bit less time to rip others off. All they need to do is get one persons acount and they can go for awhile till the next big score or what ever.

[mindblowingglass]

I didnt mean to sound like the fake ones may not address you by name, Rather any real email from paypal or ebay will always address you by name

[Itzallmyne]

I got one like Koolglass got, from some watch.something.com A paypal receipt for a phone, addressed me by name, wasn't sure if maybe my kid got on and bought a phone, what tipped me off is it said if I wanted to dispute this charge to click here, with a link to a paypal site. I Sent it to paypal. These really look so real, its scary.

Marilyn

[medicatedMELTDOWN]

...not quite the same but about a month ago I bought some new shoes on ebay and the seller never sent them....he wont answer his phone or anything :( I am filing a dispute through ebay but I will only be able to get back $15 since they have massive processing fees just to get back your own money.

ebay is full of bullshit scams......I would never reccomend it unless it is the only place to find what your looking for or to get a good deal.

[WORLD FAMOUS]

ebay is full of bullshit scams......I would never reccomend it unless it is the only place to find what your looking for or to get a good deal.

I wouldn't go that far, personally. Just use common sense, and if you don't have any, stay off the internet. :bangHead:

[eternalfrost]

I get phishing scam emails at least once a week from "eBay" and "PayPal" saying everything from 'you have a new message' to 'someone has just stolen all your mopney' etc.


the fast and simple way to save ur ass is just never click the links to these sites from any email! Just enter the site normaly by typing in the url, i.e. PayPal.com and accessing your account the proper way. if there really is an emergency, or second chance offer or whatever, you will see it that way without any chance of sending ur password to a fake site. Always check for the 'secure' icon in your browser too.

If your real paranoid, watch out for keyloggers too. they are extremely easy to get on your PC and will send all your keystrokes(and passwords) to the hacker. These can even be made to self install from viewing a webpage....a few years back my friends and I had a running game of 'hacking' eachothers PCs never anything that would do permenant damage but it is extremely simple.