ebay: MC003 A28 FPA NOTICE

mutley74

twice this week i have been sent an email from ebay saying that

"It appears that your eBay password has become known to a third party. "


i already changed my password....do i need to take this seriously again? does this mean someone has tried accessing my account?

Enterprise_1701C

Does it have a link in it and did you click through that link? Is it in your messages section in Ebay? If you say yes to the first and no to the second you have been phished and you need to go to your Ebay account - not through the link but the long way round - and you need to change your password.

cyberbob

Is the email definitely from ebay? or is it a Phishing one asking you to follow a link to change your password?

Smart_But_Casual

I'm willing to bet my left knacker that it's not from ebay!

RFW

The email title is a clear indication its a phishing email. If Ebay were aware that a password had been discovered by a third party (and how would they know?), they would put a simple message title, not some random code.

Please now do go back and change your password and you need to take other steps if you have clicked on a bogus Email link as your computer will likely now have other 'problems'.

cyberbob

Smart_But_Casual wrote: »

I'm willing to bet my left knacker that it's not from ebay!

Just the left one?

Smart_But_Casual

cyberbob wrote: »

Just the left one?

Buying a new season ticket cost me my right one. :eek:

NotQuiteNorbert

RFW wrote: »

The email title is a clear indication its a phishing email. If Ebay were aware that a password had been discovered by a third party (and how would they know?), they would put a simple message title, not some random code.

Please now do go back and change your password and you need to take other steps if you have clicked on a bogus Email link as your computer will likely now have other 'problems'.

Just hunted back through my emails to March. I've had the same message. It is from eBay, and it is legit. Has a gobbledegook title but I've checked it all to make sure it's 100% genuine. Looks like eBay do send emails with random code in the title in this case. It doesn't ask you to click any links, but warns you to change email and ebay passwords.

To the OP, do you use any snipers on eBay? I think goofbay had a wee issue a while back with users getting these warnings. Just wondering if it could be something similar again.

mutley74

Hi thanks for replies.
there was no link in the email, as i had been caught last year by an ebay phising scam email.
i just changed my passowrd using the route through the normal login process.