Ebay account hijacked

catalina66

Zeldazog wrote:

Catalina

Do you access your email via web or using an email client such as Outlook/Express, Netscape, etc?

If the latter, have you remembered to change your settings there too? Maybe a silly question I know, but just a thought!

Incidentally, on Sunday, I couldn't access any of my secondary accounts via webmail, even though all settings are correct. NTL. Bit flakey sometimes!

Hi Zeldazog, thanks for advice. I always access email via Outlook, but did try it via ntl's site last night, when I couldn't access my email via Outlook. Couldn't access it on ntl's site then either, but thankfully now it seems to have gone through the system. I remembered (albeit after a while!) to change my account within Outlook. Yes, NTL can sometimes be a bit of a faff!

Thanks, Cat

pulliptears

There is another rather cunning way of getting your password without the standard "phishing email" this is something I had sent to me a while back:

Anybody who buys or sells on eBay might be familiar with the questions from eBay members. One will end up in your direct email, and another copy in your message center on eBay.com. If you read the message sent to your email address, you have an option to "respond now" and you click on that button, and it directs you to your eBay page so you can reply.

Whatever you do, from now on, do NOT click that button!!!! If you get any questions, go directly to ebay.com yourself, open the message up in "your messages" and answer it there. BELIEVE ME on this one!!!

These people who are stealing accounts are sending identical fake eBay "message from member" emails to people about their auctions, and making an IDENTICAL page to eBays page when you click "Respond now", it directs you to that page....pretty slick huh? How would anybody know? So then you proceed to log in...and bam, they have your info.

catalina66

pulliptears wrote:

There is another rather cunning way of getting your password without the standard "phishing email" this is something I had sent to me a while back:

Hi pulliptears, thanks for message. I think I can recall recently following a link from Outlook, as you always think that these are definately Ebay messages and okay to click on. Thanks for posting about this ... no way I'm clicking on any more Ebay links now!

Cheers, Cat

pulliptears

Its a clever one! I always used to click on "respond now", I think most of us do. As people are getting wiser to the fake emails this one seems to be on the increase.
Jane
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Zeldazog

I do quite a few online surveys, and often, you click a link to enter the survey - I have become very wary of these over the last few months - how do I now know if the email has come from the survey site itself? Trouble is, some surveys are by invitation only.

I don't know if there would be much to gain by hijacking a survey account but its worth thinking about a bit more, maybe I will steer clear of those that I can only access this way.

catalina66

pulliptears wrote:

Its a clever one! I always used to click on "respond now", I think most of us do. As people are getting wiser to the fake emails this one seems to be on the increase.
Jane
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Hiya Jane, definitely! A right crafty one :-) Yes, good job everyone's getting more aware.
Cheers, Cat x

catalina66

Zeldazog wrote:

I do quite a few online surveys, and often, you click a link to enter the survey - I have become very wary of these over the last few months - how do I now know if the email has come from the survey site itself? Trouble is, some surveys are by invitation only.

I don't know if there would be much to gain by hijacking a survey account but its worth thinking about a bit more, maybe I will steer clear of those that I can only access this way.

Hi Zeldazog, yes, I do quite a few surveys and have got more wary too, especially when there's no other way to access the survey, as you've said. I feel confident with the main survey sites, but, after recent events, I think that maybe you steering clear of any that give you cause for doubt could be a good idea (I do, or try to look up the site via the web), as long as you don't lose money/vouchers though, as that wouldn't be fair! On main survey sites, personal/bank details are on a safe encrypted site etc, so should be fine.

I wonder if survey sites will bring in different ways of accessing surveys, rather than just email links, what with how security-conscious everyone is having to increasingly be.

Cheers, Cat

welshman10

Had this done to me before, just report it to spoof@ebay.co.uk and they will sort it. Then change your password. And Bob's your mother's brother.

This may have been said already but I couldn't be bothered to read the whole thread