ebay security loophole

MarilynMonroe_2

mikewill34 wrote: »

No my pay account was not touched, neither has a fake PayPal account been created.

Ok, so why did you receive an email from paypal then?

''Suddenly on 4th May I received an email from ebay welcoming one of my email accounts to ebay. A few minutes later this account had bid on a mobile phone unlock at USD159.99. This was followed by an email from paypal, in this the shipping address was in Missouri (USA).''

I've never received any emails from paypal after only bidding and winning, only after I've paid.
Am I missing something? (be polite when you answer that haha)

shaun_from_Africa

mikewill34 wrote: »

Did you try a buy it now as I tried a normal auction and was not asked to verify other have reported that they got asked for bin.
Others have also reported they can list items for sale without verification.

The verification screen popped up as soon as I entered a bid on a "normal" auction (Not a BIN), and also when I tried to list something for sale.

I'm not currently in the UK so it could well be that ebay recognised that my IP address showed me as being overseas, hence the reason I was asked for verification and other posters were not.

mikewill34

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

Ok, so why did you receive an email from paypal then?

''Suddenly on 4th May I received an email from ebay welcoming one of my email accounts to ebay. A few minutes later this account had bid on a mobile phone unlock at USD159.99. This was followed by an email from paypal, in this the shipping address was in Missouri (USA).''

I've never received any emails from paypal after only bidding and winning, only after I've paid.
Am I missing something? (be polite when you answer that haha)

It looks like the user who created the fake ebay account also used a fake (or stolen) credit card to purchase the item.
Then later request partial refund of USD90.00.