Ebay and paypal spoof mails. Please read

robnye

i have to admit i think i got caught by one the of same emails as you aliyah,

but i dont remember responding,

yesterday morning woke up to receive 30 emails about items having been listed that morning!!!!! not by me.

manage to ge access and changed the password myself, then cancelled the auctions, but my account already owed £35.

spent all day forwarding emails to ebay and responding.

the problem was compounded by ebay saying that the email i received about listing an item (and had forwarded to them ) was a fake...... it wasnt.... the hacker had got my details, listed 30 items , but didnt change my email address nor my password.

whilst ebay do respond quickly (by an automated email), it does take sending them a couple of emails to get a quick human response.

today, got an email from the US ebay support starting the whole unlocking account process again........ except they had sent it in the middle of the night and now they arent awake, so more emails to uk ebay, account now unlocked,
but it has taught me lesson...... apart from being even more vigilent (i think i know who did it, but i dont have proof), but only email ebay 2/3 times and not several times to both spoof@ebay.co.uk and spoof@ebay.com
eventually got an email from someone in the uk who realised that different people within ebay support had all been involved.

gentlepurr

just to warn everybody. i have had 6 spoof emails from supposed ebayers, they look like proper ebay forwards, but they are not, ebay have confirmed them as spoofs.
make sure you read thofoughly any you get, and forward them to ebay for verification if at all unsure.

forewarned is forearmed!

xx

kirkie_2

I just got an email from someone with a user name of 'johnsel'. Please be aware if you get one from this name asking if you take money orders.

I use mailwasher to filter my spam from email and could clearly see that this had come from a totally different address from ebay.

To double check I checked my messages as if it is genuine you will get a copy of the message in there. However there was no copy.

I checked the user name out and they had no feedback and came from Canada!!!!

I then forwarded the email to spoof@ebay.co.uk and they confirms it was indeed 'dodgy'.

This is just a warning, but please be warned that these people maybe using various names. So if you do get a message about money orders forward to ebay and check your messages...

tparkin

Have also recently started receiving a new kind of spoof email. Had two genuine looking Messages claiming to be from eBay members, along the lines of:

The item I purchased has not arrived! Please respond immediately or I will report you to eBay!

With some email programmes, if you point to a link in the email (in this case the Respond Now button), it will display the web address at the bottom of the screen. As an alternative, you can click on the link/button, and check the web address that your brower displays before doing anything else. I cannot guarantee that this is 100% safe, but you are only opening a web page by doing this. As long as you don't enter any user names, password, etc. you should be OK - unless there is anyone out there who knows more than me (which wouldn't be too difficult) and can tell us any differently.

If the web address begins with anything other than https://www.ebay.co.uk (as these two did), you now they are fake, and should then forward them to eBay.

However, I would only recommend doing this if you are fully confident with your IT skills, and have an adequately protected PC (anti-virus, firewall, etc.). If in doubt, do not open a suspect email, just forward it to eBay to check.

oldagetraveller

Apologies if this is a repeat of similar already posted. Received the e-mail below this morning. eBay have confirmed my suspicion of it being fake. There are three or four links in the message which I didn't click, no doubt one or more will be asking for private information.
The item number doesn't exist but the seller does and is registered in Canada. No doubt their username has just been used to appear more authentic.
And no the alert has not appeared in my messages for action to have been taken!

Subject: eBay Unpaid Item Strike Received: #5237202437 Received: Jan-16-06
From: eBay Expires: Feb-16-06
Item ID: 5237202437

You acted on this alert in My Messages, but it may still require your attention.
eBay Unpaid Item Strike Received: #5237202437




Dear eBay User, you have received an Unpaid Item strike


You were the winning buyer on eBay item #5237202437, 2.1 GB Hard Drive pulled from a Presario 1220 +CADDY . The seller, chdem has informed eBay that payment for the item has still not been received, or that the two of you were not able to come to agreement. As a result, you have received an Unpaid Item strike.

If you would like additional information regarding the item in question, please review the dispute details page.

Remember, repeated Unpaid Item strikes may result in your suspension from eBay.
Here you can check the status of this transaction: 5237202437.

You can appeal this Unpaid Item strike if you believe it is not deserved. First, read the requirements for appealing the strike. If you meet them, you can submit your appeal on that page. If your appeal is successful the strike will be removed.

If you have recently paid for the item or have otherwise resolved this dispute, you can ask the seller to remove the Unpaid Item Strike.



Regards,

eBay

etting

oldagetraveller wrote:

Apologies if this is a repeat of similar already posted. Received the e-mail below this morning. eBay have confirmed my suspicion of it being fake. There are three or four links in the message which I didn't click, no doubt one or more will be asking for private information.
The item number doesn't exist but the seller does and is registered in Canada. No doubt their username has just been used to appear more authentic.
And no the alert has not appeared in my messages for action to have been taken!

Subject: eBay Unpaid Item Strike Received: #5237202437 Received: Jan-16-06
From: eBay Expires: Feb-16-06
Item ID: 5237202437

You acted on this alert in My Messages, but it may still require your attention.
eBay Unpaid Item Strike Received: #5237202437




Dear eBay User, you have received an Unpaid Item strike


You were the winning buyer on eBay item #5237202437, 2.1 GB Hard Drive pulled from a Presario 1220 +CADDY . The seller, chdem has informed eBay that payment for the item has still not been received, or that the two of you were not able to come to agreement. As a result, you have received an Unpaid Item strike.

If you would like additional information regarding the item in question, please review the dispute details page.

Remember, repeated Unpaid Item strikes may result in your suspension from eBay.
Here you can check the status of this transaction: 5237202437.

You can appeal this Unpaid Item strike if you believe it is not deserved. First, read the requirements for appealing the strike. If you meet them, you can submit your appeal on that page. If your appeal is successful the strike will be removed.

If you have recently paid for the item or have otherwise resolved this dispute, you can ask the seller to remove the Unpaid Item Strike.



Regards,

eBay

I had the same message and, yes, the links in the e-mail take you to a very authentic-looking log-in page so you can enter your user name and pasword! The only differences between the spoof log-in page and the real one were: (1) Ebay.co.uk logo in real page and just Ebay on fake; (2) real log-in is a secure page (https...) and the fake isn't.

Beware everyone!

ekkygirl

I have had a few of these messages to my aol acct email but more alarmingly to my ebay "My Messages" I dont see how people who have no "link" with me are able to send messages to me via ebay can they sent me a message just by knowing my name?
Have changed password and had acct stopped and not had any this week but was bloody annoyed any

soolin

ekkygirl wrote:

I have had a few of these messages to my aol acct email but more alarmingly to my ebay "My Messages" I dont see how people who have no "link" with me are able to send messages to me via ebay can they sent me a message just by knowing my name?
Have changed password and had acct stopped and not had any this week but was bloody annoyed any

It is possible to ask seller a question, the links are on every auction. It is also possible to send mail via ebay to any person you have dealt with in the past, or whose user id is is showing somewhere, for example in the bidding history of an item.

These emails will show in your ebay messages when you log in and are quite legitimate. They are nothing to be concerned about. However, if anyone is contacting you through ebay to offer 'off ebay' deals, or point you towards their auctions, report them to ebay as that is considered spam. Every ebay email through the system carries a link where you can report these emails.

Soo

ekkygirl

soolin wrote:

It is possible to ask seller a question, the links are on every auction. It is also possible to send mail via ebay to any person you have dealt with in the past, or whose user id is is showing somewhere, for example in the bidding history of an item.

These emails will show in your ebay messages when you log in and are quite legitimate. They are nothing to be concerned about. However, if anyone is contacting you through ebay to offer 'off ebay' deals, or point you towards their auctions, report them to ebay as that is considered spam. Every ebay email through the system carries a link where you can report these emails.

Soo

I did report to ebay, the email in my messages said "where is my stuff I have paid blah blah blah, I have never sold anything so could not have been for me unless trying to con me, I have had 2 messages like this and also a few to my aol acct

BARGAINADDICT_4

i recieved a e-mail from `paypal` resolution centre on sunday,saying that they were reviewing accounts and needed additional information and could i sign into my account to verify it and answer further questions ect... so i could continue normal use of my account.
it was a spoof,which i only realised after i had tried to sign into my account from the link :doh: :mad:
if only i had read this thread first, then i would not of had to spend sun eve and mon morning cancelling cards and changing passwords :mad: :mad:
i sent it to paypal,who confirmed it was a spoof and they are dealing with it.
that will teach me to half read e-mails first thing in morning, not going to click on any links in e-mails again untill ive read and checked things properly.