Ebay and paypal spoof mails. Please read

soolin

It's random, they send phishing emails to any combination of addresses they can think of. Thousands are sent out at a time and if only 10 addresses are actually valid they don't really care.

I've had phishing mails on most of my accounts, even those not used for ebay. I've had them from banks that I don't use and companies I've never heard of. The only email accounts not likely to get these mails are emails with a random nonsensical set of words and numbers. I set up a really strange Hotmail account once, it has never got any spam mail at all, ever!

Soo

CODEBREAKER

i have had 3 paypals spoof emails in the last week, i just forward them all to paypals or ebay spoof addresses and wait the reply. they know what they sent and im safe

lucasgd

I've experienced spoof emails pretending to be from Ebay members see following:

Dear seller,,

Are you still interested in my item?

You can view the item clicking the link below. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2580072754

Thank you,
releasehansol1

The item does not exist neither did the ebay ID !

CODEBREAKER

i got this e-mail yesterday, IT'S SPOOF

watch out for it.............


Your bank has contacted us regarding some attempts of charges from your credit card via the eBay system. We have reasons to believe that you changed your registration information or that someone else has unauthorized access to your eBay account Due to recent activity, including possible unauthorized listings placed on your account, we will require a second confirmation of your identity with us in order to allow us to investigate this matter further. Your account is not suspended, but if in 48 hours after you receive this message your account is not confirmed we reserve the right to suspend your eBay registration. If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of eBay policy to represent oneself as another eBay user. Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law. eBay is committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new account.





To confirm your identity with us click here:
https://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OneTimePayment&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US

After responding to the message, we ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated. Emailing us before that time will result in delays. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.




Respectfully,
Trust and Safety Department
eBay Inc.
http://www.ebay.com/

mrpete

Not sure if its been covered, but apparently, ebay/pay pal Always start with
"Hello/Dear xxx" where xxx is your username

Scams always start
"hello/dear Paypal/Ebay Member".
its the easiest way to find out if its a scam... if it says to paypal/ebay member, its deff a scam. but of course if it has your name it doesnt mean its from pay pal/ebay

soolin

No Ebay and Paypal don't use your user name, anyone can get that. They use the name you have registered with them. If you are a John Smith they will use Dear John or Dear John Smith not your ebay id 'dear fluffybunny'.

Some of the more blatant and personal phishing mails will often use a corruption of your user name or your email address which can look quite good at a first glance.

Soo

PhilCCFC

These mails are becoming a real nuisance, this is the 3rd such mail in as many weeks :mad:

Dear xxx,

We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due
to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay community.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning,
temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership
and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your
actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or
us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or
authenticate any information you provide to us.

Please update your billing information by clicking the link below :


https://billing.ebay.com/

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new
account.

Please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become
due and payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously
disputed to the billing method currently on file.


Regards,

Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc.

soolin

Phil, you are lucky to only have had three in 3 weeks. I can usually guarantee to get three a day spread over my various accounts, more if you count the bank ones as well.

I recently had several one after the other in my inbox, I assume the scammers 'send' button got stuck. They were all identical and wasted my time having them download.

Soo

PhilCCFC

soolin wrote:

Phil, you are lucky to only have had three in 3 weeks. I can usually guarantee to get three a day spread over my various accounts, more if you count the bank ones as well.

I recently had several one after the other in my inbox, I assume the scammers 'send' button got stuck. They were all identical and wasted my time having them download.

Soo

Coincidentally I have had 4 copies of this one today, same person probably :rolleyes:

eggman

I was accessing my email whilst on holiday and I got this which I replied to because I thought it was a from a buyer who hadn't received something.

"Subject: Re: Question From eBay Member"

"Hello,

I would like to know how the things are going with our transaction. Can you email me asap or can you call me ?!

Thanks

You can view the item clicking on the link below:

Altered so nobody accesses the link!
......................................................................ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12605&item=4382348584&rd=1]

Thank you,
shop_ial"
......................................................

I can't believe I did as I am a powerseller who should know better but I clicked on the link and it asked for my id and password which i entered!

It took me to a page that was a poor copy of an auction which had ended on a house in the US which didn't have a winning bidder although it was supposedly me!

Straight away I thought I'm in trouble here so closed the page down and went on to ebay to change my password.

I then forwarded it to spoof@ebay.co.uk for them to tell me it was spam from another member which i find hard to believe.

Anyone received anything similar?