Ebay and paypal spoof mails. Please read

megazoid

I tend to recieve several of these a month, any that start with Dear Ebay Member or Dear Paypal member are bogus, official emails will either have your name or ebay id on them, if in doubt forward the email as is to spoof@ebay.co.uk or spoof@paypal.co.uk and they will reply letting you know if its legit or not.

Regards

Megazoid

redfox

there are many of these spoof ebay emails going round at any given time and this isn't a new one as far as I know. The best thing to do is to report it to Ebay.

nursemolly

i have just had new ebay spoof today.
it went on to say someone had reported me to ebay for fraud for selling a counterfeit gift certificate in US dollars....
obviously i have never sold anything like this. it also added if you have not sold this item please click on the link below to reactivate your account.

but at first i thought !!!!!! as it is so different to the usual scams going around, but the link to reactivate the account soon made it clear that its a spoof.

but the wording was so different... so please be aware of this new one......

coupon_king_2

Hi Guys .... Dont Know if this is a new scam to try and get details of my ebay account ..... Today I received an email claiming to be from ebays trust & safety team stating that a bid I had placed on a certain item had been cancelled by them ...No explanation WHY !
When you click the number supplied it directs you to your 2 security boxes which you have to sign in to observe the item they claim to have cancelled ( I of course did not punch my names in ) ...

When I looked at the item via ebay it directs me to a fender light in america ..... something I have DEFINATELY NOT placed a bid on ... So I can only assume this is a new way of trying to get people to sign in and give their accout details..... AGAIN it does look very authentic

danmanchester

They always do look authentic. It definitely is a scam, ebay and paypal will only ever email you and address you by name and NOT "dear ebay/paypal user" that's the giveaway. I've now set my email filter rules to automatically delete any incoming email that begins "dear ebay or paypal user".
Just forward to [email="spoof@paypal.co.uk"]spoof@paypal.co.uk[/email]

Rockee

Yep! its another scam I got 6 of the same one today!! I just wish ebay would make more of an effort to catch the low life who send these out.

amit_1

same here i got 5 of these to today 100% scam


Hello,
A complaint has been filed against you in the Fraud Reporting Form at
eBay.
*******************************************
FRAUD COMPLAINT
Complaint Tracking Number: 2000604522
By: x x@x.x
Item #: 2996804910
Winning Bid: $56.00
Payment Method: PAYPAL
Date Complaint Filed: Feb-19-05 11:49:48 PDT
Nature of Complaint:
I sent a payment but never received any merchandise.
Text of Complaint: I won an auction for a $500 Pep Boys Gift
Certificate. It was a certificate number which you entered after ordering
online. We were told by Pep Boys, that the certificate number was stolen
and not valid.
********************************************
In the next 3 days, please visit the Fraud Reporting Form to resolve
this complaint with caseylynncarroll. If you do not do so,
caseylynncarroll will receive information about the appropriate agencies
to contact and/or to file charges against you. Moreover, if these agencies
determine that you have committed fraud, eBay will suspend your membership
privileges.
The Fraud Reporting Form is accessible at :


https://arribada.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?fraud

Regards, If you are not aware of this item being sold on your ebay account, Please
goto the link below and reactivate your account status.


https://arribada.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?fraud

Regards,


Thank you,
Fraud Reporting Form
Please note: eBay does not endorse the claims of either party set forth
in this complaint. We are merely trying to facilitate a satisfactory
resolution between you and caseylynncarroll by acting as a reporting and
information service. We hope it is not necessary, but if you have any
questions regarding the validity of these claims or your position in
the matter, you are encouraged to seek the advice of legal counsel.

SCREAMIN_BABIES

ive had one this morning ...... never had one before ttelling me that an ebay member has been trying to get hold of me who is being invetigated for fraud . they were telling me to beware and to contact them so they can give me more information on how to protect myself from this .
the think is the ebay member they were talking about , i have bought something from them in the past when i started with ebay .

Kay

A friend of mine, a newbie ebay member, did actually fall for one of these a while back. He phoned me straight after as he knew I was a more experienced ebayer, cos something obviously didn't feel right to him about it. I told him to sign in and change his password but when he tried to, they'd already accessed his account and not only changed his password, but it didn't recognise his email address either, so they'd changed that too.

I advised him then to cancel the credit card he had registered with ebay/paypal straight away, which he did. He's not fallen for any since then though!

My partner keeps getting spoof mails too - which is strange, as he's never had an ebay account at all!

Kay

It looks like ebay have actually decided to do something about spoofs - this was in the 'Message Alert' section of My Ebay when I signed in tonight.


Dear eBay Community Member,


We’re pleased to announce updates to My Messages. It now provides you with a secure place for:

Important account alerts
Protection against fake (spoof) emails
Customer Support correspondence
Member-to-Member communications
Use the links above to read more about each of these new features.

Protection Against Fake (Spoof) Emails
With My Messages, you now have a definitive, legitimate source for any communication from eBay that affects your account. Whenever eBay sends you an alert or message related to your account, it will be duplicated in My Messages.
If you get an email that looks like it’s from eBay about a problem with your account, or that requests personal information, look in My Messages. If the same eBay email is not in My Messages, it’s a fake. Please forward it to spoof@ebay.co.uk or spoof@ebay.ie for members in the Republic of Ireland.