WARNING ebay and paypal spoof emails

soolin

That's the most common scam there is and is not unusual on Gumtree. There is a thread in the past couple of days with the same thing.

macfly

May be a new one doing the rounds. or just the first time I've encountered it.
Got an email from a "customer". "I've just tried to buy your item xxxxx from your shop - but when I came to pay it said transaction could not be completed".
Followed by a link and a request to check it out. The link takes you to a fake log in site for ebay.
I've sent him a reply.

Paulb22_2

Hi, I also recieved a similar email about a payment for £39 to Skype, I stupidly clicked the link to cancel payment although never filled in all the details. I exited the website and opened genuine Paypal and changed my password. Am I still safe or is my account now compromised. Thanks, Paul

tintinlostsnowy

toddles* wrote: »

Hello,

You sent a payment of £33.45 GBP to vickys* (vickysrisg@rogert.com)Thanks for using PayPal. To see all the transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
Seller
vickys*
[EMAIL="vickysrisg@rogert.com"]vickysrisg@rogert.com[/EMAIL]Note to seller
You haven't included a note.Shipping address - unconfirmed
rickard kartson
bryggareatan 9
norrköping, --
60524
Sweden
Shipping details
Canada Post Small Packets Air International

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN vhs DESTINATION MOON EXPLORERS
Item# 380174098064 £24.95 GBP1 £24.95 GBP

Shipping and handling£8.50 GBPInsurance - not offered----Total£33.45

Cancel Payment Confirm Payment

PayPal Email ID PP12






come on- who in their right mind would spend that amount on a Tintin VHS!

In the 6 years Ive had a paypal account and buying/selling on ebay I have never had a problem with these emails. Then all of a sudden in the last few weeks Ive been getting one everyday.

!!!!!! even using my adventures for scamming, I wouldn't pay that for vhs either when you can get them all on the 75th anniversary dvd for under a tenner:)

charlie792

Just had the following email sent to me:

eBay sent this message to your registered email address. Your registered email is included to show this message originated from eBay.

ASC087 Notice : eBay Registration Suspension - Section 9

Dear eBay member,

We are writing to alert you that your eBay account has been suspended.

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.

To remove any limitations, you are required to confirm your eBay registration by following the link below :

LINK REMOVED

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way until you confirm your registration.
Please note that this will also affect the ability to sell or bid on items.
This includes registering a new account.

SIncerely,
Mike Jenice
Managing Director
eBay Safeharbor Department SD5

Email layout itself was fairly convincing, along with email address was sent from but obviously fake as Ebay would never ask you to signin through a link in an email - thought Id share for reference for others

I_just_love_a_bargain

I checked an old email account of mine and had an ebay invoice for june this year ( i was banned from ebay last december) telling me no payment was due on my account but I had a balance of -£605 does that mean i am credit?? no links in the email to click on!!!!!! to worried to sign in, incase they link me to my new account.

Think i need to go to an internet cafe.

Has anyone else had this? :cool:

Contains_Mild_Peril

Paulb22 wrote: »

Hi, I also recieved a similar email about a payment for £39 to Skype, I stupidly clicked the link to cancel payment although never filled in all the details. I exited the website and opened genuine Paypal and changed my password. Am I still safe or is my account now compromised. Thanks, Paul

If you didn't send them details of your account, it should be safe, though you might want to scan your computer for malware as a precaution since you clicked the link.
I got one of those scam e-mails today, purportedly a receipt for a £42.99 payment to Skype, with a link at the bottom to "cancel".

soolin

Obvious one I know but I have started getting these direct to my email, not via ebay

Hello,

I'm writing in regard to auction xxxxxxxxx

What are the possibilities of sending abroad? Id like to know the probable costs of sending to Belgium.

-footer-
Sincerely,
Admin (removed)

The item number was mine as was the title on the email header and it is obviously sent by a bot as they tend to arrive in my inbox within 5 minutes of me listing items. The email address they give goes to a gambling site

gkh030176

Hi all,

here is one I have just received for Paypal. Forwarded onto [EMAIL="spoof@paypal.com"]spoof@paypal.com[/EMAIL] for them to sort.



Hello Member,

You sent a payment of 130.00 € To Amzon.co.uk

This charge will appear on your credit card statement as payment to PAYPAL *AMAZON

Receipt No: 1025-9845-7536-1475
Please keep this receipt number for future reference. You'll need it if you contact customer service at coolil, Inc. or PayPal.

Description
Unit price
Qty
Amount

Road Mice Ford Mustang Car Mouse
130.00 EUR
2
130.00 EUR





Shipping and handling
30.00 EUR

Insurance - optional
0.00 EUR

Tax
0.00 EUR

Total
100.00 EUR

Total ILS
130.00 EUR

Payment sent to [EMAIL="paypaluk@amazon.co.uk"]paypaluk@amazon.co.uk[/EMAIL]






Do you confirm this payment?

If this payment was not made by you please immediately take the following steps:
* Login to your account by clicking on the link below :
* Provide requested information to ensure you are the owner of the account
* Find this transaction in HISTORY and click 'Cancel Transaction'
CANCEL TRANSACTION!







Please do not reply to this email because we are not monitoring this inbox..

PayPal Email ID PP513

crowbar89

Got this one on the first of this month from a PayPalSecure {admin @sec.paypl.com} (added space myself) with an attachment which I wasn't gullable enough to open... Tried to point out (bold) what I believe to be the main giveaways for those still not sure. The email address they used is easily the biggest clue - Paypl instead of Paypal.


Dear PayPal member, (Paypal will always address you by name in emails!)

PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding your PayPal account.
This account, which is associated with this email address will be expiring within five business days.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause, but this is occurring because all of our customers are required to update their account settings with their personal information.
We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy.
To avoid any interruption in PayPal services then you will need to download and run the application (They wouldn't attach an application to an email I think. Verify please, anyone?) that we have sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the instructions.

Please do not send your personal information through email as, it will not be as secure. --- (Later they ask for you personal info "Through the email" :rotfl:) ---

IMPORTANT!
If you do not update your information with our secure application within the next five business days then we will be forced to deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account any longer.
It is strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of your busy day and complete this now.
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL!
This mail is sent by an automated message system and the reply will not be received. Thank you for using PayPal.


--Forwarded Message Attachment--


It then goes on to some boxes for you to "Enter your details";

- Paypal Email. (They just emailed me using it!)
- Paypal Password.
- Cardholder Name. (Should have asked this with "Card Details" later)
- Date Of Birth.
- Social Security Number. (I'm in UK, Paypal would know this. NIN not SSN.)
- Mother Maiden Name (Should be "Mother's" - Being picky now)
- Address.
- Town/City.
- Province/Region. (Again, Paypal know I'm in UK - County?)
- Postal Code.
- Country. (Uses a Dropbox, which is already set for United Kingdom.)
- Phone Number.

(Credit/Debit Card Details) (Shouldn't have to say this, but never give out your card details via email.)

- Bank Name.
- Card Number.
- Expiration Date.
- Card Verification Number.

- Password. (Believe this means for Verisign and such... Although verisign doesn't appear, obviously.)

---

Obviously it's been more than 5 days now since this email (12 to be exact) and my account hasn't been changed at all and is still completely active. Hopefully this'll help somebody.

I'm curious... Has anyone else had this email? If so did they use the same email address? Thanks.