New Ebay Email Scam

svmitche

Have had a look and don't think this has been posted before - if so let me know!

Anyway - I received a new spoof ebay email over the weekend. Unusually it did not tell me that I was under investigation for fraud, but rather was an invitation to become a Power Seller!

It looked totally genuine, but my suspicion was raised as it claimed that I was being invited cos I sold loads of items each month (I don't!).

I hovered over the link and sure enough it was a spoof, so after mailing it to spoof@ebay.co.uk, it was confirmed to be not from ebay.

So, just a warning that the spoofers are changing tac' and trying to get our details by massaging our egos!

racht70

they will try anything!! >:( thanks for the warning

Amba_Gambla

ebay were useless when I got a scam email - I sent it on to them, and I got an automated reply and nothing else.....

mjenn5

Well I fell for that one and now somebody has hacked into my account and tried to list things under my very good name.

Ebay has caught this and have cancelled all listings under my name and stopped my account for up to 72 hours while they investigate it.

I can't tell you how I feel. Its like being robbed. I know its only an ebay account but I have worked hard on that maintaining such a high standard and had active listings about to close in the next 24 hours.

Please watch out and don't be sucked in like I was.

soolin

ebay were useless when I got a scam email - I sent it on to them, and I got an automated reply and nothing else.....

That's all you will ever get but ebay do act on the mails sent. Sometimes if you go back and check the dodgy link (be careful of trojans) it's been disabled within hours.

Soo

EvilMonkey

Ebay state that they will NEVER ask for your details on an email, or have a link in an email for changing your details (at least thats what they say...)

Taking this at face value seems to be the safest way to avoid issues?

soolin

Ebay state that they will NEVER ask for your details on an email, or have a link in an email for changing your details (at least thats what they say...)

Taking this at face value seems to be the safest way to avoid issues?

Quite right, if you remember that you should be absolutely fine. There was an interesting report a couple of months back on Business lunch about phishing mails, it is estimated that 96% of people will not fall for one, which leaves 4 % of people likely to fall foul of a scammer. Bearing in mind how many thousands of these get sent out every hour there must be hundreds of people falling for them every day.

They likened these mails to receiving snail mail on Barclays bank headed paper addressing you as 'dear Barclays bank customer' and asking you to post back details of your bank account, pin number and all security questions. It seems unlikely that anyone would do that yet we are fooled into a false sense of security by e mail.

Soo

barmonkey

recieved this one today, not had it befor



eBay Safeharbor Department Notice

Fraud Alert ID : 00626654


Dear eBay member,

You have received this email because you or someone else had used your identity to make false purchases on eBay. For security reasons, we are required to open an investigation on this matter. We treat online fraud seriously and all cases which cannot be resolved between eBay and the other involved party are forwarded for further investigations to the proper authorities. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your personal information against the eBay account registration data we have on file by following the link below.



Please save this fraud alert id for your reference.

When submitting sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information, that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL.

Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, we will assume this account is fraudulent and it will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

We apreciate your support and understading, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc.

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification mail sent to this address and can not be replied to.

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it came from 20041129180128.79EE11143FB@linux10456.easyspace.com

soolin

barmonkey, there are dozens of these emails doing the rounds, some better than others.

Send them to spoof@ebay.com and just delete them.

Soo

barmonkey

i do send them to ebay, its just this was a new one on me so i thought i would post it for others to see.

paulcdb

I just wish they'd send them to the right user to start with, amount of times i've had scams from eBay and PayPal to my main email instead of the seperate ones i use for all the important things.

Well worth the domain fee alone