Ebay account violated
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Ebay account violated
I listed an item on ebay tonight and just went to check how it's getting on and found 5 items in America that have been listed tonight but not by me Luckily they hadn't changed my password so I changed it and ended their listings.
I contacted ebay about this because I guess I'll get charged for the fraudulent listings and to see what I can do now.
Anyone else ever gone through this?
p.s I was done by a spoof email I think when they caught me off guard yesterday After I'd done it I realised that it may be fake and it obviously was It was so easily done because I was getting emails the other week asking for me to confirm my details etc from "ebay" but I ignored them as you do because it was obviously someone after my account.
I contacted ebay about this because I guess I'll get charged for the fraudulent listings and to see what I can do now.
Anyone else ever gone through this?
p.s I was done by a spoof email I think when they caught me off guard yesterday After I'd done it I realised that it may be fake and it obviously was It was so easily done because I was getting emails the other week asking for me to confirm my details etc from "ebay" but I ignored them as you do because it was obviously someone after my account.
Last edited by Paulo P; 20 November 2004 at 12:06 AM.
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Lesson learnt, check the email for contact is still yours!
Whenever these "update your details" emails come through, log into the site by your usual method don't use their links
Everyone else be on your guard!
Andy
Whenever these "update your details" emails come through, log into the site by your usual method don't use their links
Everyone else be on your guard!
Andy
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Suppose they managed to do the "forgotten password" thing somehow? Although that should come to your email - hence my question. Bit odd. Have you already contacted ebay, they should be able to sort it out ok.
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Natwest suspended their internet banking service on Weds due to a similar email purporting to be from them.
Never, ever respond to emails asking to verify details etc!!!
Never, ever respond to emails asking to verify details etc!!!
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I contacted them earlier but can't contact them again now due to my password being changed.
Can they normally sort this out then? I had a good account going there
Normally i bin emails like that but they caught me off guard totally It was so out of character for me and I'm annoyed at myself so much now.
Can they normally sort this out then? I had a good account going there
Normally i bin emails like that but they caught me off guard totally It was so out of character for me and I'm annoyed at myself so much now.
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That's what I can't understand too I changed it to something really obscure so that no-one could guess it but they still changed it. I managed to find an old item that I sold a couple of weeks ago and viewed that and my account must have been disabled now because I'm no longer a registered user I only reported it at about midnight last night I just hope I can get it back now
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Originally Posted by paulpalmer
I listed an item on ebay tonight and just went to check how it's getting on and found 5 items in America that have been listed tonight but not by me Luckily they hadn't changed my password so I changed it and ended their listings.
I contacted ebay about this because I guess I'll get charged for the fraudulent listings and to see what I can do now.
Anyone else ever gone through this?
p.s I was done by a spoof email I think when they caught me off guard yesterday After I'd done it I realised that it may be fake and it obviously was It was so easily done because I was getting emails the other week asking for me to confirm my details etc from "ebay" but I ignored them as you do because it was obviously someone after my account.
I contacted ebay about this because I guess I'll get charged for the fraudulent listings and to see what I can do now.
Anyone else ever gone through this?
p.s I was done by a spoof email I think when they caught me off guard yesterday After I'd done it I realised that it may be fake and it obviously was It was so easily done because I was getting emails the other week asking for me to confirm my details etc from "ebay" but I ignored them as you do because it was obviously someone after my account.
I get these emails about once everday, they look really convincing, someone has a put a lot of effort in to make them look believable...its not surprising that people get caught....
All you can do is NEVER trust html links from emails that indaite that account details etc.. need to be changed..
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I had one the other day telling me my account had been violated and i needed to follow the link to log in and confirm my details.They look very convincing.
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I've had a few but not that often, I ingnored all of the previous ones but got really caught out by this new one I was totally off guard and trying to do a few things and only realised what I'd done after I'd done it I should have changed my password there and then but didn't think anything would come of it.
BTW the email I got caught by was one telling you to register as a "power seller" because you have 100% feedback and over so much feedback Beware because this was very easy and I'd done it before I realised what I'd done, all it asked me to do was login like normal then said it'd done it
BTW the email I got caught by was one telling you to register as a "power seller" because you have 100% feedback and over so much feedback Beware because this was very easy and I'd done it before I realised what I'd done, all it asked me to do was login like normal then said it'd done it
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Originally Posted by S.B.
I had one the other day telling me my account had been violated and i needed to follow the link to log in and confirm my details.They look very convincing.
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All too easily done, when they catch you at the right time.
I try and get in the habit of reading my email offline to prevent linking from emails and the like, but I occasionally slip up and that's the time I'm most likely to need it.
I try and get in the habit of reading my email offline to prevent linking from emails and the like, but I occasionally slip up and that's the time I'm most likely to need it.
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Mate, you're not having too much luck especially since your mobile phone saga.
I get those fake emails almost every day. I used to fill them out telling the fraudsters what I thought of them and their unnatural relations with their Mothers but can't even be bothered to do that now.
I get those fake emails almost every day. I used to fill them out telling the fraudsters what I thought of them and their unnatural relations with their Mothers but can't even be bothered to do that now.
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Originally Posted by gsm1
Mate, you're not having too much luck especially since your mobile phone saga.
I get those fake emails almost every day. I used to fill them out telling the fraudsters what I thought of them and their unnatural relations with their Mothers but can't even be bothered to do that now.
I get those fake emails almost every day. I used to fill them out telling the fraudsters what I thought of them and their unnatural relations with their Mothers but can't even be bothered to do that now.
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Originally Posted by gsm1
Mate, you're not having too much luck especially since your mobile phone saga.
I get those fake emails almost every day. I used to fill them out telling the fraudsters what I thought of them and their unnatural relations with their Mothers but can't even be bothered to do that now.
I get those fake emails almost every day. I used to fill them out telling the fraudsters what I thought of them and their unnatural relations with their Mothers but can't even be bothered to do that now.
NEVER reply to spam & always use an email system that doesn't download remote images (Yahoo, Outlook 2003 etc).
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About your hijacked Ebay account. Check very carefully your linked Paypal account, change the password & cancel any linked credit cards, also cancel any credit cards linked to the Ebay account.
About your hijacked Ebay account. Check very carefully your linked Paypal account, change the password & cancel any linked credit cards, also cancel any credit cards linked to the Ebay account.
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Originally Posted by S.B.
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Originally Posted by Nick
To the OP
About your hijacked Ebay account. Check very carefully your linked Paypal account, change the password & cancel any linked credit cards, also cancel any credit cards linked to the Ebay account.
About your hijacked Ebay account. Check very carefully your linked Paypal account, change the password & cancel any linked credit cards, also cancel any credit cards linked to the Ebay account.
On another note they changed my email address to carlton3000gs@yahoo.es is that spain???
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Originally Posted by S.B.
I hate the phishing e-mails. I got one the other day from paypal, and was unsure as to wether it was true or not, so just went thru the main site log in.
Yes, .es is a spanish ending IIRC
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Originally Posted by Nick
All you're doing there is confirming that your email address is valid - therefore making it worth 10 times as much money & suitable for more spamming.
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NEVER reply to spam & always use an email system that doesn't download remote images (Yahoo, Outlook 2003 etc).
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Originally Posted by gsm1
Unless they've gone to the bother of providing a different link for each person they email, which I very much doubt, there's no way they will know squat from me responding.
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Originally Posted by AndyC_772
On the contrary, that's exactly what they do. All they need is to include a link to something like: image.jpg?valid_spam_address=you @ yourdomain.com - their server sends you image.jpg and logs the fact that it was the mail sent to your address that resulted in the hit.
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Originally Posted by gsm1
You don't reply to the email anyway - it simply provides a website link. Unless they've gone to the bother of providing a different link for each person they email, which I very much doubt, there's no way they will know squat from me responding.
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