posted on December 8, 2003 03:19:28 PM new
I was sent a bogus email stating it was from Ebay. I stupidly clicked on the link and put in my ebay name and password. I realized only after I had done this I had been duped. I have since changed my password, and name on Ebay. I have also changed my paypal password. And my email password. What are these scam artist out to get on Ebay from me? And Ebay told me to change my email password. I am wondering why on that. And since changing my passwords is that enough. I changed my password within the hour of this happening. I have also copied and pasted what I was sent below. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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Email Body:
We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended if you don't resolve your problems.
To resolve this please click here and login to eBay in order to resolve your account problems.
If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a period of 3-4 days, after that it will be again operational.
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.
Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to ebay.
posted on December 8, 2003 03:38:16 PM new
If you would read this room on a regular basis, you would have seen scam reported a copuple of weeks ago. If you still have it send a copy to [email protected]
posted on December 8, 2003 03:42:43 PM new
Glad you caught it in time to keep control of your account. I think eBay advised you to change your email password just in case it was the same as all the rest. I think those scum bags list bogus merchandise under your user name if they can get away with it..one day auctions for non-existent high ticket items and then take the money and run.
posted on December 9, 2003 09:41:25 AM new
It's a good thing you realized this was a problem right after. If you changed your info before they had a chance to go in, then you are probably fine (unless it is one of those that asked for your social security number, checking account info, etc.) - If it is just ebay ID and password, and you changed it before they got in, you are probably ok though.
posted on December 10, 2003 07:35:08 PM new
You had better keep a very good watch on your credit card/bank info too. Most of the spoof e-mails have been asking for bank info. In fact, if yours did, you better cancel all credit cards and move your money from your bank accounts to a new one.
