I recently won a bid and paid for an item from eBAY, yesterday I received 3 eamils from eBay alerting me that my account had been accessed by a third party from a foreign source. eBay asked me to fill out some info. so I went ahead but then at the second part of it they asked for my credit card number. since I never gave eBay my credit card number before, I don't see why I should give it to them now for no good reason. I found this to be highly suspicious. did anyone know anything about this?
2006-09-26 01:27:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
People scan Ebay for purchase information then they contact the party with a "Look Alike Ebay Page" with some sort of Alarming message about there account. They are trying to get all your personal information regarding your financial accounts so they can "Steal". It is called Phishing and you can report it but there is not much that can be done about it as most of these people are operating out of foreign countries where the laws are not set up to implicate these people as criminals. The best thing to do is "Ignore such emails from Ebay or PayPal. Also it is a good idea to change your email address with Ebay and PayPal so they wont be able to contact you as easily. I've changed mine several times and they still send the Bogus emails to the old address.
2006-09-26 01:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm that's really suspicious eh.
You did the right thing though. The moment you receive that, ignore it. Don't fill up any form saying they're eBay's rep or anything unless you consulted eBay first! eBay usually return email responses within 24 hours, they really have fast and helpful CS especially when it comes to fraud. There are lots of emails like this, so be careful. When you click on the link that they gave for you to follow, watch out for the URL! It won't hurt to look on the URL first, closely. If it's any other url than ebay."something" DON'T continue. Forward your email to eBay and report it!
Visit this HELP sites:
Stop Spoof Emails & Web Sites
http://pages.ebay.ca/securitycentre/stop_spoof_websites.html
Avoiding Fraud:
http://pages.ebay.ca/securitycentre/avoiding_fraud.html
2006-09-26 01:39:29 · answer #2 · answered by jealouz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK this is called phishing and it is just a clever way for people to get other's credit card numbers. Even if you just gave them the second half of it, usually that is all people need to access your account and make illigit purchases. You should tell ebay about this page and watch your credit card bills very closely. Best of luck to you
2006-09-26 01:52:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you declaring the e-mail changed into suspicious or the customer is suspicious? If the e-mail is suspicious you flow to Ebay account safe practices and they're going to deliver you a list of steps to take to make your account look after. If purchaser hacked into your account Ebay will opposite that pastime. If the customer changed into suspicious dont settle for charge. till you click on a hyperlink from a pretend Paypal digital mail despatched through the customer, he can not get entry on your own or monetary info. suitable advice is to regulate your Paypal digital mail address and your own digital mail account and passwords on your Ebay and Paypal expenditures.
2016-11-24 19:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
It looks very official too. The best thing to do, is have your status bar visible. When you place your mouse cursor over the link, you will see that the link does NOT go to ebay.com. For Microsoft, and Mozilla, it's view-status bar. (I know, I need to learn the other systems.)
Examine all links before you click on them.
I wish we could get some laws about this. In my mind it is nothing short of fraud and the people should be taken to court and if possible, jail.
PS forward the mail to spoof@ebay.com
2006-09-26 01:38:12 · answer #5 · answered by Greg J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any time you get email from eBay, you need to ignore it and go to your eBay account. Any messages from them to you will be there. I'm so happy to hear that you did not give your credit card number. I get so many of these emails that it's ridiculous. I just forward them to spoof@ebay.com
2006-09-26 01:54:23 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. G. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
eBay would not be contacting you for credit card information. Forward any suspicious email to their customer service site. There is also available online help where you can chat with customer service agent.
2006-09-26 01:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a spam site that is trying to get your credit card number. I suggest you do not give it out. Check the web address in your browser when you go to the site, I bet it won't say e-bay
2006-09-26 01:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Send a copy of the email to spoof@ebay.com - it's unlikely that it came from eBay.
2006-09-26 01:36:28 · answer #9 · answered by Asher S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ebay will never ask for your info. Report it to spoof@ebay.com. Just forward that message and delete it.
2006-09-26 08:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by GotchazSpades 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋