Ebay/Paypal Scam..

Did the offer come thru your email messages?
I have gotten 2 emails thru my regular email for offers on items that were closed and they wasn't even mine. Also had an email saying my account was on hold and needed to update credit card information. If it isn't in your ebay box, then don't answer and forward the message to spoof@ebay.com

Yep, unfortunately, any transaction that involves a buyer or address in Nigeria is 99.9% likely to be a scam. Ditto for anything of the "too good to be true" variety.

Glad to hear you caught it -- a lot of folks don't.

thats a classic scam

quote:

Originally posted by ladydragracer:
If it isn't in your ebay box, then don't answer and forward the message to spoof@ebay.com

Certainly good advice, but I've read that scam/fake messages have also shown up in ebayer's message boxes. eBay's message system cannot be trusted to be 100% secure. Don't expect eBay to admit to this either. It stands to reason, if scammers can highjack eBay accounts with ease, they can certainly access the ebay message system, as well as your PayPal account. The scammers are everywhere.

You are all incorrect. What you all experienced here was Internet "Phishing". The supposed emails you received were definitely fake. But the weblinks those emails provided were also fake, redirecting you to fake eBay and/or Pay Pal websites. IF you logged into them your account info is then stored on a server of the fake websites and YOUR ACCOUNTS WILL BE HACKED.
I highly recommend, IF YOU CLICKED THOSE LINKS to log in, to change your email AND your passwords.

Unfortunate these idiot spammers are able to do this, but eBay and Pay Pal tell you to NEVER to trust an email. Yes, eBay and Pay Pal will and do send emails... but never trust a link provided in one. Log into your eBay account to check for any messages there, and log into Pay Pal to check your account. Do this the normal way by typing in www.eBay.com and www.paypal.com.
Again, NEVER trust a link provided in an email... EVER. Especially when money is concerned. There are regular bank emails that are "phished" too, redirecting you to a fake site that captures your account info as you "login".

Actually the hackers have gotten through the official ebay and paypal sites. ebay claims that thousands of users are experiencing the same problems. In addition, thousands of us are receiving emails from ask seller a question that are geared for other sellers and visa versa where I as a seller do not receve all my ask seller a question emails in my ebay. Yes, their answer, "if we can find the problem we can fix the problem." Not to forget listings that are lost in cyber space. Yes, thousands of us are in the same boat and "SURPRISINGLY" ebay refuses to reimburse nor credit our accounts for their technical issues.

I think most of us have been getting hit with the fake "Ask Seller a Question" messages that only come through our email.

It's easy enough to spot that kind of stuff, once you know what to be alert for.

Report scams to spoof@e-Bay.com You just need to forward the e-mail. Always check your "ask seller a question" mail in your "My e-Bay" mail box. You can also download a program which alerts you to phishing mail that looks like it was sent from an e-Bay member.Most times I receive these spoof e-mails from the UK using an unsuspecting legitimate e-Bay member. Good Luck!
The Silver Spoon

You can always check the header of the email also.

I have full headers showing on my business email accounts. Easily viewable to see the received from lines along with the IP address.

Example from this mornings email from the headers of a phisher email:

From : eBay <****@flixster.com>
Reply-To : bounce@flixster.com
Sent : Thursday, June 8, 2007 1:08 AM
To : **********@**********.com
Subject : message from buyer

Received: from mail2.flixster.com ([209.237.233.42])

How it would appear if I didn't have headers on:

From : eBay
Reply-To : eBay
Sent : Thursday, June 8, 2007 1:08 AM
To : *********@**********.com
Subject : message from buyer

As you all know, Just because it states eBay in the from line doesn't mean its from eBay.

All good advice above. I have just taken it a step further and use the headers in my email. It doesn't take any longer to read my email, just another preventive measure.

If you don't want to set up your email to view headers...you can always just view the headers on individual emails if you have any qualms.

Remember, never click any links!

Good Luck,
Donna

While gone to State convention, I have received a phishing email that shows Bill Cobb with a message that Ebay is having a 1 cent listing week, but you have to sign up to receive the opportunity. I looked at Ebay announcements and saw no info. I then came here and saw no forum conversation. I did the click here and YUP! It wants you to log in. I have fire fox and it got me out of there fast. So...............trust nothing, always use alternative means to checkout ebay, paypal matters.

The Nigera Scam, never trust anyone asking you to ship to nigera, or form Nigera. Someone tried to get me with this to, and as you are Im new to sellin on ebay as well, and that why I felt i was targeted with such scam. but common sense kicked in.
Also never trust people offering you an oppurtunity in your item questions, I personally hate that.
Also never trust off ebay purchases

and Ive been targeted with the phishing scam, which almost worked

Thanks for all of your e-mail. One problem! Never even consider selling outside of e-Bay. Here are 2 good reasons. 1. It's not safe for you or the buyer. 2. Making deals outside of e-Bay is a violation. Trust me! You don't want to bite the hand that feeds you.If you break the rules everyone loses. Remember "A good name is more precious than silver and gold"

LOOK At this scam someone just tried to get me with
________________________________________________
My name is Shiloh Hall.
I am verry interested regarding your item and please give me the buy it now
price.I am a litle confused because I remember seeing the same item with same
description but with diferent seller ID. Do you and another seller ID? This is
the link of that auction ,take a look:

89.34.208.13/cgi/ws/eBayISAPI.dll/SignIn/authrequiredn_W11QitemZ180099995083QQcategoryZ14233QQraZ235PcmdZViewItem.php
________________________________________________

Dont you just like the fact Jack Black 2001, movie character is intersted in my item, luckly Windows Vista Has Phishing Filters, and the fact this login url is an IP address, this one is no were as good as the first one Phishing scam that tried to get me.

quote:

Originally posted by The Silver Spoon:
Never even consider selling outside of e-Bay. Here are 2 good reasons. 1. It's not safe for you or the buyer.

Are you saying that if someone sees my listings on eBay, asks about other items I may have and proceeds to my non-eBay store that it's unsafe for both them and me?

quote:

2. Making deals outside of e-Bay is a violation. Trust me!

No, it's not. If you do something like ending a listing early to sell off eBay that's a violation (fee circumvention). Under other circumstances eBay can't tell you where you can and can't sell.

I don't make the rules I only follow them. Here is what e-Bay has to say "eBay does not permit members to solicit sales outside of eBay. To learn more about this policy, or to report such a solicitation, review the Offers to Buy or Sell Outside of eBay policy."

Hi winkelstore - Thanks for posting that scam. You're right, very interesting web address! Not much like a real ebay listing page is it?

ooo, i got a good one today.. this one actually made it thru to my inbox, altho hotmail did warn me it 'could be dangerous!'..

Question from tmcneil2hv7

Activity with tmcneil2hv7 (last 90 days):
- I am currently bidding on 1 of their items
- hedgeproductions is currently bidding on 0 of my items
- We have traded 1 item
- I did not win 0 of their listings

tmcneil2hv7( 238)
Positive feedback: 100%
Member since: Mar-19-00
Location: United States
Registered on: www.ebay.com



Hello,
I'm still waiting the item for about 5 days. What happened?

Please respond me ASAP.

Thank you,

Kelly.



now, the thing that bothers me about this one is, when i hover over the ebay name, i can see the link will lead me to view the feedback of *someone else's* name... when i (safely!) go to ebay, and try to find the member's name, i can see that they are a big seller w/ a store and stuff, and obv. this 'phisher' is using the seller's feedback link as part of the scam. of course i forwarded it, and ebay said "You may have received a message attempting to solicit a transaction outside of eBay or a message sent in an attempt to obtain your account password or other sensitive information", but obv. they couldn't tell much either (that's the 2nd response from them about this one). my q is... should i contact the person who's name you can't see, but is linked thru this email? i feel like i should warn them... or do you think ebay will, cuz they can see where the links lead to, as well?? any sugg. appreciated!

Welcome to the "Smart e-Bay Sellers Club". Report the scam and then let it go. No point in contacting an innocent Seller. I tried that and the Seller thought I was part of the scam.

ah, see, i never even thought of that. point well taken. forget what?