My eBay account got hacked

Did you enter your ebay username and password in response to any email requests to "update your account" or anything funny like that?

I think the most common way to get your password is phishing emails...

Some one attempted to do the exact same thing to me week before last. I got the "your ebay account has been suspended" thing, and as soon as I tried to click on the link - my Norton was telling me "don't do it" - so then I went to my ebay account and I had no notice in my message box from ebay. So I turned the email over to Norton, thinking that was the end of that - but NOOOOO!!!! I had them all last week and 4 on Saturday - Ultimately I changed my user name on here and ebay - hope all turns out well for you PS If you need the ray gun let me know - msalien1 - Dawn

Hi biscuit,

I don't recall I clicked any links. But I did replay to someone who emailed me from outside eBay a funny shipping question on one of the listed items... 2 hours later, my account got stolen until eBay blocked it.

I know how you feel, dllepisto. Those bastards...

Phewww - at least it was blocked - Dawn

Hackers send fake emails that look like eBays pages and ask questions. I haven't sold anything in a while and I still get those questions from hacker buyers. So it was probably that email that did it. The solution is to go to eBay to do anything and not click any email you get that says something about eBay.

Also make sure you use different passwords at each site you use. It's better to do that and write them down than it is to use the same one everywhere. People who write them down also tend to use longer and harder to guess passwords with numbers, punctuation, and upper and lower case vs. those that just use 1 password everywhere.

If you use the same password here or elsewhere you'll want to change them there too.

Ignore ANY email that purports to come from eBay or Paypal. Simple as that. Just delete them. Neither eBay nor Paypal will attempt to contact you in this fashion for the things those emails talk about.

downloaded ebay tool bar it warns of false sites

I got a couple of them from a guy, all I done was deleted them as they are easy to spot as just chek your myebay page and if it was real there will be a message waiting in your mymessages page. I think im correct.

Yep Spider1 you are correct. I don't get to excited about things until I see what's in my ebay message box. Dawn a/k/a msalien1

You can also fwd the mssg to spoof@ebay.com and ask if it is real or fake. They will notify you within 30 min or so and it gives them all the info they need to track and find the person.

if you ever get any 'buyer ques.' emails, def. check your ebay 'my messages' right away... if it's not there, it's bogus. that seems to be a favorite trick.. that and telling you there's a 'dispute' involving you over something you've never heard of!

i seem to get stuck in a 'phishing phrenzy', lol.... lots of emails at sometimes and none other times. most are 'from' ebay, but this week i got 2 supposedly from paypal. luckily for me, they are ALWAYS in my junk folder in hotmail (maybe that helps? you could try their email program)... i forward them just like keaton said, and ebay is pretty quick about THAT (hey, they have to start somewhere! ). you can also forward paypal phishing emails to spoof@paypal.com.

i too have the same ebay id name and email addy... but all my passwords are different, so def. try that too.

unfortunately, it seems like there's always someone who's bored and looking to screw with somebody.... just keep your eyes open and be careful... good luck!
what i wonder is, does ebay try to FIND the creep who emailed you if you forward the mssg, or do they just let you know if it's from them? if someone was trying to impersonate my company via emails, you can damn well bet i'd be hunting them down!

Gosh..how awful for you.

Try setting your email account up to view headers. I posted a response on email headers on this thread discussing eBay/Paypal scams

https://community.auctiva.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1071064...731016132#3731016132

Hope all has worked out for you!
Donna

btw, I like your name: AuctivaFan <clapping hands>