Brad Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 I received an email, allegedly from Ebay about problems with my account, asking me to click on something called the Ebay Billing Center. This is fraudulent. Don't click into this. I checked my account with ebay and it's just fine. Be extra careful when you get emails like this. It bears repeating from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Yes, and they come from Paypal as well! Death penalty for these scammers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Brad, Did you forward the e-mail to spoof@ebay.com? I got several of those e-mails last month and forwarded them all. The "eBay spoof dept." ( ) told me they'd investigate and take the necessary steps (for what it's worth...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 You know, all of the warnings I've seen made me extremely anxious when I got a message from ebay about my expiring credit card. Fortunately I recognized the last five digits and rememberd that I had just received a replacement card. But I didn't trust the link I had gotten so I went directly to the Ebay site and although the navigation was a pain in the ass, I did ultimately become convinced that indeed, the message was legit and the card on file was expiring so I gave them the numbers. Definitely a pain but I guess its good to be so doubtful when these messages show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Brad, I received the same e-mail and two additional ones all purporting to be from Ebay. I forwarded all of them to spoof@ebay.com as I do now with any e-mail claiming to be from Ebay, whether I think it might be genuine or not. You really cannot be too safe; even the properties of the e-mail addresses would make you think they really were from eBay. I also finally changed my user ID so that it is no longer my e-mail address. Hopefully that will help. Anyway, as you say, people really should be very careful and never give any information in response to an e-mail. Just go to the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted August 6, 2003 Report Share Posted August 6, 2003 (edited) I just got another spoof eBay e-mail, and forwarded it to spoof@ebay.com. I wonder if they'll do something about it... Edited August 6, 2003 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Weil Posted August 6, 2003 Report Share Posted August 6, 2003 I wonder if the credit card companies might not be more interested. After all, they're getting stung as well, if only in terms of insurance premiums. Just a thought. Simon Weil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 (edited) Well, this is the text from a really stupid "ebay" email....man, they could at least try ! (there is a nice photo of a Mercedes at the bottom of the email. WIN A GREAT PRIZE WIN THE BEST CAR Mercedes-Benz CLK offered by EBAY.COM Congratulation! EBAY OFFER THIS MONTH A GREAT PRIZE FOR MEMBERS All you need to do is to Click Here login in your account and enter this number 48nd3sak4wd in the key box . Thank you for choosing EBAY.COM THE EBAY.COM TEAM All delivery costs supported by MSN CLICK HERE TO SEE IT OR CLICK ON THE CAR Be rational. Listen to your heart A Formula 1 race through the winding streets of a small town on the Côte d'Azur? A positively insane idea - but one that turned out to be highly successful, putting the name of one little resort well and truly on the world map: Monte Carlo, a place of passion - and proof that ideas which appeal to the emotions are often the most rational, too. Edited August 21, 2003 by BERIGAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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