WARNING to ebay sellers

[radioscooter]

To anyone selling on ebay often - we all get spam and spoof emails from places pretending to be PayPal and Ebay always concocting some way to get you to click on their links and input your information so then tehy can steal you account info, credit card numbers and paypal money.

Usually I can pick these a mile off. Most of the time Spamguard gets them.

However - I got a new one today that I thought warranted a warning. This is an email that utilizes the graphics and interface of the "email another member" format in "My Ebay" where you don't actually email a member - you ask the a question THROUGH ebay. Well the message this member was asking me was: "Where is my item? If you do not respond I will report you to ebay and safe harbor!" So, being a seller I think - wow I skipped this guy's order somehow and I go to respond with the "respond now" function. Then it asks me to log in to ebay. Well it hit me - I was already logged into ebay and the browser should know that so I must be looking at a fake port. I finally looked at the IP addresses and it was a fake port. But they nearly had me logging in all my account info.

Just a heads up for those who may need it.

-Scot

[casimir]

Thanks for the heads up, Scot.

C.

[Wild Willy]

Wow what smart asses which we have to deal with.

Nice catch Scot, and thanks a bunch for the tip.


Will

[faithfulbutler]

Unbelieveable the effort these smart-asses will go to.I had my account hacked once some time ago and it really is a pain to get sorted out.
I never return to Ebay via an email link,you just can't be sure these days.Thanks for the heads up Scot.

[aburabusimbutu]

Funny you should mention that Scot as I got that very same e-mail this morning. It caught me off guard too- and I have seen A LOT of these scams as you mention. My tip-off was that no actual eBay item# was referenced on the notice and I forwarded it to [e-mail] and will let them sort it out. Which I seriously wonder if they ever even bother to try to do.

[Figuremaster Les]

Thanks for the tips Scooter!

[henrywayne]

Thanks for the heads up Scooter!!


Henry

[Figuremaster Les]

Speaking of warnings to Ebay sellers...

Beware this Ebay buyer alan4619. He is a very unhappy person who just bid on one of my figures just so he could give me a negative feedback after it all. He is also no longer registered, but that may change or he may be back in another form.
I have his name and address, so if anyone wants to start a list of Ebay buyers to beware somewhere here on the site, I am all for it!