eBay scam question

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:38 pm

Got an e-mail from eBay saying I have an upaid item, but the body of the e-mail has a question from a "potential buyer" asking how much they owe me. I clicked the link to the ad, but it says I must login. URL to the login screen is very long, not like a normal eBay screen. Could this be one of those sites that record your keystrokes? Glad I didn't even type the password, just closed it. Thanks for any info.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:44 pm

never click on the email links. at the point of getting some email that doesnt make sense just open a new browser window and log into your ebay to see if its legit. same with paypal. never click on email links that involve money!

77custom · Post by **77custom** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:56 pm

It's a scam!!!

908ssp · Post by **908ssp** » Tue May 29, 2007 6:02 pm

Definitely fishing for passwords. I forward any email like that to spoof@ebay.com they will soon write back and tell you that they didn't send it. And to immediately change your password if you logged in there.

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Tue May 29, 2007 6:07 pm

I was getting all sorts of crap like that a few weeks ago. Too bad they weren't smart enough to send it to the e-mail address that my eBay account is actually registered with.....

bluze81 · Post by **bluze81** » Wed May 30, 2007 12:43 am

I also get that stuff, like your paypal acct, has been suspended please log in to this link for details,yeah I will get right on it!

like rockstah said never log on to any links like that, I get fake ebay stuff as well and it looks genuine,its not, be carefull with it.

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Wed May 30, 2007 12:54 am

Yeah, they sent the Paypal scams to the same wrong addy as the eBay ones!!! Duh.......

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:04 am

Thanks for the help guys. I clicked the link, but realized, shit, this is a scam and closed it w/o typing anything. Would I be okay if I didn't even try to login and just closed it. Going to forward it as well, thanks 908ssp.

Wicksy · Post by **Wicksy** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:54 am

You'll be ok. I like to leave little messages for them. I got one particulary amusing "Ebay" mail that asked for bank deatils, social security number etc... I generally type "Dear retard scammer, how thick do you think i am? etc.. etc.."

If in doubt. lose down all windows, open a fresh explorer window, go to Ebay using your own safe route then check t your messages on your account.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Wed May 30, 2007 2:51 pm

I get the fake Paypal 'messages' every so often,I think these scammers watch Ebay auctions and hope your ebay name is the same as your email address and I just delete them.
I have had 67 viruses detected in the past few days and lost the abillity to click on a picture as wallpaper on the right click,and the appearances window for wallpaper to work,it is whited out,and I went through all this Windows gobblygook to try and fix it,yet when I log out of Windows,the wallpaper briefly flashes,as the computer turns off.
The whole time i have a blue wallpaper screen,and this just occured by itself!
In the early days of this computer I had to reload Windows twice,and now I lost the ability to restart the computer from an earlier date.
My $3200 dollar Sony Vaio RC210G has been nothing but a nightmare for the two years I have had it!
yngwie308

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:08 am

EVERYBODY needs to have the best firewall & antivirus they can get. & get used to formatting & reloading! I hear the Komodo free firewall is decent. I'm still trying to find one to work better with Vista!

guitar007 · Post by **guitar007** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:24 pm

If the URL doesn't begin with ebay.com/..... or paypal.com/..... you should be suspicious.

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:46 pm

45auto wrote:EVERYBODY needs to have the best firewall & antivirus they can get. & get used to formatting & reloading! I hear the Komodo free firewall is decent. I'm still trying to find one to work better with Vista!

I was reading that formatting your hard drive isn't really a solution as it doesn't remove the virus, but instead buries it deeper. Has anyone else read that?

Not sure if the folks trying to steal my account got it off an auction b/c I haven't purchased anything from the site in a year.

guitar007 · Post by **guitar007** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:24 pm

npminard wrote:
45auto wrote:EVERYBODY needs to have the best firewall & antivirus they can get. & get used to formatting & reloading! I hear the Komodo free firewall is decent. I'm still trying to find one to work better with Vista!
I was reading that formatting your hard drive isn't really a solution as it doesn't remove the virus, but instead buries it deeper. Has anyone else read that?

Not sure if the folks trying to steal my account got it off an auction b/c I haven't purchased anything from the site in a year.

Reformatting your hard drive will take care of a virus...but it's a lot of work and should be a last resort...unless you're into that kind of thing.

45auto · Post by **45auto** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:42 am

i'm really hard on windows i guess, i try to keep very little on my main drive so i can format whenever necessary. which for me is every few months! a nice clean install runs so well for awhile, but gets bogged down before you know it.