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eBay phishing scam from within eBay's "My Messages" system
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Mr. Do:
Well, this is just lovely. You receive a reply via eBay's "My Messages" system for an item you want to buy, so naturally you trust it, right?

WRONG!!!

I seriously can't believe I went for this late last night, but I was half asleep, and it was for an item I wanted to buy, so that extra incentive was there. When I put in the URL and it asked me to login, I chalked it up to my computer acting up.

It wasn't until early this morning after I woke up that the lightbulb went off in my head what I had just done. I logged back on for real and changed my password and some other account information. Also checked to see if any bids had been placed, items being watched, etc., and everything looks OK. The good thing was I went to bed late and woke up early, so the window of opportunity was only a few hours.

So I send it off to eBay's "spoof" department. I get an automated reply that it WASN'T reviewed because I didn't "forward" the email. Well, duh! It wasn't an email, it was your own damn "My Message" system, people. So I forwarded the original sent mail, and it seems to have gone through. I'll update when I get some type of reply back.

As lots of people around here do a lot of eBaying, I thought I'd put up this PSA. Screenshot below from my own "My Messages" page:
horseboy:
Tricky. I had no idea you could send an anonymous message on ebay.
IG-88:
I've been getting tons of these lately also. It is only when I've been selling tho. I've already been logged in when I notice them. I've been getting at least 2 a day and they are on the increase. I've sent each one off to the "spoof" dept. but have yet to hear anything about them. I'm at a point now where I'm about to give up on the whole fricken thing.  :timebomb:  I wish there was a better alternative to ebay.....
Kaytrim:

--- Quote from: IG-88 on April 03, 2007, 01:49:08 pm ---I've sent each one off to the "spoof" dept. but have yet to hear anything about them. I'm at a point now where I'm about to give up on the whole  :censored: thing.  :timebomb: 

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You will not hear anything more from ebay or paypal except that it has been received and that they are looking into the matter.  Each time I get one of these emails I ship them off to spoof as well.  This is they only way to keep the numbers down.  Just don't follow the links in the messages and take it as part of the business.  The hackers always go to the most active sites to do their phising because there are more fish to get results from.  If there was a better option then eBay then the scam artists would be there too.

Don't give up just because there are rocks in your path.  Pick up the rocks to build a wall of experience to protect yourself with.

TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim
horseboy:

--- Quote from: Kaytrim on April 03, 2007, 02:01:39 pm ---Don't give up just because there are rocks in your path.  Pick up the rocks to build a wall of experience to protect yourself with.

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