Warning to ebay UK users

[menace]

We just bought something from ebay.uk (not our normal shopping grounds) and within minutes we were hit with three "authentication required" phishing emails.  I almost hit reply to verify thinking maybe its cause i was shopping in the UK then realized it wasn't a secure login so forwarded it to spoof@ebay.com.  I've shopped on ebay.ca and ebay.com and haven't been phished so just a warning to ebay.uk users--you might be getting one of these emails!

[paigeoliver]

I get all sorts of ebay phish methods on a daily basis. The fact is ebay will never email you about anything like that, EVER. Any info they ever need from you will go through their webpages.

[rchadd]

i use ebay.co.uk all the time and never get that - then again i am in the UK

[daywane]

what is a phish?

[DaveMMR]

what is a phish?

Phish, unrelated to the hippie band, is a term used to described unscrupulous scammers who send e-mail disguished as coming from an authentic source (i.e. ebay, Pay Pal, various banks, etc.) in an attempt to get personal information (account numbers, passwords, etc.). 

[daywane]

Thanks.

[markb]

I've had a few and I almost fell for it the first time and I thought I was fairly clued up. The emails look official and what they do is overwrite the address bar on IE to make it look as though it is the actual ebay site.
If your using Firefox then I suggest you get a little plugin called spoofstick which basically tells you the name of the site your on by displaying it on a bar at the top of your browser. Therefore if you get re-directed you should be able to tell as the address and display will not match.

[paigeoliver]

Best solution is never to click on a link in an email from ebay or your bank. Always go to the real url.

[vib_ribbon]

i always get emails asking me to verify/ authenticate my payment details otherwise they'll stop my account etc... i just ignore them...