jmarie
07-16-2003, 03:26 PM
ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!
In the last two weeks I have received fradulent notices from unscrupulous individuals.
The first was supposedly from eBay telling me that they were updating their security measures and asking me for my user name and password. I thought, YOU ARE SECURITY ...You figure it out! In talking to a friend, she told me that I should report it because she heard somewhere not to give password out or answer these emails, because they were stealing passwords and then invading accounts and stealing Credit Card information.
Well, I contacted eBay and sure enough, it was fradulent.
Today I received an email from 'eBay' telling me that they were suspending me for fradulent practices like trying to sign up using someone elses user information, then it listed a form that I needed to fill out, giving my life history including the credit card that I used to sign up with eBay.
I am sure that this is a 'SPOOF" email, also. When you click on their links, it takes you to really official looking eBay sites, but according to eBay, they are fradulent sites that are copied to look exactly like eBay. And when you click on properties, of the site, it gives you an official looking eBay address...but it is all fradulent.
eBay told me that they will NEVER ask for password or credit card info from a user..EVER!
Just a head's up...If you responded to an email like this, please go and see if you can get into your account, as they may have already changed the password...if you can't get into account, contact eBay, IMMEDIATELY!!!If you can get into your account, change your password, IMMEDIATELY...And please pass this info on to any eBay user that you might know!
Any questions or if you receive a spoof email forward it immediately to spoof@ebay.com
I will now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
In the last two weeks I have received fradulent notices from unscrupulous individuals.
The first was supposedly from eBay telling me that they were updating their security measures and asking me for my user name and password. I thought, YOU ARE SECURITY ...You figure it out! In talking to a friend, she told me that I should report it because she heard somewhere not to give password out or answer these emails, because they were stealing passwords and then invading accounts and stealing Credit Card information.
Well, I contacted eBay and sure enough, it was fradulent.
Today I received an email from 'eBay' telling me that they were suspending me for fradulent practices like trying to sign up using someone elses user information, then it listed a form that I needed to fill out, giving my life history including the credit card that I used to sign up with eBay.
I am sure that this is a 'SPOOF" email, also. When you click on their links, it takes you to really official looking eBay sites, but according to eBay, they are fradulent sites that are copied to look exactly like eBay. And when you click on properties, of the site, it gives you an official looking eBay address...but it is all fradulent.
eBay told me that they will NEVER ask for password or credit card info from a user..EVER!
Just a head's up...If you responded to an email like this, please go and see if you can get into your account, as they may have already changed the password...if you can't get into account, contact eBay, IMMEDIATELY!!!If you can get into your account, change your password, IMMEDIATELY...And please pass this info on to any eBay user that you might know!
Any questions or if you receive a spoof email forward it immediately to spoof@ebay.com
I will now return you to your regularly scheduled program.