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 ladyjewels2000
 
posted on June 4, 2003 01:42:39 PM new
I just got another email telling me my account had been flagged and I could not use it until I updated my credit card and a link to click on etc etc etc,
I get these 2 to 3 times a month from "Paypal or Ebay" - of course they never really are? Yet I have never gotten anything from either of Paypal or Ebay warning me about these email. I have even had friends that have fallen for these scams. It's getting so bad that you would think ebay would send out something?
Does anyone know the link to report these to ebay?
Thanks

 
 sapington
 
posted on June 4, 2003 01:59:50 PM new
Every so often I receive a warning email from paypal about these.
I think that most people just hit the delete button if it doesen't look real important.
The only way it would work at all is if they blasted out 1 or 2 a day so that everyone just deleted everything that has anything to do with ebay or paypal without looking at it.
 
 stonecold613
 
posted on June 4, 2003 02:00:04 PM new
If you read the community boards on ebay, they put out the warning about 7-10 days. They do their best, but it is up to all of us to question any e-mail of that kind. The scammers have also moved to Yahoo trying the same thing. I have turned them to Yahoo for verification and they have confirmed it is from a scammer. They are looking into it as well. But it is tough to catch many of those as they originate in the Ukraine and other countries like that. The best thing to do about that is warn all of your friends about it and forward any e-mail you get to the proper companies customer service dept. And never use a link in the e-mail you have received. Always use an address known previously.


 
 neonmania
 
posted on June 4, 2003 02:00:20 PM new
send it to [email protected]

As for doing something... there is a reminder in almost ever email that ebay sends out that they will never ask for your password, credit card numbers, etc or such via email. Most people just ignore it. People either get it or they don't. They have been told for years but they ignore it thinking that it will never happen to them.

 
 ahc3
 
posted on June 4, 2003 02:38:52 PM new
The question is, how could ebay possibly do something about it? There are things they can control (like not allowing international bidders in an auction if you don't want them) but having crooks send out spam email, there is absolutely nothing they can do about that. It is completely out of their control. Thieves have been trying to seperate people and their money/possessions as long as there have been people. I suppose it always will happen too.

 
 pmelcher
 
posted on June 4, 2003 03:15:01 PM new
How could EBAY not allow international bidders if I don't want them? I wish that were true, so many people cannot read USA ONLY and bid anyway. I think that would be a great feature!! As to the 'verify your acct, credit card, ect.' I get them almost every day. One of these days Ebay will really want to contact me and their email will go 'poof' just like all the rest when I hit delete.

 
 rarriffle
 
posted on June 4, 2003 03:24:55 PM new
there was actually a warning from Paypal on our local news the other night about these emails...

i feel sorry for people who do not have boards like this where we warn each other...can you imagine all the people who fall for these?

 
 ahc3
 
posted on June 4, 2003 03:27:39 PM new
It seems like it would be a very simple software update to not allow international bidders. When you start an auction, you are already asked where you will accept bidders from. Why not auto block based on where a person is registered? My point was this is something they don't do that a lot of people would like, and it is within their power to do. It is not within their powers to stop off site scammers who have nothing to do with ebay or paypal...Well, maybe that is not completely true, but by the time the sites are shut down, it is too late for some.

 
 auctionace
 
posted on June 4, 2003 07:17:25 PM new
I still say that ebay could place some prominent banners on their site that tell ebayers about the fraud email attempts. Very few read the announcement boards but everyone would see the banners.

One reason why ebay may not like that idea other than the fact it looks like ebay is not a very safe place is that the legit emails mailed out by ebay may get trashed and ebay may not always get paid. When it gets right down to it they would rather see the users get screwed then themselves.
EOS End of Sermon.

 
 japerton
 
posted on June 5, 2003 12:46:53 AM new
Hi
That is a spoof, I got one two days ago.
I received an email back from ebay letting me know that my account is fine.
Japerton


Edited to add...button happy...they really are obvious to me but I am thinking a lot of people will react like I did that first 10 seconds you read the title and think it's from ebay...sheesh.
[ edited by japerton on Jun 5, 2003 12:49 AM ]
 
 rabmc
 
posted on June 6, 2003 09:48:26 AM new
How can you tell if it's from ebay or not. I got one a few weeks ago and started to fill it out until I got to the part where it wanted my bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and social security. At this point I figured it was a scam and got rid of it. Today I got the following in an email.
--------------
We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended if
you don't resolve your problems. To resolve this problems please click here
and login into your account in order to resolve your the problems. If your
problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a
period of 3-4 days, after that it will be again operational.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning,
temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership
and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe
that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our
users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or
authenticate any information you provide to us.

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited
from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new
account.

Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your
agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to ebay.

Regards,

Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc.


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I can't think of any reason that ebay would be after me as I've been in good standing for about four years now with no problems. I sure don't want to be suspended now as I have a bunch of auctions going. Is there any way I can tell if this is a scam or if it really is from ebay without going through the headache of trying to get through to ebay. Seems like everytime I've tried emailing them I just get a canned responce.


 
 seyms
 
posted on June 6, 2003 11:29:01 AM new
As I understand it, if your ebay user name isn't the same as your email address you should not receive any of such attempted larceny emails. Does anyone who KNOWS please comment. If you don't know the answer then please don't chime in.

 
 auctionace
 
posted on June 6, 2003 11:59:00 AM new
I've got this same email a few times and my ebay ID is not my email address. A LOT of sellers are breaking ebay rules or at least operating in gray areas and must think a suspension is possible some day. These tricky emails hope to capitalize on that human nature aspect. These are very good spoofs with no spelling errors and may even be a copy n' paste of a real suspension threat from ebay ( with the personal indo request added ). It's not an easy thing to ascertain the veracity of this emails and I bet these spoofs get a high percentage of takers. It's always best to forward these to [email protected] and if it were a legitimate suspension threat from ebay they would write you back and say so.

 
 horsey88
 
posted on June 6, 2003 02:23:26 PM new
"How can I tell if it's from Ebay or not ?"
IF you received it then it ain't from Ebay.


 
 auctionace
 
posted on June 6, 2003 02:40:52 PM new
Ebay would not ask you for your personal ebay data on send you to a URL like these letters always do. To be certain, merely forward it to [email protected] and their email that comes back to you in very short order will either confirm that it's a spoof or a genuine letter.

 
 
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