posted on July 6, 2003 04:14:50 PM
I received this email and it states it's from EBay. How do I contact EBay to find out if it is truthly from them or not? This is really irritating because our email address was changed less than 6 months ago and it seems that someone has hacked into EBay and received my address (assuming this is not from EBay).
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posted on July 6, 2003 04:21:22 PM
Leave this one alone! I cannot belive ebay would ask these kinds of questions of a user - this would appear to be a hacker after your identity.
posted on July 6, 2003 04:26:09 PM
Geeze... these people are getting pretty bold.
Not only are they trying to steal your identity, with the code on the back of your credit card, they can use it with abandon almost anywhere on the internet or over the phone!
There's ABSOLUTELY NO WAY eBay would send an email like this.
posted on July 6, 2003 06:44:52 PM
wow ,i am very impressed,mucho impressed.
good english,no spelling mistakes,friendly and savvy,and that CVV code.
what a killer!!
and an alternative ebay password which is easy to remember.
this is definitely local boys/girls.
