max40
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posted on October 18, 2005 12:43:44 PM new
Just received an email from "eBay". eBay bid canceled.
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Dear eBay Member,
The bid that has been entered in error for the item ( 5620821537 ) has been cancelled.
Regards,
eBay
The item number is supposed to be a link to the auction. When I clicked on it, it brought me to an eBay sign in page. I started to sign in, but realized that I never have to give my user name other times. I closed the page out, and copied the number into eBay search. It is to an active auction, but not mine, and I never bid on it. I then forwarded the email to spoof@ebay, and received almost immediate reply that the email was not sent by them.
Everything about the email looked legit until the sign in was required.
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tOMWiii
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posted on October 18, 2005 01:01:45 PM new
I thought that feeBay was NO longer sending any emails to us directly, but rather through the MESSAGE CENTER...
IOW: if it ain't THERE, it tain't the REAL DEAL??
PLUS: feeBay also says that they will also ALWAYS address you by yer NAME (ie: Ralphie J. Daug) as opposed to:
"Dear eBay Member..."
I've been S-canning anything that doesn't follow above...
[ edited by tOMWiii on Oct 18, 2005 01:02 PM ]
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toybuyer
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posted on October 18, 2005 01:05:44 PM new
It may not be new phishing email, but what's scary is that I've been on ebay since 1997 and max40 it looks like you've been here almost as long. If we have do to a double take, you know that others are falling for it.
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meowmix71
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posted on October 18, 2005 02:06:35 PM new
I got one that was threatening me to pay for an auction. They were saying stuff like they were not stupid and that I bid on the item and have to pay. Rean mean and threatening just like a debt collector. I know it was fake because first of all, I haven't bid on any auctions for a couple of months and all the ones that I had bid on were completed transactions. Also, there was just an item # and it came to my email and not my Ebay messages. I quickly deleted it and did not click on the item #.
Someone who is not aware of that one being a scam could easily think that they had not paid for an auction.
I always check the box for hiding my email with the Ebay Ask a Question unless it is an actual buyer or bidder.
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max40
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posted on October 18, 2005 02:26:53 PM new
Tom,
You're right. I should have been alerted to a scam when it wasn't sent thru eBay. I just wasn't thinking. Glad I woke up before I messed up.
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sanmar
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posted on October 18, 2005 02:36:34 PM new
Tom is exactlyu right. eBay & PayPal will always use your first & last names when sending you an email, even when forwarding a question from a prospective bidder.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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dacreson
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posted on October 18, 2005 03:20:26 PM new
Using your name on an email don't mean anything. (Except my ex wife who was successful in forgetting.) I NEVER answer those emails. I go to Ebay etc and look. I also pull their return email address (Properties/details).
However this is hurting the newbes and is a big reason why new buyers are slowly going away.
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ebayvet
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posted on October 18, 2005 03:45:00 PM new
I have friends who ask me if something is real - My standard repsonse to them is NEVER respond to an email, just go into your account. It has gotten to the point where I won't go through the email links to answer questions, I go to the item number and answer from there
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vintagepostcardsdotorg
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posted on October 18, 2005 05:35:35 PM new
vet,
friends used to ask me that too, if e'mails were legit and from ebay or PP as they purported to be. no matter how many times i told them what to be on the lookout for, they continued to ask. people would e'mail me this stuff numerous times a week. finally i just told them all, "if in doubt - and you have to ask a question about it - don't do it! go log in at ebay or paypal. or learn the hard way." so that was the end of all the questions. there's only so much hand-holding a person can do, trying to help their friends. or at least i reached my personal limit 
http://stores.ebay.com/postcards-postcards?refid=store
http://www.vintagepostcards.org
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GLASSGRL
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posted on October 18, 2005 05:37:47 PM new
I've gotten to where I will not click on reply from my inbox anymore. If it's a legitimate Ebay question I go into My Ebay and answer from there AND I click on "hide my email address". There's just too many phishing emails to take a chance.
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sparkz
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posted on October 18, 2005 05:59:57 PM new
A quick look at the headers will tell you if it's from Ebay or a spoofer.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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