posted on January 29, 2007 03:19:54 PM
I had to file a NPB this morning.. not bad its been a busy month and only 1 NPB anyway this afternoon I received the following email. I am always careful but this one took me a min... be careful its easy to click then look...the thing that got me was the ebay sent this note to NPB and that person has responded.... BE CAREFUL
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posted on January 29, 2007 07:13:47 PM
I just got an official-looking e-mail from "PayPal" informing me that I'd paid $348 for some kind of wheelchair for autism (!). I've sent it to [email protected]. No record of such a payment in my PayPal account, of course. But it did scare me for a minute there.
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posted on January 29, 2007 09:40:01 PM
Just before Christmas, DH clicked on one of those "you won XXX" . He thought I had bought him something for Christmas and didn't think it would hurt to take a peak.
He had to fess up and ask me what to do when he realized that the link he logged into was bogus.
Another scarey... I accidentally typed PayPay.com into my search line this week. The website that comes up looks exactly like PayPal. Wonder how many people have set up an account with them????
posted on January 29, 2007 09:42:50 PM
I got two questions from prospective buyers about a tractor I was selling....not.
So I ignored them & of course I never checked My eBay.
Next thing I know I cannot get into my eBay account, kept coming up invalid so I contacted live help & the first question I was asked was, was I selling a tractor. I said no & was told that eBay suspected my account had been hacked so they locked it.
I had to change my PW & all is well.
The questions turned out to be legitimate because someone listed a tractor using my account.
What I don't understand is what does someone get out of hacking an account.
The scammers are getting very clever, even came across one with https & a padlock in the right lower corner.
posted on January 30, 2007 11:58:39 AM
I am so SCARED!
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Activity with bxxxx27 (last 90 days):
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bxxxxx27( 1 )
Positive feedback: 100%
Member since: Oct-06-06
Location: MN, United States
Registered on: www.ebay.com
according to ebay you are using my email address for your log in, and there has been a dispute opened on you in reguards to item number 220028603240. You need to change your address now!. Stop using my email address or i will sue you.
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Fake buyer Id modified to protect the newbie who probably did not know his account was hacked.
[ edited by LtRay on Jan 30, 2007 12:10 PM ]
posted on January 30, 2007 07:35:16 PM
We received the tractor emails too -- funny because we seriously were considering listing a real tractor for sale - obviously changed our minds on that one! Sigh!
bonval
www.BonVal.com
posted on February 1, 2007 11:50:24 AM
they're getting lazy. no html email, just this outdated one:
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