I wonder what this means...
- Thread starter Hal
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I just got this in an email from ebay:
Our records indicate that you received an email from babyblue804 through our Contact eBay Member or Ask Seller a Question feature. Please be aware that the email might contain a fraudulent offer to purchase or sell an item outside of eBay. We recommend not responding to the sender because the email might be an attempt to obtain your email address.
If you have already completed a transaction with a person who has asked that you take the transaction outside of eBay or if you are a seller who has already shipped an item to the buyer and the transaction was completed outside of eBay, we suggest you take the following steps:
1. Contact the payment service that you used to make the purchase. If you paid by credit card, most card issuers provide consumer protection in online fraud cases.
2. Please complete the Item Bought Outside of eBay form or the Item Sold Outside of eBay form. To access these forms, go to:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/isgw-fraud-non-ebay.html
Click the "Item Bought Outside of eBay form" or the "Item Sold Outside of eBay form" link. Enter your information in the following page and then click the "Submit" button. The information you provide will allow us to work more effectively with law enforcement in case an investigation occurs.
3. If you were the seller and shipped the item to a fraudulent buyer, contact the shipping carrier that you used because the company may be able to assist you further. If you sent the item through the U.S. Postal Service, file a mail fraud claim. To do so, please visit:
/csg/p?www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/
4. Contact the local law enforcement where you sent your payment or where you sent the item. The authorities where the seller or the buyer lives might be able to provide additional assistance. To find local law enforcement, visit:
/csg/p?www.usacops.com/
To protect your email and your eBay account, we recommend that you follow these safety tips:
- Do *not* respond to the sender either through the eBay system or your email account. An offer to buy or sell an item outside of eBay is against our policies, might be fraudulent, and will not be covered by eBay protection programs.
- If you received what appears to be a Second Chance Offer for an item that you recently bid on, check My Messages to confirm whether the offer is legitimate. Valid Second Chance Offers appear in My Messages with a blue background and a subject stating, “eBay Second Chance Offer for Item...." If you receive a Second Chance Offer directly in your personal email and it is not in My Messages, that means it is not a legitimate offer. If a Second Chance Offer appears in My Messages with a subject line of “Message from eBay Member,” it is not a legitimate Second Chance Offer. Before responding to a Second Chance Offer, make sure it contains both the blue background in My Messages and the subject line of “eBay Second Chance Offer for Item….”
- Never pay for an eBay item using instant cash, wire transfer services such as Western Union or MoneyGram. It’s against the eBay Accepted Payments policy for a seller to request payment using these methods. They are unsafe, especially if you're paying someone whom you don’t know.
Regards,
eBay Trust & Safety
Our records indicate that you received an email from babyblue804 through our Contact eBay Member or Ask Seller a Question feature. Please be aware that the email might contain a fraudulent offer to purchase or sell an item outside of eBay. We recommend not responding to the sender because the email might be an attempt to obtain your email address.
If you have already completed a transaction with a person who has asked that you take the transaction outside of eBay or if you are a seller who has already shipped an item to the buyer and the transaction was completed outside of eBay, we suggest you take the following steps:
1. Contact the payment service that you used to make the purchase. If you paid by credit card, most card issuers provide consumer protection in online fraud cases.
2. Please complete the Item Bought Outside of eBay form or the Item Sold Outside of eBay form. To access these forms, go to:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/isgw-fraud-non-ebay.html
Click the "Item Bought Outside of eBay form" or the "Item Sold Outside of eBay form" link. Enter your information in the following page and then click the "Submit" button. The information you provide will allow us to work more effectively with law enforcement in case an investigation occurs.
3. If you were the seller and shipped the item to a fraudulent buyer, contact the shipping carrier that you used because the company may be able to assist you further. If you sent the item through the U.S. Postal Service, file a mail fraud claim. To do so, please visit:
/csg/p?www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/
4. Contact the local law enforcement where you sent your payment or where you sent the item. The authorities where the seller or the buyer lives might be able to provide additional assistance. To find local law enforcement, visit:
/csg/p?www.usacops.com/
To protect your email and your eBay account, we recommend that you follow these safety tips:
- Do *not* respond to the sender either through the eBay system or your email account. An offer to buy or sell an item outside of eBay is against our policies, might be fraudulent, and will not be covered by eBay protection programs.
- If you received what appears to be a Second Chance Offer for an item that you recently bid on, check My Messages to confirm whether the offer is legitimate. Valid Second Chance Offers appear in My Messages with a blue background and a subject stating, “eBay Second Chance Offer for Item...." If you receive a Second Chance Offer directly in your personal email and it is not in My Messages, that means it is not a legitimate offer. If a Second Chance Offer appears in My Messages with a subject line of “Message from eBay Member,” it is not a legitimate Second Chance Offer. Before responding to a Second Chance Offer, make sure it contains both the blue background in My Messages and the subject line of “eBay Second Chance Offer for Item….”
- Never pay for an eBay item using instant cash, wire transfer services such as Western Union or MoneyGram. It’s against the eBay Accepted Payments policy for a seller to request payment using these methods. They are unsafe, especially if you're paying someone whom you don’t know.
Regards,
eBay Trust & Safety
daytonajoe
Deceased
Hal,
Was it addressed to you by name??
Was it addressed to you by name??
Hal said:
Yup. I clicked on the link to see if it was maybe working...help you out...
Ended up at some eBay page and it asked me to log in (standard procedure when you're first visiting eBay)...and so I did. But something just felt fishy...about the address in the browser and just the other pages it was linking to...
In any case, to be safe, I changed my password. 9 times out of 10, when things like that happen, its just some scam to get your eBay password and wreak havoc (i.e. - sell stuff on your name, pay with your PayPal account, etc.)
- Joaquin.
scam
Hal...forward all the emails to spoof@ebay.com
There have been some messages sent out ( I got a couple just like yours) that look like they came through the Ebay system, but they aren't. They want you to log into the link provided, and they steal your password. I forwarded the messages to the spoof email, and they confirmed that they were phishing scams. Don't log in to a link. If you have logged in, you need to change your login info ASAP.
Joe
Hal...forward all the emails to spoof@ebay.com
There have been some messages sent out ( I got a couple just like yours) that look like they came through the Ebay system, but they aren't. They want you to log into the link provided, and they steal your password. I forwarded the messages to the spoof email, and they confirmed that they were phishing scams. Don't log in to a link. If you have logged in, you need to change your login info ASAP.
Joe
Warning
Everyone, be REALLY careful about clicking on a link to access any eBay, PayPal or other sites where you are asked to enter in your userid and password.
There are serious number of hijack emails going around with faked sites that will steal your identity.
I just helped my sister recover her eBay and Yahoo email passwords only to find out she was listing a nice 2005 VW Van in UK. Both of her accounts were hijacked by omrod1@yahoo.co.uk.
Instead of clicking on links, it's much safer to type in the information on the address bar.
Everyone, be REALLY careful about clicking on a link to access any eBay, PayPal or other sites where you are asked to enter in your userid and password.
There are serious number of hijack emails going around with faked sites that will steal your identity.
I just helped my sister recover her eBay and Yahoo email passwords only to find out she was listing a nice 2005 VW Van in UK. Both of her accounts were hijacked by omrod1@yahoo.co.uk.
Instead of clicking on links, it's much safer to type in the information on the address bar.
Important
ANYTIME you get an email purporting to be from Paypal OR Ebay, do not use the links provided. Open another browser window, go to the site on your own, and check your account. You are correct in assuming that was a phishing email trying to get your account info. I get several a week.
IMPORTANT!! Forward those emails to the appropriate
spoof@paypal.com
or
spoof@ebay.com
This allows them to pursue and try to get the sites shut down.
ANYTIME you get an email purporting to be from Paypal OR Ebay, do not use the links provided. Open another browser window, go to the site on your own, and check your account. You are correct in assuming that was a phishing email trying to get your account info. I get several a week.
IMPORTANT!! Forward those emails to the appropriate
spoof@paypal.com
or
spoof@ebay.com
This allows them to pursue and try to get the sites shut down.
The phishing sites have gotten VERY good at "spoofing" ebay's mail and paypal's mail. Another one they use, is to send you an email saying they have already paid you and want to know hat happened. Telling you that they will report you to ebay etc and providing a link for you to respond to ebay ..... DO NOT USE THE LINK.Hal said:
Just toss it ....Bill (Ebay whore)....
if it is not a legit from ebay, once you forward it to spoof@ebay.com like everybody says.. they will send you an email saying if they sent it or not..
that way you will know for sure..
chris
that way you will know for sure..
chris
Log on to ebay normally then go to your My Messages folder. If the email is legit then it will be noted in there. If not, forward to spoof@ebay.com.
Hal;
Check your message folder and let Joaquin know if the email was legit. If not he needs to change his info on ebay because his account has been hijacked. In the future we should refrain from posting messages that have links that we did not originate.
Joaquin;
Did you really click on the link in Hal's email? Be careful friend, there are bad guys out there.
Mike
Hal;
Check your message folder and let Joaquin know if the email was legit. If not he needs to change his info on ebay because his account has been hijacked. In the future we should refrain from posting messages that have links that we did not originate.
Joaquin;
Did you really click on the link in Hal's email? Be careful friend, there are bad guys out there.Mike