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Title: E.bay warning
Post by: Fingers Mclean on January 08, 2006, 20:09:43

Hi Guys...Just had a e.mail from Eblag saying thankyou for changing you e.mail account details  :?  :? I have'nt :?  :?  then tried to log in some *&^%$£ has changed my account password  :x  :x  :x
so i have informed Ebay i have had my account hijacked ...I'am selling something great
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cub-Cadet-8354-compact-tractor-compare-to-kubota_W0QQitemZ7736532227QQcategoryZ82237QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I didnt know i  lived in America and owned a tractor :P  :P  :P and a Dodge Ram  :?  :?  :?

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: muddysteve on January 08, 2006, 20:25:40

thats a nice tractor, do you have a buy it now price?


Steve


PS hope they sort it out soon for u mate

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: jiffyman on January 08, 2006, 20:41:38

Have you had any emails from ebay that you had to type your details into in the reply??

I've had loads, if they ask for you to re-enter your details, or either log in from an email outside of ebay itself, DONT!!!!

I always close down the page and go to ebay itself as if they want to contact you they will from there.
Also if they contact you they ALWAYS mail it to you with your REAL name at the heading and NOT your ebay name!!

IGNORE any emails from ebay that dont otherwise your account, paypal account and your details could be nicked!!

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: BigA on January 08, 2006, 21:16:51

if you ever get mail allegedly from ebay, and you don't think it is right, forward it to spoof@ebay.com and they will verify it. Many people out their trying to get your details by sending mails about account changes and wanting you to re fill in forms.

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: jiffyman on January 08, 2006, 21:21:08

Also if you get the paypal equivilent, forwrd that to spoof@paypal.co.uk

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: landyman Ash on January 08, 2006, 21:22:19

Someone hijacked my mate and he had 10 sony laptops, MP3 players etc.

I doubt he would of minded so much if it had been tractors.

Nice!!

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: discoandy on January 08, 2006, 21:55:00

I had the same problem a few months ago,a 42"plasma tv, i had to change my password on ebay my email account and paypal ,about six times in a week because every time i did it was hijacked again.

Check your personal details on a daily basis to check your email has not changed

they will get bored eventually

abusive emails to the hijacker make you feel great :D

Title: Re: E.bay warning
Post by: TUFFTEE on January 08, 2006, 22:27:16

Quote from: "Fingers Mclean"

Hi Guys...Just had a e.mail from Eblag saying thankyou for changing you e.mail account details  :?  :? I have'nt :?  :?  then tried to log in some *&^%$£ has changed my account password  :x  :x  :x
so i have informed Ebay i have had my account hijacked ...:?

If you are not running a spybot finder on your personal computer
Then it could be your computer that is giving away your details to whoever is scanning it?
I use "Sygate Peronal Firewall" Which alerts me to Any Port Scans!
I also scan my system weekly with "Spybot Search and Destroy"
And "Adaware"

Also Turf out your temporary internet files after either online banking or any visits to paypal etc

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: Fingers Mclean on January 08, 2006, 22:29:47

Quote from: "discoandy"

I had the same problem a few months ago,a 42"plasma tv, i had to change my password on ebay my email account and paypal ,about six times in a week because every time i did it was hijacked again.

Check your personal details on a daily basis to check your email has not changed

they will get bored eventually

abusive emails to the hijacker make you feel great :D

Done that one already  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
just wish they asked me first :cry:  i would love a play on that first :lol:  :lol:

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: Damonski on January 08, 2006, 23:15:05

Never click a link in an email.

Whilst it looks like it would take you to ebay or paypal it will infact take you to a clever password collecting site.
Its always safer to read the email and hover over any links, in the status bar or tooltip popup it should give you the real URL where it will take you.

For example take this one, it looks like it will take you to ebay but infact it takes you to the mudclub homepage.  Hover over and check the status line to see what I mean:

http://www.ebay.co.uk (http://www.mud-club.com)

This is the same type of scams that happen with online banking.  Just never trust a link in any email.  Also type the URL or use one of your bookmarks in your browser.

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: TUFFTEE on January 09, 2006, 16:49:23

Damo! How you do that? :?

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: V8MoneyPit on January 09, 2006, 16:58:26

Right click on this page and 'view source'. Then scan down till you see the ebay link  :wink:

Once opened in notepad, select 'goto' line 927....

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: TUFFTEE on January 09, 2006, 17:19:26

I got one of those phishing mails sitting in my inbox on one of my email addresses?

I have already reported it to Ebay!

But i am inquisitive as to where it came from? as the whole page comes up as the link? not the link within it? :?

Steve! i found the False link in the notepad
but what do you do to it?

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: Sider on January 09, 2006, 17:28:46

Code: [Select]

[url=http://www.mud-club.com]http://mystealingwebsite.com[/url]


Will result in:


http://mystealingwebsite.com (http://www.mud-club.com)

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: TUFFTEE on January 09, 2006, 17:51:30

Like this I Guess?
http://www.mud-club.com (http://www.driverteam.co.uk)

So i guess this would work too? Maybe?Maybe Not? :lol:

THIS[http://www.driverteam.co.uk (http://)

Title: E.bay warning
Post by: Damonski on January 09, 2006, 19:22:01

You got the idea  :wink: