Ebay help/ A scam?

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Posted By: JimB

Pasted below is the first part of an e-mail I received this morning. Is this a scam by someone other than ebay trying to get my info? They go on to tell me my account is temporarily suspended and provide a link to get back on track. The link appears to be from the UK by the address: http://www.glug.co.uk/emailform/signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dllSignIn-ssPageName-hhsin.php

When I went to ebay and logged into MyEbay, I had no problem, so it does not seem to be true that my account is suspended. And there were no bids there other than the ones I have done myself.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JimB


Dear eBay member


We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your eBay account from a
foreign IP address by a third party without your authorization.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling,the unusual log in attempts
may have been initiated by you.
If you are the rightfull holder of the account, click on the link below and
fill the form and then submit as we need to verify your identity . .............

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Posted By: jerry

That is a scam, I get them everyday in one way or another, they are getting more inventive. Ebay or Paypal will never ask you for any information from an email. never click on a link from these bogus emails.

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Posted By: drc

Scam.

First, the address isn't to the eBay site.

Second, you can log into your account from anywhere and there's no problem. I use my eBay account from two different locations daily. People with AOL and other accounts get a different ip number each time they log in.

If you're worried, change your eBay password. It's a good thing to change your password regularly anyway. Once it's changed, no one could access it with the old password.

"... one or more attempts to log in to your eBay account from a foreign IP address by a third party without your authorization." This statement is stupid. How would eBay have any idea that a third party logged in, and, if there was a third party, how would eBay have any clue that you didn't give permission to this third party. The only way eBay could know you didn't give permission would be if you told them you didn't give permission or if eBay can read your mind.

The last and second to last paragraphs of the email contradict each other. One says they know that a third party logged in. The next paragraph says they don't know that a third party logged in.

Last, who cares about "attempts to log in." Attempts to log in means the person doesn't have the password to log in, which is exactly what you want. "Attemped to log in but didn't have correct password" is the equivallent to "attempted to run marathon but passed out from exhaustion after 300 yards."

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Posted By: Sean

I get 1 or 2 of these a day, from eBay and PayPal. I just click delete. If you didn't enter any information when you followed the link you should be okay, but if you gave them your ID or password, change your password ASAP and contact eBay.

Sean

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Posted By: Josh Adams

Jim,
Did you log onto Ebay through that link you posted? If so, change your password right away. Sometimes these phishing scams have a very good imitation ebay page, and in reality are just taking your private information.

Go Go White Sox
2005 World Series Champions!

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Posted By: JimB

Thanks for all the wisdom. I was suspicious and did not log in to the page they linked, so I should be fine. I appreciate your help.
JimB

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Posted By: Bob

I always run my pointer from my mouse to the link (but don't click!) and it'll give you the web address at the bottom of the page. It is always some goofball address which is the big tip off.

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Posted By: anthony

ebay sends you a message to your ebay account as well as the emails...whenever i get a "scam" message other than outbid or confirm bid, i double check my messages in "my ebay"....it should be there as well

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Posted By: Mike

These emails are annoying! I forward all of them to either spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com in the hopes that they will somehow catch these scam artists...wishful thinking...

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Posted By: drc

A key with these types of things is that if you are worried or wondering, simply go to eBay, PayPal or your online Bank and change your password. Even if someone stole your password, the old passworld will no longer work and they can no longer access your account. It's recommended to change your passwords on a regular basis anyway, as it makes old passwords inoperative.

If you accidently give someone your password, the scammer often won't access your account for a while-- meaning days, weeks or even months. Some Russian scammer might be trying to deal with hundreds of stolen accounts and doesn't have the time to micromanage each eBay account. This means that even if someone has your password, if you can change the password right away before they do anything bad with your account there's no harm done.

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Posted By: Rob NYC

eBay will ALWAYS adress you using your REAL NAME. It will NEVER use something as generic as "eBay Member".

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Posted By: drc

I regularly get 'supsicious activity' and 'account broached' email warnings from banks I don't have nor have ever had an account with. I told my mom not to worry about an email warning that her Citibank online account had been compromised, as she doesn't have a Citibank account and doesn't even have an online account with her own bank.

Also check to whom the suspicious email is addressed. A genuiune PayPal or eBay mail will addressed only to your account address. If your PayPal account is under abc@abc.com, an email addressed to a different email or includes different emails (mass mailing) is a fake.

My guess is that less than 1 percent of PayPal, eBay and bank scam mails are adressed to your registered address and include your registered given name (Joe B. Smith Jr). In other words, over 99 percent of these scam emails can easily be identified as they are missing your registered given name and/or use the wrong email address. I have never received a pfishing email that uses my full real name. 'Hankron,' 'eBayUserNumber77 and 'Mrs Janice Wilscon' are pretty enough names, but they ain't mine. If I ever meet Janice, I'll let her know I got her email.

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Posted By: David McDonald

Misspelled words, bad grammar and/or clunky syntax are obvious tip-offs that the e-mail is bogus. For instance, in JimB's example the word "rightful" is incorrectly spelled with two l's. Often the mistakes are more worse, I mean, more egregious.

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Posted By: Cobby33

Forward these to "spoof@ebay.com." Not sure what they do, but mine have decreased recently.