Paypal and Ebay Spoofs

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

I've had an eBay account linked to my personal e-mail address for more than five years, so the fraudulent e-mails arrive quite frequently. Just last week I created an e-mail account for my work and linked the new account to my work e-mail address. Within 24 hours of listing an item, I started receiving fake e-mails disguised as being from PayPal, eBay, etc. I never received these specific e-mails at work before creating an account and listing an item. It certainly could have been a coincidence, but my conclusion is that no matter how eBay tries to spin it, the company does a poor job protecting its users' e-mail addresses -- even if it does hide bidders' identities on the more expensive items.