Scammers are at it again??

[glojo]

I have just received an alleged Ebay message from a 'Buyer' stating the following.

Hi there, I am interested to purchase your item but I want to be sure of its condition before bidding.. please send me all details about it. Contact me please. Thank you!

When I clicked on the orange respond now button it asked me to log in with my Ebay password etc NO WAY hozey It might be legitimate, but alarm bells started ringing and I have sent details to spoof@ebay

I accept that I'm the novice regarding Ebay, but there might be someone more inexperienced than moi?

Regards,
John

 

[LastMinute]

Was it a message within eBay, related to an item you're currently selling? If so, and the signin page was https://signin.ebay.co.uk/, then it was legitimate - just eBay's own security requiring you to sign in again to be able to send a message.

Or was it similar to something I received the other day - an e-mail from a 'buyer' asking a question even though you're not selling anything? That's definitely dodgy.

 

[glojo]

Or was it similar to something I received the other day - an e-mail from a 'buyer' asking a question even though you're not selling anything? That's definitely dodgy.

Hi LastMinute,
It was the latter, and I'm not selling anything.

I thought someone might have hijacked my account and was selling something. My intention was to kindly let the person know, but as soon as I clicked the orange button, it asked for all my details. I fear my politeness might have been punished if I had responded.

I've also logged onto my account on Ebay and there is not a copy of the message in my Inbox!

Unless I hear to the contrary, I will treat it as dodgy, but I wonder how they goit my e-mail address?

Regards,
John

 

[High-Lo]

Yep these are definitely dodgy John. Designed to make you respond by 'logging in' in to eBay via their dodgy site in order to explain that 'you're not selling that item, there must be a mistake' but it'll be too late by then as they will have your logon details by then. Well done John for being safe and not sorry. My brother is new to eBay and despite all my warnings to him his new eBay account got hijacked even before he got his first feedback

 

[jeffwebb]

We should all be very very aware of how slippery these people are. I have had similar ebay messages and some claiming to be from my bank, all of which have been dodgy. The similarity to the legitimate sites/messages is very worrying. be careful out there.

 

[Howard]

When you hover over the link , look at the real address that comes up in the bottom bar ......

Guaranteed it won't be a proper Ebay address .....

If it's not in your Ebay inbox, it's not real .....always check there first

 

[Rory]

Don't even click on these things! If you're not sure of the origin just delete it.

 

[glojo]

When you hover over the link , look at the real address that comes up in the bottom bar ......

Guaranteed it won't be a proper Ebay address .....

Thanks,
This is the message I got:

eBay Member: pforrester <UseTheYellowButton

 

[GSMGuy]

If the message is not addressed to you - ie dear (whatever your ebay id is) then it is NOT from Ebay - they ALWAYS address you by user id..

Mike

 

[spannered]

ALways log into MY EBay and go to MY MESSAGES , then you can be sure . ALSO read the EBAY tutorial on spoof emails. Be very careful with second chance offers that arrive by email

 

[glojo]

ALways log into MY EBay and go to MY MESSAGES , then you can be sure . ALSO read the EBAY tutorial on spoof emails. Be very careful with second chance offers that arrive by email

That was one of my first ports of call.

I have now received confirmation that this was indeed a spoof:

Hello,

Thank you for sending us the email you received. We can confirm that it
did NOT originate from eBay or PayPal. The email you received was a
"spoof" email.

Please ignore the email and delete it from your email account
immediately. Do not reply to it, and do not click on any links or
buttons in the email.

Regards,
John

 

[w124coupe]

Unfortunately just opening the mail will have confirmed your e-mail address as "live" - you will have downloaded the images inside the mail and so confirmed that you exist. Links and buttons inside these mails are also a no-no as they can also provide feedback.

More spam will follow...

Best to set up your mail client with a spam filter and then quickly browse the spam folder (which will have the text of the mesages but not the images, links etc). You can then educate your filter over a week or two and end up clean(ish) again.