Scam Alert---anyone else get this?

May 27, 2006 17:43 Scam Alert---anyone else get this?

I got a message from eBay that said that "payment had been sent" or something. The "to" section of the e-mail said it'd been sent to "nova at winbolo dot net," which led me to think that you folks might've gotten similar messages. Anyone?

May 27, 2006 18:24

I've seen this sort of scam attempt before. I don't recall if it was sent to my .net forward though

Min

May 28, 2006 00:52 Always check!

if you get a "letter from ebay"
there are two important things to check
make sure it isn't sent to "ebay member" IT MUST BE ADRESSED TO YOU
second, if it links to a "sign in" area
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CHECK THE ADRESS BAR AND MAKE SURE IT IS GOING TO EBAY!
you gotta keep your eye out for these things
people suck

May 28, 2006 02:24

or better yet, don't click any link in any email regarding paypal or ebay. Its against ebay and paypal policy to put ANY LINK in one of their emails. So don't click!!!

Min

May 28, 2006 02:59

Min wrote:
or better yet, don't click any link in any email regarding paypal or ebay. Its against ebay and paypal policy to put ANY LINK in one of their emails. So don't click!!!
Min

What are you talking about? The "endofitem" email I got from ebay contained 20 or more links. Also, I highly doubt they would put anything of the sort in their policy.

May 28, 2006 20:11

Nova: It very well maybe that the funds were sent to another account other then the one you wanted it to be directed to. As an Ebay store owner, I have seen plenty of issues on my end and other fellow seller's ends where the selection of where the payment sould be directed too would conflict between ebay and paypal causing the funds to float in limbo. My advice to you is to contact paypal, as ebay, will do nothing directly for you, until paypal has been corrected and you have an email to forward to ebay showing the accuracy of this.

Good luck

Last edited: May 28, 2006 20:42 (edited 1 time)

May 28, 2006 20:33

I don't see how it could've been sent to "another" account, seeing as how I've only got one set up. That doesn't really explain why it was sent to my e-mail forward, either.

May 29, 2006 20:44

Update: Got another one, again sent to my .net forward.

Dear eBay Member,

During our Security and Resolution Center regular maintainance period it has come to our attention that your eBay Billing Information is out of date. The update process is a very simple and fast one and it must be completed immediately in order to avoid any future issues - Terms of Service (TOS) violations, cancellation of service, account suspension or even account termination.
.
To update your eBay records on file now click below:

It is highly recommended that you right click on the link
and select the "Open in New Window" option as some mail clients will not allow you to proceed!

[url removed]

Once you have completed the process your eBay session will not be interrupted and your online experience will continue as normal.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you
for your cooperation as we review this matter.

Thank you for using eBay!

May 30, 2006 11:35

NEVER click or answer or type any information to/in these sort of emails coming from false commercial sites or banks. It's only spam and some bad guys want to stole logins and/or codes for bad using. :evil: