Question RE:eBay account

[romantico]

Okay,after reading the other post about the eBay account asking for bank information,I got nervous.I have recieved about 3 of them over a month or so.I,like an idiot,filled out all the info(name of bank,ATM pin #,credit crad number,etc.)Then I kept getting them.I sent a reply asking WHY they A)needed this info & B) Why were they asking me for this when I just sent to them.They sent back an email explaining the sitiuation & I gave them the info again.SO FAR, nothing has happened on my account.WHo can I inofrm of ebay about this?I saved the email.I would like to forawrd to this them if possible.After reading this I feel so STUPID!I say let them close my account.Its not worth worrying about!Any advice?

[WillParkinson]

1. Contact your credit card company IMMEDIATELY!

Tell them.

Also go to E-Bay and look up the FAQ's for information on what you can do.

[toddzilla]

2. yes, you many as well change bank accounts and CC#'s now

eom.

[MsUnderstood]

3. That sucks!

But you can be comforted by George Bush

"Fool me once. . .well you ain't gonna fool me again."

Close the accounts, start over and NEVER EVER EVER give out personal information when solicited via e-mail. NO COMPANY will ever ask you to go to their website and confirm personal information.

If they needed confirmation, they would ask you after you log into your account "Please update your address" or something like that.

[romantico]

4. well,this is weird

I click on several links on the page of the email & they seem to come from the real eBay.I clikced on a link to search/conduct an investigation.Seems like its the real site.Maybe I'm panicking over nothing.Its been a bout 2 weeks & my ATM card is fine(so far)Hmmmmm.Thanks for the tips by the way.I WILL look into this.

[cosmokramer]

6. NOoooooooooo....it is NOT a real page...

...that is part of the trick. The 'help' link in the email will link to the 'real' eBay...this is part of the deception. Ebay will NEVER contact you and ask you for information about your account through email....THIS IS A FRAUD...REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY.

[WillParkinson]

9. If you look at the link to the website in your mail...

It will point to somewhere else.

[cosmokramer]

5. Go to Ebay's fraud alert page, and copy the email and the properties text

...to ebay IMMEDIATELY.

Same thing happened to my mother about a month ago.

If you right click on the email, and check the 'properties', you will see that the originating source was NOT an ebay.com source.

CHANGE ALL OF YOUR PASSWORDS AND LOG ON NAMES FOR ALL OF YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNTS IMMEDIATELY. Call your bank, notify your credit card company, and if you have a responsive police department, report it to the local police. This way you have a record of the identity theft. Might be a good idea to notify Social Security, too.

[catmandu57]

7. It's a scam

I saw this on the news, the page does look like it comes from ebay, but it doesn't, better get off here and change everything.

[johnnie]

8. From snopes

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/phishing/ebay02.asp
There are other ones there also.
I tell everyone to check anything you find suspicious on snopes or find another site to confirm. It's worth the effort.

[romantico]

10. this is very frusterating!

I have tried to email,but for soem reason it will not allow me to forward to another email address.I still will try to email eBay re:this problem.Can't eBay do something?I am more than likely screwed.Once they try to take money out of my account or use it to buy something,can't they be traced?I'm glad I read the other post,but am still ROYALLY PISSED!Thnaks for all of you who have given me some helpful advice!WOuld NOT have been able to do it w/out the help of all of you here at DU.My thanks goes out to you!

[Loonman]

11. Jesus Christ!

How gullible are you!


Cancel everyhting you've given them, but if they have your SS#, you're fucked.

[WillParkinson]

12. That's helpful...

I think Romantico already feels pretty bad so let's just heap abuse, too.

[Heddi]

13. why why why did you do that?

NEVER EVER EVER give ANY information out via a note sent by email.

Even if it's from Ebay

Even if it's from your bank


Even if it's from your MOTHER.

No company will EVERRRRRRRRRR ask you to update, or tell you you NEED to update, or suggest that you update via email.

Even if this WAS a real Ebay email (which it's most definitely not), why would ebay need your ATM number AND pin AND social security number? What company would EVER need your PIN?

Look---you need to call your bank and credit card companies NOW. You need to close your accounts NOW. You need to open new accounts with fraud protection on them NOW. You need to call Equifax Credit NOW and put a "fraud alert" on your credit NOW. You need to call the police NOW and file a possible identity theft report NOW.

You need to STOP GIVING INFORMATION LIKE THIS OVER EMAILS. Don't do it over the phone or in letters either. Ebay, your bank, Paypal, the grocery store, etc, will NEVER NEED YOUR ATM PIN NUMBER!?!?!?!??!?!?!!!!!!!!!!

You also need to keep an eye on your ebay account. You'll probably need to shut down the one you have because more than likely it's going to be hacked and used to fraudulently sell stolen or never-there goods. Cancel your paypal account. Contact paypal and let them know the situation. Whoever has access to your ebay account can very easily get access to your paypal account and drain whatever funds you have, or charge up $10,000,000 worth of auctions that technically YOU will be responsible for.

Run several virus scans on your computer as well. THese links are notorious for putting spywear, keyword loggers, password stealers, trojan horses, etc. on your computer.

I hate to sound mean, but you really really really fucked up. You need to get off DU and start calling and cancelling everything NOW.

I cannot stress how important it is for you to call the credit reporting agencies like EQUIFAX and have a fraud alert put on your file. If anyone tries to open credit or extend credit in your name, the Credit Reporting Agencies will have a block on your credit file, basically, and no credit can be given until you give your permission, either in writing or on telephone, that you authorize the credit.

Also, by placing a fraud alert on your file, you'll get a free copy of your credit report. LOOK OVER IT CAREFULLY and notify them INSTANTLY if there's anything on there that you didn't authorize---any accounts, etc. Also, for the next year or five, get copies of your credit report every 6 months. It costs $8 per report, but you will be saving yourself a WORLD of much more pain should you have oogles of fake accounts set up in your name that you don't know about until 10 years down the road when you go to buy a car.

[romantico]

14. Thanks again for all you help

& yes, even thanks to those who made me feel even better from my mistake.You made me go from feeling stupid & angry to feeling EVEN MORE STUPID & ANGRY!!! Do me a favor, in the future just shut up!Anyone who can't understand what I must be going through & to make me feel even worse is no better than a Freeper!

[cosmokramer]

15. I hope I wasn't one of them...

...who sounded like I was ridiculing you...I certainly only meant to be helpful.

Those spoof mails are really deceptive, I do not think you are stupid. I just want everything to work out for you in getting things fixed.

Good Luck to you, and don't mind the insensitive posters who get their kicks out of acting smarter than the rest of us--what comes around goes around.

:hug:

[catmandu57]

16. I know you feel bad

if you don't have it go to http://wwwdownload.com and get spyware search and destroy, if you can't get into ebay they've probably put some form of block on you, this should help you get around that, it's free, and run the update as soon as possible. I'm sorry this happened to you, I'm sorry that we have to live with this crap.