new ebay scam?

[big-n-italian]

i would like the mods to leave this thread here because it may be very important and i want as many people to see this as possible.

i buy items on ebay occasionally, and have done so again recently. i am currently the high bidder on a couple of items, have recently sent checks out, and have items enroute as we speak.

i just received a very official email from "ebay" saying that if i didnt pay for an item immediately, that i was going to be reported! (i ALWAYS try to pay right away).

after thinking "WTH?!", i immediately clicked on the link provided in the email and tired to log onto "ebay". my log in didnt work. so, i tried again. DIDNT WORK. HUH?

so, i shut down the email and went directly to ebay and tried to log in. log in WORKED. WTH?

i went back to the email and looked up the item number given in the email, on EBAY. EBAY says item number didnt exist. WTH?

***i think i just gave someone my user name and password! changed password IMMEDIATELY.***

i have never heard of this one before. EBAY USERS - BE CAREFUL.

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

I received this email over a month ago. Luckily I noticed it was a scam. If you look, when you click on the link in the email, it goes to a site that just LOOKS like Ebay. When I get suspicious emails, I always verify where the link takes me before clicking on them. On AOL, you just have to mouse over the link and it will show you the web address where the link will direct you.

 

[big-n-italian]

I received this email over a month ago. Luckily I noticed it was a scam. If you look, when you click on the link in the email, it goes to a site that just LOOKS like Ebay.

yes, it does!

 

[dave6666]

I get those all the time. Look at the URL at the bottom of your screen when you mouse over the item # link.

I just send them to [email protected] as ebay asks for.

 

[big-n-italian]

these password phishers are getting VERY GOOD. their emails look more and more legit everyday, and their scams are getting even cleverer.

 

[dave6666]

these password phishers are getting VERY GOOD. their emails look more and more legit everyday, and their scams are getting even cleaverer.

I had a cleaver out in the wood pile last weekend. It ran when I approached it.

 

[big-n-italian]

I had a cleaver out in the wood pile last weekend. It ran when I approached it.

DOH! clever. i can spyll dave, i sweer i can.

 

[JonB]

I have received 4 tax-refund offers from the IRS this past month. Seems they miscalculated and owe me $294, $367, 471, and $629. All I have to provide is my Taxpayer ID or SSN, DOB, and address to which they will send my refund.....

Very official-looking IRS web mask....... Ill fool them: Ill just wait til they offer ~$5000 and THEN Ill respond with my info.........

 

[RTTTTed]

Seen those a lot. NEVER follow a commercial link and never use any of your passwords when following a link. The only links that you can be sure are legitimate is the ones from the home pages you type in. Banks, ebay, credit card - they're all scams and cons to steal your money.

I used to think that no one was stupid enough to get ripped off here in North America where we all go to school, but then I started watching old folks getting ripped, etc. I guess that if you worked really hard for your money, you're probably smart enough to keep it?

3rd world con artists new career choice is to steal from North Americans. Re-distribute the weatlh of the world?

The con artists are sucking in enough people that even Montreal has a cache of cons now. The RCMP busted over 100 people there doing phone and email scams. "Yah" for the RCMP. I did get ripped by someone from the Canary Islands selling "near new" Turbos from a speed shop in Texas once. Ebay has better protections now compared to then.

My motto - "Won't get ripped again."

If I do, I may make a Viper trip to find and end the con?

Ted

 

[klamathpro]

That's an old trick. It's called Phishing.

 

[PDCjonny]

That's an old trick. It's called Phishing.

Phishing? Phuckem.

 

[gringoray]

My advice is I would be very careful with ebay sellers. I don't buy any more off the site because I want to see the item in person, hold it, touch it, etc. A close friend of mine, a gal viper owner, and she's not a member of this great Board, but she purchased some wheels via ebay, and the wheels showed up with small cracks in the powdercoating and the color was off. Needless to say, she had one hell of a time sending them back.

I guess the old saying is buyer beware!

My two cents

 

[dave6666]

My advice is I would be very careful with ebay sellers. I don't buy any more off the site because I want to see the item in person, hold it, touch it, etc. A close friend of mine, a gal viper owner, and she's not a member of this great Board, but she purchased some wheels via ebay, and the wheels showed up with small cracks in the powdercoating and the color was off. Needless to say, she had one hell of a time sending them back.

I guess the old saying is buyer beware!

My two cents

I do a lot of ebay business. Viper parts included. There are some ways to manage risk and I am mostly successful.

If you add up all of the killer parts scores and subtract all the frustrating ripoffs, the result is still way positive.

It's just hard to get over being taken. Even just once.

 

[2001 GTS]

I have received 4 tax-refund offers from the IRS this past month. Seems they miscalculated and owe me $294, $367, 471, and $629. All I have to provide is my Taxpayer ID or SSN, DOB, and address to which they will send my refund.....

Very official-looking IRS web mask....... Ill fool them: Ill just wait til they offer ~$5000 and THEN Ill respond with my info.........

I've gotten quite a few of those too. But Firefox caught it

 

[AFL in NJ]

I get those ALL the time, I usually put in the following username: yourmothersawhore and the password: yourealoser and then put fake addresses and fake credit card numbers and laugh the whole time I'm filling out their form. The good phishing e-mails have a failed login, then a re-direct to ebay's login page (same as the previous one, except for what's in the address bar up top) and your 2nd attempt logs you right in, so you naturally assume you mis-typed your information before. Always use your saved "favorite" link to ebay or paypal rather than one provided by an e-mail.

Personally, I'd love to meet one of the people who do that phishing as I'd take them fishing for great whites and use them as bait!!!

Regards,
Aaron

 

[ViperJay]

I get those ALL the time, I usually put in the following username: yourmothersawhore and the password: yourealoser and then put fake addresses and fake credit card numbers and laugh the whole time I'm filling out their form. The good phishing e-mails have a failed login, then a re-direct to ebay's login page (same as the previous one, except for what's in the address bar up top) and your 2nd attempt logs you right in, so you naturally assume you mis-typed your information before. Always use your saved "favorite" link to ebay or paypal rather than one provided by an e-mail.

Personally, I'd love to meet one of the people who do that phishing as I'd take them fishing for great whites and use them as bait!!!

Regards,
Aaron

i do this as well. yesterday i had one with a phone number to call from a "credit union". the line had not been shut down yet. i spoke to them with very broken english and kept stringing them along. funny as all hell. ended up giving them the alphabet for my account number and they finally hung up.

 

[v10kingsnake]

i would like the mods to leave this thread here because it may be very important and i want as many people to see this as possible.

i buy items on ebay occasionally, and have done so again recently. i am currently the high bidder on a couple of items, have recently sent checks out, and have items enroute as we speak.

i just received a very official email from "ebay" saying that if i didnt pay for an item immediately, that i was going to be reported! (i ALWAYS try to pay right away).

after thinking "WTH?!", i immediately clicked on the link provided in the email and tired to log onto "ebay". my log in didnt work. so, i tried again. DIDNT WORK. HUH?

so, i shut down the email and went directly to ebay and tried to log in. log in WORKED. WTH?

i went back to the email and looked up the item number given in the email, on EBAY. EBAY says item number didnt exist. WTH?

***i think i just gave someone my user name and password! changed password IMMEDIATELY.***

i have never heard of this one before. EBAY USERS - BE CAREFUL.

Yeah I have seen that one before and in paypal the same type of scam. With paypal if you link a bank account like many do, they can wipe out all your money in a matter of seconds. Once the money is out of the bank account, say goodbye. You have little if any chance of getting it back.

 

[HARDVIPER]

wait till they tell you you are a power seller congrats.. Beware!

 

[JUCD VPR]

This got me a few months ago and all of a sudden there were a few charges on my account from places like romania. So I had all my credsit cards canceled and replaced. What a pain in the butt. Be careful everyone.

 

[viper spray]

That is an old E-bay phish that has been around for a long time now..........