e-bay fraud?

[pegasus]

i just got an e-mail from e-bay that my account has been suspended pending investigation due to fraudulent matters....wtf? i have never used e-bay..has anyone else had this problem?

[Stig]

Yes, me only last week. But then I DO use eBay.

[wyrdness]

It might be a 'phishing' scam to try to obtain your ebay username and password.

[timwilky]

I enjoy phishing scams and log onto their clumsy copy sites with user name such a gullible and passwords such as "Would I tell you"


I just hope that gullible/would I tell you ain't a valid combination for someone

[Stig]

Nah not in my case. I received a mail asking for a refund of an item that I had not even sold. Next thing I knew was my account had been frozen. This pee'd me off particularly as I had been watching an item that no one had bid on and wanted to put in a last minute bid. Due to my account being suspended I had to watch the item go for a fiver. The Item was the complete rear plastics for a curvy. OH I was so mad.

[pegasus]

ok thanks i gather this is just a normal con scam and nothing to worry about.

[creamerybutter]

Nah not in my case. I received a mail asking for a refund of an item that I had not even sold. Next thing I knew was my account had been frozen. This pee'd me off particularly as I had been watching an item that no one had bid on and wanted to put in a last minute bid. Due to my account being suspended I had to watch the item go for a fiver. The Item was the complete rear plastics for a curvy. OH I was so mad.

What happened then? Surley eBay will know if you sold the item.

[Stig]

Nah not in my case. I received a mail asking for a refund of an item that I had not even sold. Next thing I knew was my account had been frozen. This pee'd me off particularly as I had been watching an item that no one had bid on and wanted to put in a last minute bid. Due to my account being suspended I had to watch the item go for a fiver. The Item was the complete rear plastics for a curvy. OH I was so mad.

What happened then? Surley eBay will know if you sold the item.

They knew my account had been compramised before I did. That's why the froze the account. They sent me an email telling me what I needed to do. I did it and I got my acount back.

[pete m]

its not necessarily a scam - you probably get those phishing e mails, saying they need to verify your account details, then they want your user name etc, then they want your bank account details.... :shock: that is a scam e mail...

But what you may have, and what i had, was legit from e bay in N Ireland, wanting you to prove you are who you say you are...I sent them proof and my account was reinstated , all took about a month, 6 weeks, in the meantime, you are out of the game :x -

drives you mad, no explanation,

e bay is fine when it all works, when things go wrong, its not so great...

atb

[Damoulianos Marios]

eBay... it's a jungle.

Last summer I won a bidding for gsxr600 front fork for my SV, paid the bugger 440$ and guess what? It never arrived and he never replied to mail. I had also chosen surface shipping (from the US) which would take 6-8 weeks so when that time got past, I wasn't eligible to buyer protection measures anymore.

Now shopping only from eBay shops, meaning sellers with TONS of feedback.

[scooby2102]

Basic and simple rule here guys

DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH AN EMAIL AS EBAY NEVER EVER ASK FOR YOUR DETAILS ONLINE, I.E USERNAMES & PASSWORDS

At the very worst, if you had to confirm your details then open a new browser window and go to ebay from there

[Warren]

well if they ever freeze your account, why not just re-register ?

[Terence]

well if they ever freeze your account, why not just re-register ?
cos you lose all your feedback?

[JakeRS]

I had one from Ebay and one from Paypal on the same day, so reported both straight away and deleted.

Funny thing is, my Paypal was already cancelled from a dispute with someone, and now they've reinstated it...!