e-bay fraud? - SV650.org

pegasus · 10-06-06, 06:56 AM

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?

10-06-06, 07:19 AM

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

10-06-06, 07:21 AM

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

timwilky · 10-06-06, 07:41 AM

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

10-06-06, 07:43 AM

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 · 10-06-06, 08:16 AM

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

10-06-06, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigApe

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.

10-06-06, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by creamerybutter

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigApe

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.

10-06-06, 07:13 PM

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....

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

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drives you mad, no explanation,

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

atb

11-06-06, 09:03 AM

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.

10-06-06, 06:56 AM	#1
pegasus Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,122	e-bay fraud? 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? __________________ tune in, turn on, burn out

10-06-06, 07:41 AM	#4
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	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 __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

10-06-06, 08:16 AM	#6
pegasus Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,122	ok thanks i gather this is just a normal con scam and nothing to worry about. __________________ tune in, turn on, burn out

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10-06-06, 07:19 AM	#2
Stig Guest Posts: n/a	Yes, me only last week. But then I DO use eBay.

10-06-06, 07:21 AM	#3
wyrdness Guest Posts: n/a	It might be a 'phishing' scam to try to obtain your ebay username and password.

10-06-06, 07:43 AM	#5
Stig Guest Posts: n/a	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.

10-06-06, 07:13 PM	#9
pete m Guest Posts: n/a	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.... 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 - drives you mad, no explanation, e bay is fine when it all works, when things go wrong, its not so great... atb

11-06-06, 09:03 AM	#10
Damoulianos Marios Guest Posts: n/a	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.