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EBAY
Not really a 'biking issue' but I need a quick responce.
Got an e-mail apparently from e-bay saying my user ID and password has been rest and I need to go onto the ebay web site and go through the forgotten pasword steps etc ..... I thought it must be one of those sppof e-mails but I can't sign onto ebay now. Just wondering if anyone has recently received a similar e-mail from ebay . I need to know as I'm bidding on some stuff and need to get on ASAP. Anyone know of a phone number for ebay. Thanks in advance. Cheers Ben |
Did you click on a link on the email?
If so, you went to a spoof site that collects your password. If you cant get in your login, chances are that someone has gone in, changed your password and is planning to empty any cards you may have registered on ebay. There's a link to report spoof sites on ebay somewhere, but no phone number that I know of. |
what they probably did was try to get into ebay and caused it to lock you out, then they send you an email to apperently reactivate your account.
People think it is real because they cant get into their account. Get the ebay tool bar, it has a nifty feature that tells you if you are on a genuine ebay site or if it is fraud it will pop up a warning blocking your access to the site. |
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If you ever get an email "from ebay" that you are suspicious of, just send it to spoof@ebay.co.uk and they will check it and let you know. Don't alter the heading or anything - just send it exactly as it is. This is what they tell you to do on the ebay site. If it is a spoof, they investigate it and hopefully throw the theiving scum that sent it into a prison (or off the end of a pier).
If you wish to verify this yourself, go to EBAY, then click on HELP in the white box, then under ACCOUNT SECURITY AND PROTECTION click on HOW TO IDENTIFY SPOOF EMAILS and you will see the instructions. |
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I've reported 3 or 4 so far and I've had the same email everytime. |
Forward the e-mail to spoof@ebay.co.uk
They will verify that the e-mail is genuine or indeed spoof (which it will be ;)) |
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I only opened and read the e-mail and indeed thought spoof (NB there was no link in it ) but when I could not log onto my ebay(co-incidence?) account I got a bit desperate as I had bids to place :roll:. I was banking on Cloggsy to have a direct line to Ebay :wink: :wink: :) (really appreciated you getting back to me). Well , what I have done gone onto the ebay website and went through the steps to change 'password' and I can now sign into my account. All other details that can be will be changed as well. Thanks all. Cheers Ben |
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