Nasty Identity Theft Attempt on E-Bay....

EEE

I have received literally thousands of identity theft attempts on my E-Bay account and this one almost got me...

A buyer sent a question about an item that I have up for sale:

The format matches E-Bay's exactly...
The item is one that I currently do have up for sale...
When I clicked on the "Respond Now" link, I was redirected
to a page that looks exactly like the typical E-Bay "Sign-In" page...
I typed in my user ID with an incorrect password...(A tactic I use often to test for Phishing)
At this point I was redirected to the "Respond to Member" form...
If I had typed in my actual passwrod, I believe my account would have been "hi-jacked"

Curious to see if this has happened to any of you lately....

Greg Sarles (Eagle.Eye.Eddie)

PS...Here is the e-mail I received: (The format did not pate correctly...It actually matches E-Bay's format exactly)








Question from galeni2006
Item: Papa Tony's Cherry BU 1909 VDB Lincoln Cent MS 65 (8399646258)
This message was sent whil e t he list ing was active.

galeni2006 is a potential buyer.



hello, i want this item, i'll pay extra just to be sure we will got a good deal, can you ship to zip code 19146? if all is ok respond me ASAP
Respond to this question in My Messages.



Item Details


Item name: Papa Tony's Cherry BU 1909 VDB Lincoln Cent MS 65
Item number: 8399646258


View item description:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8399646258&sspagename=ADME:B:AAQ:US:1

Thank you for using eBay!
http://www.ebay.com/

Cladiator

<< <i>i'll pay extra just to be sure we will got a good deal >>

That makes absolutely no sense at all.

Lakesammman

Alot of emails don't make sense.

Thanks for the heads up.

EEE

I agree...The language was what tipped me off that it was a theft attempt...

But I do get many legitimate questions every day and it is not unusual to
be redirected to a legitimate sign-in page...

JoshL

You are not supposed to hit the RESPOND NOW button in your EMAIL. You are supposed to go to MY EBAY and read your email from the EBAY SERVER. You won't have that problem if you do that. Right?

People who respond to ebay "emails" from their own email accounts are just ASKING to be ripped off. I realize a lot of people do it but still. It is your own fault if you become a victim through that method.

Hopefully everyone on here realizes that?

Don't answer ebay emails from YOUR OWN email accounts. Use the accounts Ebay gives you on their own server. This is supposed to protect you.

RotatedRainbows

The easiest way to tell is if you click on the link look up at the window that shows the URL, the scam ones always have URL's other then ebay.com usually legitimate URL's start with cgi.ebay.com. You can also just hold your curser over the link (which is what I always do) and it will show the URL that you get when you click on the link and scam mails never match the link you see in the email or start with cgi.ebay.com

Peaceman

I never use email links..... never... always log in to your account to pay or answer questions....

xbob

I use ebay toolbar and they have a button called "Account Guard" that turns green when you are on a legit ebay/paypal site. If it turns red, you can click it to report the fraud. It's not bad for peace of mind when on ebay.

Until..

I wonder when the scammers are going to figure out how to trick the Account Guard button into turning green on the bogus sites?

JoshL

<< <i>I never use email links..... never... always log in to your account to pay or answer questions.... >>



Exactly. I don't understand why people find this so hard to understand.

a039

Papa Tony's, Please turn your PM function on....

EEE

I'm kind-of a newbiee at this forum stuff....

How do I go about turning on my PM and what does that mean ??

G Sarles (EEE)

MadMarty

I always just reply through E-Mail! In Outlook you can hit reply and the users E-Mail address comes up and I answer the question. I never use the respond button for that reason.

joecheck

EEE,

Is galeni2006 even a registered user?

joecheck

joecheck

EEE,

Forget my question. Here's the answer:


The box below contains the User IDs that this member has used on eBay.

This person's no longer a registered eBay user.

User ID Effective Date End Date

galeni2006 Feb-27-06 Not a registered user



joecheck

EEE

EEE,

Is galeni2006 even a registered user?

joecheck



Not really....
It is a NARU'd member who had a feedback rating of "zero"

joecheck

When are you going to sell some of the older Franklins? (ie:'49-'60) Love your coins!!!

MikeKing

You know, that's really scary, because I've answered so many emails that way. I'll never do that again. Instead, I'll log into ebay independantly and answer the messages that way. Also, I'm using an ebay toolbar now that turns green when you're on an authentic ebay site. Has anyone here had experience with that? I don't know how much trust to put into it but have it nonetheless. I think I'll go change my password after reading this.

19Lyds

Thanks for the info. I now have a weapon which I will use in the future. Especially since Ebay keeps changing things around.

JoshL

Just remember to do everything through MY EBAY on their site. This will keep you safe.

Hitting REPLY in Outlook will also work. Just don't click links

Hyperion

<< <i>You know, that's really scary, because I've answered so many emails that way. I'll never do that again. Instead, I'll log into ebay independantly and answer the messages that way. Also, I'm using an ebay toolbar now that turns green when you're on an authentic ebay site. Has anyone here had experience with that? I don't know how much trust to put into it but have it nonetheless. I think I'll go change my password after reading this. >>



if it makes you feel better, I just changed my password too
typically ill respond via regular email, but I think ive used that button in the past, though never to a screwy email.

*feared*

JDelage

Wow... I just changed my password.

pontiacinf

man you just made me s*it

I got an email from ebay today, someone saw a post I did on here about cleaning carbon off of proof lincolns. I hit respond and logged into ebay, and answerd his question not even thinking it could be a bum deal about to happen

so I went and looked on ebay just now, and thank god his message was there also, otherwise I couldve been a victim

howboutdemcoins

So pointiacinf (Bill?), how long about was that post on carbon spots? I just did a search on this forum and couldn't find anything. Anyway of linking me to it? Thanks.