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Hmm, automatic ebay password reset?

digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
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I got up this morning and found an email from Ebay waiting for me...

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TKO NOTICE: A28 eBay Password Reset - richlopez Follow Instructions Immediately

Dear richlopez,

It appears the password for your eBay account may have recently become compromised. As a result of this, we have reset your password and secret question.
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Sure enough, Ebay killed my password and this wasn't a spoof email. Anyone ever have this happen to them?
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WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25

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  • CariconCaricon Posts: 819 ✭✭
    Nope. Did the email include your real name as listed on your eBay account? Not your handle. Sure sounds
    like a fake email.
  • JoewoowooJoewoowoo Posts: 260
    forward the email to spoof@ebay.com and wait for a response from them to let you know if it was sent by them or is it a phising type email . If you already changed your ebay password by clickin a link in the email in question then I would go directly to the ebay site and change it again and in a hurry. hope this helps .

    Joe
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  • StopYurWhiningStopYurWhining Posts: 719
    agreed, I sure hope you didnt click a link in the email that was sent to you.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    The email had my real name, and my ebay username in it. There were no "click here" type links.

    As I said, my password on Ebay HAD been disabled.

    Upon getting back into Ebay, I found that my account had an Alert on it. That alert was the same message that had been sent to my personal email.
    My Giants collection want list

    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • jimradjimrad Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭
    I hope you went to your My Ebay account before you did anything with the Email. I have had similar emails before but I never open them. Anytime I get an email that "LOOKS" like it is from Ebay I don't open it and then go immediately to my Ebay account and check for email there. That is where they send everything. If there is nothing from them there I then delete the spam email.

    BE careful.
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  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    Someone tried to access your account several times most likely unsuccessfully and your account was locked as a result.
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    I have had this happen to me. I changed my password and all was well. I am not sure what triggered the need to change, but I got the identical email that you got.
  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    Lots of BHOs (Browser Helper Objects) hitting the internet lately.

    A friend of mine couldn't relist any of his cards due to a BHO pop-up
    that addressed him as "dear eBay member" and not his user ID or
    real name.

    He's a real dinosaur when it comes to computers anyway, but he is
    just one of a great multitude that have fallen prey.

    PoppaJ
  • DavidPuddyDavidPuddy Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭
    I got the same exact message this morning. TKO.

    I wonder.... DigiCat, are you using Google Chrome as your browser?

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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>I wonder.... DigiCat, are you using Google Chrome as your browser? >>



    Nope. Just standard IE7.
    My Giants collection want list

    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
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