Ebay Fraud Department was on Oprah Today.
By yparson
@yparson (581)
United States
December 4, 2008 4:55pm CST
I'm watching Oprah today and the topic was about "Victims of Scams". Ebay warned about receiving emails with subject line that reads "URGENT CALL TO ACTION" according to Ebay, they never send you an email about security and you need to "AVOID" those types of emails which are spam. Ebay will contact you thru your account when you log in. I've received these types of email before and I opened it but did not reply because it was asking me for personal information which I don't give up like that. Have you ever received emails like that of any kind.
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@dfranz2 (49)
• United States
4 Dec 08
I used to get them all the time. It is easy to spot fakes. Just run your cursor over the link or button that they ask you to use to respond, and the correct address will show up at the bottom of the email window(on outlook or outlook express) and any email programs that use that format. Rule of thumb...if it isn't on the 'My Messages" area on ebay, it is fake, and should be forwarded to ebay and then deleted. Never respond to any email unless you know is from ebay.
@gottogogirl1956 (115)
• United States
5 Dec 08
There are fake emails out for PayPal also. If you think you have received a fake email from either eBay or PayPal, forward the whole email to spoof@eBay.com or spoof@PayPal.com. They will let you know almost immediately if the email is a fake. I am told that by sending the email to them it helps them to track down the party sending the emails. Hope this helps.
@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
7 Dec 08
Yes there are lots of fraud with other companies. I never read those messages. I usually just mark it spam. It should have your full name, it should link to ebay directly. It should be something you've done on eBay like bidding. They won't ask you to verify your account by email at all.
Pablo
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
6 Dec 08
Yipe, I'm glad that I don't do much on e-bay, I don't think I've gotten any e-mails like that, unless they went to the spam folders. But it does well when you are joining any site that involves money transactions (like e-bay, paypal, alertpay, etc) to go to their fraud department and check what they have in place so you will know correspondence from them from phishing e-mails. I have gotten e-mails from "PayPal" several times, but I knew not to answer them because they started with "Dear Paypal User". Paypal tells you that if they send you an e-mail, they will address you by your first name. It only makes sense since that is what you signed up with. Also, most sites tell you not to reveal any personal information through e-mail, and even go as far as to say they will never ask you for it. So basically, forewarned is forearmed.
