E-Bay Warning!

I received an e-mail to my normal e-mail saying it was from e-bay and an 'account pre-suspension e-mail'. It said my credit card information needed to be updated and click on a link. I did and I was brought to what I SWORE looked just like e-bay , down to everything. Well I know people were having issue lately with accounts on there and I read in a magazine that many good spammers can duplicate websites. So I went to the 'real' e-bay...did the live chat and sure enough it was a HOAX! Had I not read that article, I surly would have put my info in, there was no reason for me to think that I was not on the REAL e-bay site.
Guess what? Turns out I ANSWERED one of these before for PAYPAL....I dont know what will happen now, its been weeks , maybe months but nothing has happned as fas as my bank account goes ( they probably realized tey actually have to PAY the bank in my situation )

So please, if you think it seems 'fishy' even if you dont...E-mail them or anyone before doing this, no matter how REAL it looks. The 'KICKER' for me, was I kept trying to log onto 'my acoount' on the fake site and it kept asking me for my user id over and over again, which dint seem right...

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Posted by OctBride05

this happened to me like 2 weeks ago. they broke into my account and listed about 10 things under my name.

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I read that!! Did you get the e-mail like me before that happened?

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Posted by dm24angel

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Posted by OctBride05

this happened to me like 2 weeks ago. they broke into my account and listed about 10 things under my name.

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I read that!! Did you get the e-mail like me before that happened?

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yes, i got an e-mail saying that my account would be suspended and they need to update my account. i erased it thinking it could be a hoax but i got it again and then i thought they were for real and i did it, i'm so stupid. i had to change my password and i dont have access to my ebay account for a couple of days.

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Posted by OctBride05

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Posted by dm24angel

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Posted by OctBride05

this happened to me like 2 weeks ago. they broke into my account and listed about 10 things under my name.

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I read that!! Did you get the e-mail like me before that happened?

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yes, i got an e-mail saying that my account would be suspended and they need to update my account. i erased it thinking it could be a hoax but i got it again and then i thought they were for real and i did it, i'm so stupid. i had to change my password and i dont have access to my ebay account for a couple of days.

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YOUR NOT STUPID! I did the SAME thing on PAYPAL...so far nothing bad has happened but I get sick to my stomach , I just KNOW it was a hoazx...Im hoping not, but nothing I can do now?

Always remember....both Ebay and PayPal will NEVER send you an email with a link to sign on. If you get an email that has a link 99.9% of the time its a hoax,

another way to check is to mouse over the link they are sending you to...without clicking on it...most of the time it will have some other address than ebay.com or paypal.com.

If you get an email saying that your acct has been tampered with or will be suspended, open a new browser and type i n the address for ebay or paypal and sing on. Most likey if ther is a problem, you will get notice from them when you sign on.

HTH's

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Posted by dm24angel

Maybe I should change my paypal password...will that help even if they NOW have my credit card info?

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I would change it anyway, it couldn't hurt.

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Posted by dm24angel

Maybe I should change my paypal password...will that help even if they NOW have my credit card info?

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yes, change your password now because even though they haven't done anything yet they could still do it.

OMG I got that too..but my account really needed updating.. I did it through ebay though.

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Posted by dm24angel

I received an e-mail to my normal e-mail saying it was from e-bay and an 'account pre-suspension e-mail'. It said my credit card information needed to be updated and click on a link. I did and I was brought to what I SWORE looked just like e-bay , down to everything. Well I know people were having issue lately with accounts on there and I read in a magazine that many good spammers can duplicate websites. So I went to the 'real' e-bay...did the live chat and sure enough it was a HOAX! Had I not read that article, I surly would have put my info in, there was no reason for me to think that I was not on the REAL e-bay site.
Guess what? Turns out I ANSWERED one of these before for PAYPAL....I dont know what will happen now, its been weeks , maybe months but nothing has happned as fas as my bank account goes ( they probably realized tey actually have to PAY the bank in my situation )

So please, if you think it seems 'fishy' even if you dont...E-mail them or anyone before doing this, no matter how REAL it looks. The 'KICKER' for me, was I kept trying to log onto 'my acoount' on the fake site and it kept asking me for my user id over and over again, which dint seem right...

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Me and FI once got that. We forwarded the e-mail right to e-bay.

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Posted by Butterflybride

My father got something similar...it asked for EVERYTHING, his credit card number, social security number, etc. Scary....

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Social Security ### oh my, that is really

Someone I work with got one of those emails for Citibank as well. They emailed it to his work number which he thought was wierd, so he called and yup- a hoax.

I got ANOTHER e-mail today after notifying safe harboe ( e-bays sytem to report) I got a FAKE e-mail saying I was suspended and to update my info again....

This is nuts huh?