WARNING to eBay Sellers!

[flyinglizard]

Recently I have received two emails both headed:

RE: QUESTION FOR SELLER-- Item #xxxxxxxxx

The emails appear to be a misdirected question regarding auctions that are not mine. Both emails ask for costs of shipping to different states.

The first impulse is to reply and to say that the email has been misdirected.

DON'T DO THAT!

By responding, or clicking on the enclosed link, you may open a virus, or possibly the beginning of ID theft.

Forward the email to eBay Safe Harbor. They will quickly let you know if the email came from within the system.

In both cases, the eBay auction number in the email contained ONLY nine digits. EBay uses ten digit numbers!

Safe Harbor believes that it is an attempt to launch a virus. I think it's more than that.

Be advised eBay sellers...

 

[Eeyore's Pal]

I can't stress this enough, I know we hear it all the time, but it bears repeating:

eBay and PayPal will <b>never</b> send you an email with an active link to a log-in screen.

eBay and PayPal will <b> always</b> address you by your <b>full registered name</b>; <i>not by your ID!</i>

Report suspicious emails to these addresses respectively:
spoof@ebay.com
spoof@paypal.com

Recently Yahoo email users have received similar spoof emails. The same rules apply for messages from Yahoo Administration. Suspicious email may be reported to:
spoof@yahoo.com

<i>Better safe than sorry!</i> Report it if you're not sure; you'll get your answer soon enough.

 

[Figment2]

I got one of these emails and deleted it because at the time I didn't have any active auctions. Thought something might be fishy.

I also got an email telling me I won an auction. Once again I deleted it since I hadn't bid on anything. Watch for these too.

Don't these people have anything better to do than screw around with people's PC's?

Cyn