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24-01-2008, 08:36 AM
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V8 Turbo Hoon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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i just got an email this morning, from what looked to be from ebay. It was a question from someone asking if i had sent a laptop i had sold apparantly. it included a link to the page where it was listed which is where they would steal passwords etc. It all looked like the real deal, so just warning people about these sneaky buggers.
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24-01-2008, 09:50 AM
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 8,893
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Get em all the time.
The best thing to do when you get them is log into your ebay account (NOT through a link in the same email) and whatever message you get in your email account should also be in your ebay mail account. (Same with Facebook / Myspace / Hi5 / and any other online service that uses their own internal mail system to communicate with users) Some email's look pretty legit hey! But when they start mentioning stuff you havn't sold / bought on ebay the alarm bells start to ring. There is a spam department in ebay you can actually fwd your message to btw. Last edited by Yellow_Festiva; 24-01-2008 at 09:59 AM. |
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24-01-2008, 03:40 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Yep, it's too easy to become complacent and get caught out. Everytime you log in make sure the URL starts with signin.ebay.com. If you are not sure, just type in some bogus characters into the password field, if you progress to the next stage as if it has been a successful log in then it is a scam.
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24-01-2008, 04:02 PM
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Fossil fuel consumer
 Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Mod For: Pub, Bar, Sales Yard, Show 'N Shine, Photoshop, AU to BF, FG to FGX, Territory & Sports Bar
Posts: 17,032
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I got 3 emails this morning claiming to be from Westpac, asking me to 'verify your account details or risk suspension' etc. You really only need to take 5 seconds to verify whether it's legitimate or not, most people with half a brain should be able to work out when something is a scam. Then again, a lot of people don't have half a brain ;p
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25-01-2008, 05:50 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Utah
Posts: 3,479
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You have to see this You Tube of a Judge Judy Episode where she dealt with an EBAY scammer in her way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDK6ctRjqw The story is the plaintiff bought mobile phones off the defendant, but received pictures of the phones only after paying some good money for them. |
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25-01-2008, 10:22 AM
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Living the Life in Cranny
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 79
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Yeah I got them all the time as well.
Got one from some guy in America threatening to pay me a visit sometime soon as I hadn't sent the item he payed for. It looked legit, but wasn't in my messages in my ebay account.
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