New eBay Scam

[Graybeard]

The e-thieves appear to have a new tactic for acquiring personal information about your eBay account.

Twice today, I've received a bogus "Question From a Potential Buyer" via eMail.

One, whose date indicated it was sent on December 12th, arrived today February 1st. To quote:

" I sent you the money , where's the package ? You promised that after i send the money you send the goods asap . is this a fraud? Please let me know! Should I contact the autorities ?
Thanks and please let me know asap!"

The items in question are the entire contents of a record store BTW. The natural response would be to return the message asking what it is all about; in logging on you'd need to give a password I imagine (I just delete these things so I never went that far).

The other message asked for shipping information but didn't include a description or item number.

I've sent these off to spoof@eBay. Use caution when something odd turns up in you eMail inbox,

 

[Ken F.]

Hi There,

Yes, you were correct in forwarding the the e-mail to spoof@ebay, now delete it from your drive, just in case you feel an urge to respnd in a moment of weakness!

Cheers,
kf

 

[Frank Granovski]

The e-thieves appear to have a new tactic for acquiring personal information about your eBay account.

Twice today, I've received a bogus "Question From a Potential Buyer" via eMail.

I also received this type of email last week.

 

[RML]

" I sent you the money , where's the package ? You promised that after i send the money you send the goods asap . is this a fraud? Please let me know! Should I contact the autorities ?
Thanks and please let me know asap!"

"If you sent money, show me the teller slip or bank statement so I can verify with my bank. As soon as I get the money I'll send the items. The package is on hold until payment is concluded.

Yes, this is a fraud... your fraud.

Do please contact the authorities. You can call here: <insert FBI phone number>."

😀

 

[enochRoot]

my friend got nabbed by this. i had to tell him it was a spoof. they are getting clever. his was a question from seller about if paypal was ok. he clicked the link (as it looked just like an ebay html email), and entered his name and password. luckily i told him very shortly after, and he was able to change his password on ebay before they could use the account. always check where the reply-to is heading...that is your first clue! it might *say* ebay...but the email address is always on some other server.