EBAY FRAUD letter going around....( its a SCAM)

Dante · Jun 29, 2005

Hello,
A complaint has been filed against you in the Fraud Reporting Form at
eBay.
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FRAUD COMPLAINT
Complaint Tracking Number: 2000604522
By: x x@x.x
Item #: 2996804910
Winning Bid: $56.00
Payment Method: PAYPAL
Date Complaint Filed: Feb-19-05 11:49:48 PDT
Nature of Complaint:
I sent a payment but never received any merchandise.
Text of Complaint: I won an auction for a $500 Pep Boys Gift
Certificate. It was a certificate number which you entered after ordering
online. We were told by Pep Boys, that the certificate number was stolen
and not valid.
********************************************
In the next 3 days, please visit the Fraud Reporting Form to resolve
this complaint with caseylynncarroll. If you do not do so,
caseylynncarroll will receive information about the appropriate agencies
to contact and/or to file charges against you. Moreover, if these agencies
determine that you have committed fraud, eBay will suspend your membership
privileges.
The Fraud Reporting Form is accessible at :
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I got the above email from so called ebay...I never sold anything on EBAY so beware there are links in the email that are a virus OR a way for the scammers to get your password

be careful

james369 · Jun 29, 2005

dante thx for the info sir

Dante · Jun 29, 2005

no problem James....Fishhead got snagged last year by a scam like this he clicked a link to some bank account thing and had fraud done on him

no one should ever click a link in an email they do not know

ChuckSims · Jun 29, 2005

Dante, are you saying Fishhead clicked a link and then his computer was hacked into to the point of them getting his banking info? Thats scary stuff.

Dante · Jun 29, 2005

I think he clicked a link and entered some personal Info....

winkyduck · Jun 29, 2005

2 things:

1.) place your mouse over the link and odds are you will see the REAL "URL" for the site - and odds are it is someplace in eastern europe/russia

2.) forward all suspicious e-mails to: spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com (when you supposedly get one of these from pay pal) or anytime you get a suspicious e-mails send it to: spoof@.... (whatever the REAL company's name is)

and sorry - ANYONE who is dumb enough to fall for this DESERVES to get taken - for this is something NO ONE shoul dbe dumb enough to fail to see thru

Dante · Jun 29, 2005

winkyduck said:
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and sorry - ANYONE who is dumb enough to fall for this DESERVES to get taken - for this is something NO ONE should be dumb enough to fail to see thru

I agree sadly its common sense

james369 · Jun 29, 2005

Dante said:
no problem James....Fishhead got snagged last year by a scam like this he clicked a link to some bank account thing and had fraud done on him

no one should ever click a link in an email they do not know

thank you dante sorry that this happen to fishhead i will always remember not to click on links from email that i dont know who they are from thank you for lookin out of all the gamblers here

corporeal · Jun 29, 2005

it's not that hard...just set up a page that looks exactly like ebay or paypal and get you to "log in", giving them your login and password. then they get your full name, address, banking info

i don't get html in my emails, but it looks like this:

Shady PayPal scam w/ HTML tags removed said:
Dear PayPal valued customer,

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal
account from a foreign IP address.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log
in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not
initiate the log ins, please visit PayPal as soon as possible to change
your password:

FAKE LINK: http://66.139.78.91/us/cgi-bin/webscr_cmd=_login-run/
REAL LINK: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Changing your password is a security measure that will ensure that you
are the only person with access to the account.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Woody0 · Jun 29, 2005

...and it isn't just PayPal. Both Bet365 and Betfair have had notices on their home page within the past two weeks regarding fake emails.

Wherever you have an account be careful with unsolicited email. It is always better to send email then act on their reply.

LucaBrasi · Jun 29, 2005

I've been getting e-mails lately saying that I have added someone to my list of paying favorites on Paypal, and to "click on this link to approve" , or some other bullshit, so watch out..............

TTinCO · Jun 29, 2005

As a general rule, financial institutions in general have ceased using email for any pertinent communications with customers.

NEVER click any link from a bank or credit card email....there's about a 98% chance that it's a scam trying to get your personal info.

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