Just had a message, supposedly via ebay from a member, pacific-real-estate saying "have you deceided yet". As I couldn't remember buying anything off this seller I clicked on the yellow reply button to ask him what it was all about but it asked me for my password & username, as I was already signed in to ebay I thought this a bit odd and did a search for this member & guess what? There's no one registered in that name nor did the message show in my messages, only outlook express. If I hadn't already been signed in I think I'd have just filled in my password & username as normal.

  CRUMB said:

Just had a message, supposedly via ebay from a member, pacific-real-estate saying "have you deceided yet". As I couldn't remember buying anything off this seller I clicked on the yellow reply button to ask him what it was all about but it asked me for my password & username, as I was already signed in to ebay I thought this a bit odd and did a search for this member & guess what? There's no one registered in that name nor did the message show in my messages, only outlook express. If I hadn't already been signed in I think I'd have just filled in my password & username as normal.

Forward the email to the address below, they will investigate and get him chased off,

Lenny

spoof@ebay.com

hi you should never click on the link if your not sure check your ebay page ebay always send a message to your ebay page as well as an email you'll probably get email saying that there going to report you to ebay all scams i always forward the email on to ebay

cheers Leon

  BIGSOULMAN said:

Forward the email to the address below, they will investigate and get him chased off,

Lenny

spoof@ebay.com

They can't chase him off, he's not an ebay member.

This means that you shouldn't click on the respond now button in questions from ebay members unless you know they are genuine members. If in doubt, as glosters best said check if the message is on your ebay page as well.

I suppose I should have sent it to ebay but I deleted it as soon as I realised it was dodgy.

Cheers

  CRUMB said:

They can't chase him off, he's not an ebay member.

This means that you shouldn't click on the respond now button in questions from ebay members unless you know they are genuine members. If in doubt, as glosters best said check if the message is on your ebay page as well.

I suppose I should have sent it to ebay but I deleted it as soon as I realised it was dodgy.

Cheers

they can investigate where the source of the email came from

I got one also and complained to Ebay.

  CRUMB said:

Just had a message, supposedly via ebay from a member, pacific-real-estate saying "have you deceided yet". As I couldn't remember buying anything off this seller I clicked on the yellow reply button to ask him what it was all about but it asked me for my password & username, as I was already signed in to ebay I thought this a bit odd and did a search for this member & guess what? There's no one registered in that name nor did the message show in my messages, only outlook express. If I hadn't already been signed in I think I'd have just filled in my password & username as normal.

Bogus e-mails such as these in respect of eBay scams are very common .....

A week does not go by without me receiving one ; they are a pain in the derriere ; all I do when I receive one , is to delete it straight away , so therefore my advice is to do the same - never open or reply to them .....

Yes , they are a pain ; but they do not p**s me off as much as the ones I get stating I am the beneficary of the fortune left by various third world parties , i.e. some african tribal chief , who has recently been killed in an helicopter crash .....

Malc Burton

I've had several, latest ones say.."You've sent me $50 in paypal, why?".

Sent a couple to ebay, rest I scrapped.

  Malc Burton said:

Bogus e-mails such as these in respect of eBay scams are very common .....

A week does not go by without me receiving one ; they are a pain in the derriere ; all I do when I receive one , is to delete it straight away , so therefore my advice is to do the same - never open or reply to them .....

Yes , they are a pain ; but they do not p**s me off as much as the ones I get stating I am the beneficary of the fortune left by various third world parties , i.e. some african tribal chief , who has recently been killed in an helicopter crash .....

Malc Burton

Hi Malc

I never thought that I would be caught by one of these, However when I was selling a few Pop 45's on ebay last year, I came home from nights, tired, & message from ebay member regarding Item # was in my Inbox. (didn't notice it wasn't about one of my listings)

I opened it and through habit I suppose entered my ebay details to view.

Soon woke up to what was happening and changed my password details.

Trouble was when I contacted ebay they said, Check that you haven't a keystroke virus which could mean that they had my new changed password too.

Now fully awake and seething I spent most of the morning scanning my computer.

Fortunately I had been lucky but there are a few words for the authors of these emails and to use them would possibly get me banned from Soul Source.

Edited June 6, 200717 yr by 45cellar

The latest weird thing I got, 3 times in two weeks, was a message from a guy selling in the States, just saying he'll accept my offer. When I checked out his user name he was selling pages of total tat, so I think he was sending this out to lots of people to try & find buyers. Good luck mate, you'll need it !