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Postby AndyRegs » Apr 23rd, '07, 17:28



If you get an email concerning your paypal or ebay account, and they ask for you to ener a password, then dont reply. Apparently thats how they hack the sites.

I have opened a dispute, as surely proof of recieving the item (we didn't actually sign, and considered claiming not to have recieved it. Perhaps we should have done that) that was from a hacked account cannot be acceptable to ebay/paypal.

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Postby Lady of Mystery » Apr 23rd, '07, 17:30

becareful with those sorts of emails, there's a couple of scams going around at the moment where someone pretending to be paypal will email you telling you that there's something wrong with a link directing you to paypal's login page. Only problem is that it's not really paypal's login page and the minute you enter your login details, they scammers have access to your account.

I very nearly got had by one of these, it was only when I realised that I'd put in a wrong password but still seemed to take me somewhere that I thought something was wrong. I was very lucky.

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Postby Misanthropy » Apr 23rd, '07, 20:12

yes it gave a link to enter my details but I went straight to the paypal site and signed in and there was nothing about my account being suspended.

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Postby iashraf » Apr 23rd, '07, 22:02

Misanthropy wrote:yes it gave a link to enter my details but I went straight to the paypal site and signed in and there was nothing about my account being suspended.


Oh my ... change your password IMMEDIATELY.

You should learn, it warns you repeatedly that paypal will never email you to ask you to sign in. Nor will eBay.

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Postby saxmad » Apr 23rd, '07, 22:04

andycoates wrote:a bit like a service provider im stuck with, i wont mention any names but "orange" are terribe!! LOL

www.orangeproblems.co.uk is a real eye opener!!

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Postby Misanthropy » Apr 23rd, '07, 22:50

iashraf wrote:
Misanthropy wrote:yes it gave a link to enter my details but I went straight to the paypal site and signed in and there was nothing about my account being suspended.


Oh my ... change your password IMMEDIATELY.

You should learn, it warns you repeatedly that paypal will never email you to ask you to sign in. Nor will eBay.


I meant I ignored the email, opened internet explorer and went to the paypal website and signed in there. Sorry I should have made that last post clearer

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Postby iashraf » Apr 23rd, '07, 22:53

Misanthropy wrote:
iashraf wrote:
Misanthropy wrote:yes it gave a link to enter my details but I went straight to the paypal site and signed in and there was nothing about my account being suspended.


Oh my ... change your password IMMEDIATELY.

You should learn, it warns you repeatedly that paypal will never email you to ask you to sign in. Nor will eBay.


I meant I ignored the email, opened internet explorer and went to the paypal website and signed in there. Sorry I should have made that last post clearer


Hehe sorry :oops:

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Postby Rob » Apr 24th, '07, 10:09

Guys, if you're PC-based, and worried about this sort of thing, you should seriously consider using Internet Explorer 7 as your main browser.

IE 7 New Features

It comes with a built-in phishing filter, which detects whether the site you are on is genuine or not, and alerts you (in no undertain terms) if there's anything dodgy about the site.

I've purposely tried to navigate to various fake sites, claiming to be my bank, PayPal, eBay, amazon etc - and in all instances, IE 7's filter has stopped me dead :twisted:

Give it a go!

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Postby magicforfun » Apr 24th, '07, 17:41

robstanley1 wrote:Guys, if you're PC-based, and worried about this sort of thing, you should seriously consider using Internet Explorer 7 as your main browser.

IE 7 New Features

It comes with a built-in phishing filter, which detects whether the site you are on is genuine or not, and alerts you (in no undertain terms) if there's anything dodgy about the site.

I've purposely tried to navigate to various fake sites, claiming to be my bank, PayPal, eBay, amazon etc - and in all instances, IE 7's filter has stopped me dead :twisted:

Give it a go!

Rob

Maybe it helps, but as a general rule, never never NEVER click on links in e-mails in order to log in. Banks, paypals etc won't ask you to do these things. Go directly to their web and log in as you normally would.

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Postby AndyRegs » Apr 26th, '07, 21:44

Well, after being fobbed off between paypal and ebay (which are one and the same), I have been told I cant take my claim any further, as the dispute a filed (the one which ebay advised me to do), was not appropriate to the case (though there wasn't an exact match).
It seems that ebay are quite hapy to allow fraud on their site as long as they get their cut. THough isn't that illegal? Will have to start selling fake stuff to recoup my money, as they don't seem to mind.

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Postby AndyRegs » Apr 29th, '07, 09:20

Update: After being told I could not take the claim any further, I kicked up a bit of a stink and mentioned the possibility that paypal recieving a cut from fraudulent transactions was illegal. Next day I recieve all my money back, taken from the "sellers" Account (why they allow a fraudster to still have an account I dont know).

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Postby Matt Charming » Apr 29th, '07, 15:31

I had this email from a ebay user someday back


Question from eBay member

Hello ,
i am having some problems with my paypal account lately and it shows me that i have received an amount of $100 from you for an item that was sold on ebay. But i haven't looked for something on ebay since last year. What is happening? i think you have made a mistake. Please respond asap in order to return your money.
Thanks !


I had a look at my paypal to see if I did make a mistake and there was no where saying I sent $100 to any one.so there must be some kind of problem with paypal or could be them trying to ask for my bank details so I did not get back to them .

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Postby AndyRegs » Apr 29th, '07, 16:01

Question from eBay member

Hello ,
i am having some problems with my paypal account lately and it shows me that i have received an amount of $100 from you for an item that was sold on ebay. But i haven't looked for something on ebay since last year. What is happening? i think you have made a mistake. Please respond asap in order to return your money.
Thanks !


Call their bluff. Tell them that they have your email address, so they can make a deposit quite easily. You don't need to give any detail away for them to do this. If they dont reply, report them to paypal. Either way, they lose!

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Postby Matt Charming » Apr 29th, '07, 16:13

Thank you AndyRegs I have to do that. I now Know what to do in the future if it happens again you have been a great help

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