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Account Hacked on Ebay

Hi I want to Make a point about how ebay does not help you if someone stills your information and uses it to sell items on your account.  I stop using my ebay account in 2019.  Recently I got a 1099-K form saying I have to pay taxes on a lot of money because someone was selling items using my Account.  In other words I WAS HACKED.  Of Course I contacted EBAY immediately.  Started a report.  A month later and multiple calls EBAY still hasn't resolve the issue.  I had to tell them to follow the money and they would see it was me who benefited from the items being sold.  The bank account wasn't mine, I actually live in a different state.  Everytime I call it is like I had to start a new report about my account being hacked.  They where polite but not very good at helping me with my problem.  I am fileing a police report and I hope that EBAY will cooperate with them on resolving the ID Thief.  Please Just Be Careful while doing Business on EBAY.  They Will NOT PROTECT YOU.

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@biagidad 

 

so may I ask where were you when someone “hacked” your account? 

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First, are you sure it was your account used to sell those items, and not merely that someone put in your address/name for their account?  Both are possible, just helps to know which.

 

Did you log into your account and make sure there are no more listed items, and of course change your password?

 

Did you actually file a police report, or are you merely planning to?  You should have all the information you can when you do that, so answering those questions and possibly others will benefit you.

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Start with the official police report....

(that will pry the relevant information "money trail" from corporate

Then, escalate from there...if they were slick enough to get through ebay id verification, they are probably good at hiding the money trail......

 

We see posts here all the time with people complaining about the 'vetting process' when they come back after a 5-10 year hiatus from selling. Too much intrusion...they want all this information....etc....

 

this is why......

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     Not defending eBay but in some cases there is not much they can do. There are a number of possibilities as to what has happened here. First separate the 1099 issue from the account issue they may or may not be connected. The 1099 is not a form saying you have to "pay taxes" it simply reports funds that were processed through a third party financial processor. Review the 1099 do the last 4 digits of the SSN match yours? Is the payee information correct as far as your name, address, etc? What is the amount processed on the 1099?  I am not sure what state you are in but other than a few states the current 1099-K issuance threshold is $20,000 so we are talking a significant number of transactions over the last year.  If there are issues with the 1099 contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. If the "hackers" have your SSN and are using it on another account you have bigger problems.

     Pull the transaction report for your account for the year, if it is this account you are referring to I see little activity as far as sold items in the last 3 months and there are only a couple of feedbacks related to items you possibly sold recently. If the detailed transaction report for 2023, which would be the tax year for which you probably received the 1099, shows the sale of a large number of items from this account the detailed report contains shipping information that could possibly track down the origin of the shipment and follow the shipping trail. You can also look at the money trail for this account. What banking information is this account attached to? Is it an account you actually have? 

     My guess, lacking additional information, that your account has not been "hacked" but you are the victim of identity theft. 

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Have you checked your Credit File/Report to see if anything suspicious is going on.

Here is the Federal Government Web Site that will provide steps to help deal with Identity Theft. They do not go after the person or company who may have committed the Identity Theft. They just provide useful procedures to follow.

 

https://www.identitytheft.gov/#/

 

 

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