Every Body Chime In here On How to Prevent Account Hacking

[vintagecraze50]

I have been noticing Numerous posts of people getting their account hacked into here and thought it would be great if all who know what to do to try to prevent this would chime in for everyone here. Some of the things I know are: 1) Do not purchase stuff on Wifi on your cell phone. 2) Log out of your account and log in, do not let the account sit open. 2) Incorporate Anti malware on all your devices, Malewarebytes is excellent. Please chime in on any more suggestions to help others here.

[best_vintage_photos]

Be careful with emails and what you click on. Never click on any link in a spoof email. Emails from eBay will always address you by your proper name. Spoof emails will not.

[emerald40]

I hae been hacked 4 times on ebay and 1 on paypal.

Change your passwords often and make them complicated.

And do not use the same password for all the sites you go on.

[retrose1]

Use a separate bank account for ebay that has a debit card attached and only use the card/account number for ebay, do not transfer the money to another account.  If your account is hacked, the hackers can not backtrack into your living finances if your ebay account has never touched your other accounts.

Sign up to as few extras as possible.  If you are doing business on ebay - do it ONLY on ebay, do not scroll around to find an easier/cheaper way to do things.

Get into the habit of not clicking on any links in any emails, most sellers get a spoof email about some disaster happening to their account and don't think - just click.  And most don't understand how to see a spoof email.

But since ebay has been hacked a few times and are slothlike in notifing potential victims, it doesn't matter what you do, if you are going to get hacked, it's going to happen.

[chrysylys]

To my knowledge, I have never been 'hacked' anywhere, ever.  I've been on the web since there was a web.

I believe part of that is maintaining a low profile and never posting personal information openly.  I have never posted my name or location on any site openly.  Not a single one.  That information is only on banking, financial, utility, government and marketplace sites that are secured. 

I probably have 30 or more email accounts,  some of which are used for one purpose on one site.  I never use the same user ID or even type of user ID on more than one site.  Unless someone were extremely dedicated and had access to my ISP somehow, I don't think it would be possible to link me between sites.  I don't even use the same writing/posting style.

I rarely, if ever use any form of public WiFi access.  I can't say 'never' there though.

I don't dicuss other measures.

[chrysylys]

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@retrose1 wrote:

Use a separate bank account for ebay that has a debit card attached and only use the card/account number for ebay, do not transfer the money to another account.  

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While selling, I had an intermediate account.  PP went there  (here >> PP >> account 1 >> account 2).  I could transfer from the intermediate to my main account.  For someone else to accomplish any real damage they would have had to get into at least three accounts at three different insitutions.

[chrysylys]

On password and account access reminders/hints ....

Don't use anything relevant or real.  The system doesn't care if they match or if the words are accurate.  They only care that the correct response is entered, no matter what it is.

'My Pet's name is: ______  ' . Use something odd like 'chartruese' or anything else OTHER than 'Fido' or your pet's real name.

'My Favorite color is:  _______' .    Use 'gravy' or 'airplane' or something else obscure.

[emerald40]

I agree about keeping a low profile.

That is why I do not have a Facebook account.

I wonder if posting on these boards make you a target.

[luckythewinner]

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@vintagecraze50 wrote:

I have been noticing Numerous posts of people getting their account hacked into here and thought it would be great if all who know what to do to try to prevent this would chime in for everyone here. Some of the things I know are: 1) Do not purchase stuff on Wifi on your cell phone. 2) Log out of your account and log in, do not let the account sit open. 2) Incorporate Anti malware on all your devices, Malewarebytes is excellent. Please chime in on any more suggestions to help others here.

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Never click a link anywhere to go to eBay or PayPal. Always open your browser yourself, and go to the site to log in. 

Set up two-factor authentication on your PayPal account a.k.a. the PayPal 'Security Key'. (That way, you must possess your cell phone in order to log into PayPal).  

Use a different password for PayPal and eBay (that way if one gets hacked, the other may not). 

Turn off eBay as a pre-approved payment in PayPal. (That way, if someone hacks your eBay account they cannot pay for things with your PayPal account). 

[retrose1]

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@chrysylys wrote:

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@retrose1 wrote:

Use a separate bank account for ebay that has a debit card attached and only use the card/account number for ebay, do not transfer the money to another account.  

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While selling, I had an intermediate account.  PP went there  (here >> PP >> account 1 >> account 2).  I could transfer from the intermediate to my main account.  For someone else to accomplish any real damage they would have had to get into at least three accounts at three different insitutions.

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My fathers bank account was hijacked - he not very brightly gave a scam charity his information.

From the bank account he gave them - the scammers attacked everything that entered into that account trying to redirect incoming payments, like his social security payments, retirement, ect.   Then they hit another bank account that was linked to that account and was diverting money from his sons account since money was transferred to and from dad's account to him. 

And when everything was shut down and reopened with different numbers, we were getting phone calls from the scammers asking to authenticate the new pin numbers, account numbers, ect.  The Feds got involved.

The only way to protect your accounts is to isolate them.  Just as ebay can link accounts from something that happened years earlier - so can scammers be able to access something that your account touched.  Having a buffer account will only slow the scammers down a few seconds.  Have a totally separate account that isn't linked to any of your other accounts.  My pal account is an island that I empty by making payments or withdrawing cash when I purchase postage at the counter.  My other selling payment accounts dump into a savings account that is separate from my living expense account.  Cash is withdrawn from that like a weekly paycheck at an ATM and then deposited into the checking account.

The more convenience a person signs up for, the more susceptible to scams they will be.

[d-k_treasures]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@vintagecraze50 wrote:

I have been noticing Numerous posts of people getting their account hacked into here and thought it would be great if all who know what to do to try to prevent this would chime in for everyone here. Some of the things I know are: 1) Do not purchase stuff on Wifi on your cell phone. 2) Log out of your account and log in, do not let the account sit open. 2) Incorporate Anti malware on all your devices, Malewarebytes is excellent. Please chime in on any more suggestions to help others here.

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Never click a link anywhere to go to eBay or PayPal. Always open your browser yourself, and go to the site to log in. 

Set up two-factor authentication on your PayPal account a.k.a. the PayPal 'Security Key'. (That way, you must possess your cell phone in order to log into PayPal).  

Use a different password for PayPal and eBay (that way if one gets hacked, the other may not). 

Turn off eBay as a pre-approved payment in PayPal. (That way, if someone hacks your eBay account they cannot pay for things with your PayPal account). 

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I've never had that link set, and every time I go to check out I have to close that stupid box telling me that I should link these for faster checkout. 

Why can't they have a 'close and never ever show me this again' button?

[calntom]

Invest a few minutes when setting up and changing passwords. I go with 10-15 characters and mix in some numerals, caps and special characters. 

[turquoisetulips]

That is why I do not have a Facebook account. Emerald 

I  think I'll keep my Facebook account but I will NEVER make a purchase off of  there again .  About a month ago I seen an ad for something I really wanted to try ,, but it was expensive . Down below it said if you wanted to try just a free SAMPLE  and only pay the 7 dollars to ship it , then you could . BIG MISTAKE . Even though I looked it over carefully and made sure there were no terms or conditions attached to this free sample ,, there were and they were well  hidden  . Instead of a''sample'' ,, they sent me a 2  full regular size jars  with no information slip in the box , no name , no address in which to return it  and no phone number to call . Obviously they covered all their bases . Within a few days  they took 90 dollars out of my account , the next day they changed their name and took another 82 dollars  Thankfully my bank had fraud protection and I was reimbursed ,, but it caused a huge headache . The bank deactivated my old debit card and I finally received a new one yesterday ,, but it was a tough lesson to learn . Tulips 

Oh and P.S  my bank found a phone number for this company and I called them , phony number . 

[turquoisetulips]

 Please chime in on any more suggestions to help others here. vintagecraze  unquote 

Well I'm nobody to give advice since I just made one of the stupiest mistakes of my life by purchasing off of Facebook . I had done it twice before and never had a problem so I thought it was safe ,, but it wasn't . I did see something funny in my e mail  one day . I didn't open it  of course ,, but in the title heading said '' Thanks for your 945 dollar purchase from Amazon , it's been shipped .LOL 

[turquoisetulips]

 Please chime in on any more suggestions to help others here. vintagecraze  unquote 

Well I'm nobody to give advice since I just made one of the stupiest mistakes of my life by purchasing off of Facebook . I had done it twice before and never had a problem so I thought it was safe ,, but it wasn't . I did see something funny in my e mail  one day . I didn't open it  of course ,, but in the title heading said '' Thanks for your 945 dollar purchase from Amazon , it's been shipped .LOL 

[lookng2015]

Watch your accounts like a hawk.