eBay

vintagealpaca · ‎08-20-2018

For those that don't know, these collection emails are a scam, just spoke to them. Don't click on any of the links just forward to spoof@ebay.com.au I'm more than a little concerned as I suspect they have been hacked, scammers have way too much information. I'm about to change my password!

myjunqueyourtreasure · ‎08-20-2018

Try telling those sellers whose accounts are on "hold" due to this alleged non payment that it's just a spoof.

Don't believe everything a CSR will tell you to get you off the phone.

Reality is the leading cause of stress.

richard1rst · ‎08-20-2018

A quick and (so far) perfect test to see if an email is a spoof.

Phishing emails include a link they want you to click. Instead of clicking it, just hover your mouse over the link. In the lower left corner of your screen a box will pop up with the URL of where that link goes,

If it doesn’t say (for example) “https://ebay.com” then it is a fraud. (eBay instead on automatically making this a hot link. It is not - don't bother to click it - it is not a part of my message)

Ignore the “from” at the top of the page. Anyone can enter anything there. So even if that says eBay.com it is meaningless.

"Laissez-faire capitalism (AKA The Great Material Continuum) is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships." ~ Ayn Rand

vintagealpaca · ‎08-20-2018

A sure way to identify these scams is to check your eBay messages folder, if the communication only came to you via email and is not also in your eBay message folder, then its a scam. As in this case, for myself anyway, the message is not in my eBay message folder, only my email. It is quite possible that those poor people who have been locked out of their accounts have clicked on links and/or followed instructions have now been locked out of their accounts. I don't think it is in anyone's best interest to assume a systems error either, in this case considering all the discrepancies. It makes sense to take precautions.

dhbookds · ‎08-20-2018

Just for info............the Ebay for Business facebook page says it is not a spoof.......meaning it's a glitch. They said if you are paid up, not to worry.

emerald40 · ‎08-20-2018

@dhbookds wrote:
Just for info............the Ebay for Business facebook page says it is not a spoof.......meaning it's a glitch. They said if you are paid up, not to worry.

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Then if that is ture, take 5 minutes, post here, and let us know what is happening.

If it is a glitch, what is the big mystery. It is not like it is their first one.

vintagealpaca · ‎08-20-2018

eBay was hacked two months ago but they don't like to talk about that. 148 million accounts exposed to that breach and there is no reason to believe they have that under control. A quick Google search will bring up heaps of news items but sadly not much from eBay. Take precautions I say.

berserkerplanet · ‎08-20-2018

>> eBay was hacked two months ago but they don't like to talk about that.

I find absolutely nothing about any eBay data breach other than the 145 million account one in early 2014.

carlmarxx · ‎08-20-2018

@emerald40 wrote:
@dhbookds wrote:
Just for info............the Ebay for Business facebook page says it is not a spoof.......meaning it's a glitch. They said if you are paid up, not to worry.

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Then if that is ture, take 5 minutes, post here, and let us know what is happening.

If it is a glitch, what is the big mystery. It is not like it is their first one.

It is a very big glitch system wide None seller fee payment account hold's. I'm on phone now working to get hold removed forever .Other wise I will be on phone ever month 3 after getting my new fee invoice payment which isn't do until the 14th of next month . but for fact i always pay it oof before it comes do. I don't do auto seller fee payment ,just the one time payments . Ebay does have another glitch that they can't process credit card info for seller fee's since july.

flashback-rocklin · ‎08-22-2018

Ours was on hold as well, the email we received still made it seem as if t was our fault and they removed the hold "as a courtesy". What garbage...lost all my Monday posts, biggest day of the week. Lost thousands in revenue.

bonjourami · ‎08-22-2018

i dont think so..I got an apology email from Ebay saying it was a glitch.

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