Sold items I didn't sell - HELP!

[mikeoubre]

All of a sudden, I had a ton of purses show up on my 'sold' account!  I don't sell purses - I sell Pokemon cards!  I am very confused and nervous.  I am getting in contact with eBay, but does anyone know what on earth the reason for this could be??  I am changing my password, etc now just in case, but I don't know what else to do until I contact eBay.

Thank you!

[mikeoubre]

I don't use the same ones, but I will be changing my passwords anyway. I will run a security check on my computer as well.

[reallynicestamps]

Well, actually.....

The purses don't exist.

Most likely nothing will be sent.

It is possible that a valueless plastic trinket will be sent, tracked, from overseas. This will fool some of the suckers customers long enough, the scammer hopes, for him to receive the money they paid and disappear.

EBay and Paypal have a Hold on new and occasional selling accounts for up to 21 days. Your long unused account is "occasional".

If you act now, eBay will be able to prevent the scammer from getting paid and the buyers will be refunded.

[luckythewinner]

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@mikeoubre wrote:

I checked my Paypal info on here and all is correct; no weird transactions to my PP account.  

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Of course there is nothing unusual with your PayPal account.

The hijacker would not have the buyers send money to you - he would have used a PayPal account that he controls. 

[mikeoubre]

Updating everyone:

Ebay trust and safety removed all of the listings/fees and will be talking to the "customers" of the purses. I figured the purses didn't actually exist. Hopefully since I discovered all this within 2 hours, it's quick enough to keep the poor people who bought them from experiencing anything negative other than a 'we regret to inform you blah, blah, blah, here's your refund' email.

Checked my computer for anything weird and nothing. Just in case, I changed passwords for every important account I have. I'm not sure where they might have gotten the password. I am extremely careful with links, etc, and have not clicked on anything lately. I will be keeping a very close eye on this account and my other important accounts.

I know that the money would go to them, not me. I just didn't realize you could adjust the account money is sent to for only one listing. I was concerned that all of my listings might have been compromised. I'm just glad I won't have to deal with getting my PayPal account straightened out too.

The good news is that I have the hacker's email, a (possible) location (loosely held; lying about this would be easy), and a possible phone number. I will be contacting PayPal with this information and hopefully they will be able to close the hacker's account.

I appreciate all of the help you all have provided. Thank you!

[flyinhawaiiangirl]

Nice job! 🙂

[luckythewinner]

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@mikeoubre wrote:
The good news is that I have the hacker's email, a (possible) location (loosely held; lying about this would be easy), and a possible phone number. I will be contacting PayPal with this information and hopefully they will be able to close the hacker's account.

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If the hacker has any experience then the phone will be intraceable, and the PayPal account and bank account will turn out to be hacked just like your eBay account. 

[mikeoubre]

Very possible. But if it is a hacked paypal account, the person who really owns the account may not check their accounts much. Hopefully PayPal can shut it down for them until they can fix their information.

[cynthealee2]

You said you checked your computer... did you check your PHONE?

[mikeoubre]

I don't use my phone for eBay as unfortunately it doesn't support those types of apps well. Thank you for adding something else to check though!

[slippinjimmy]

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@mikeoubre wrote:
Updating everyone:


Checked my computer for anything weird and nothing. Just in case, I changed passwords for every important account I have. I'm not sure where they might have gotten the password. I am extremely careful with links, etc, and have not clicked on anything lately. I will be keeping a very close eye on this account and my other important accounts.

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As do I  but that said just a couple of weeks ago I got an eBay notice about Active Content in a couple of listings. I had just listed a few really old things under the listing promo, previous I've had a few get listed that did have bad links and received similar but legit notices.

I clicked a link but fortunately FireFox gave me a security warning before sending me to the page. Usually the phishing emails are very obvious but I was lazy on this one and it almost caught me. After a second look at the email I saw all the obvious signs, gave myself a face smack for missing them the first time.