I've gotten a couple of "Unpaid Item Dispute" emails that looked very authentic, and they almost got me to sign in because I had that immediate moment of concern that I'd forgotten to pay and my feedback was threatened. Firefox immediatly warned that the site it took me to was a fake eBay, which I could see myself because the address was funky. But they almost got me if I hadn't been paying attention...
This was a new one to me....anyone else get these?
wow that was close,thank god for the firefox,I have the same one and they always warn me the same wayOriginally Posted by MegoScott
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The disputed item was a $4000 1916 Gibson guitar. It was lovely, but I think I'd have remembered....
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After being "bitten" twice by these spoofs I always delete these e-mails. ALWAYS log in to your E-Bay account and check your message box first. Unless it's from E-Bay or PayPal through their message system it's a spoof..
Hope this helps, because once you reply your in for some grief..
Bruce
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yeah that's because as soon a you reply you have to log in your user name and password,these people are pretty slick man,stupid but slick.Like come on man a $4,000 Gibson? who's stupid enough to fall for that,just check the items the person has bought and go from there right? idiots
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I get request for shipping cost e -mail from a supose buyer,all the time.
Best way to counteract the Spoof emails is by going to "Full Headers" in your email account. A full header will show where the email originated from. Most of the spoofs are from other countries. Also, if the origination point isn't directly from ebay...it's not a real ebay email. Spelling in the emails are also dead giveaways....and dates and times of when it was sent to you.
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Wow... I never thought i'd see the day. Berto giving technical advice. Tom must be so proud!
...just like water erodes rock over time...Wow... I never thought i'd see the day. Berto giving technical advice. Tom must be so proud!
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I think we all get those "$4000 guitar" emails from time to time, but you wonder why they don't take the time to locate and email about an auction we actually won...Speaking of illicit email, I recently received a very authentic one from ebay's safeharbor department asking me to confirm whether I had changed my email address. It had all the usual Ebay icons and text at the bottom about reporting fake email. I was all set to hit their link (and likely login) when I happened to notice that the message had come from safeharbor@ebai.com, not ebay.com. Yikes!
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