eBay/Craigslist Low Priced Tractorson ebay

[BillG_in_TX]

I received a "warning" from PayPal yesterday (see attachment). I know better than to follow the directions in this e-mail, but I can see where some people would. One problem - it was sent to an e-mail address I have never used (but do monitor). /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I clicked on the link, and I have to tell you, it sure looks like the real thing! Thanks for the "spoof" address - I forwarded this to Paypal.

 

[EFC]

Deere Parts;

The message was in "my messages" it wasn’t the normal “your account is suspended” or “you’re a power seller” email that I get almost everyday, I am smarter than that. EBay was as shocked as I was about it, when they investigated it the message had come from their servers. They wouldn’t say it but it really sounded like one of their employees had gone renegade, an inside job. I guess there is huge money in these scams. Now I change my password everyday and my pay pal account is separated form my eBay account and I change that password daily also.

Buck

 

[bugstruck]

Exactly as you have stated it. If your going to get in any online Auction or anything else online, it's good to have a sixth sense on this stuff, but it takes a little to develop it. Not instinctive, as we Americans generally don't approach situtations with that much reservation in our day to day activities. If people thought of being online as being in a bad neighborhood after dark (so to speak), got their antenna up, we'd all fare a little better. And of course, how did we self imposed experts figure all this out? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Got our bells rung /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif a time or two, that how.

 

[Deere_parts]

Wow Buck, First time I heard that happen. I too have been changing my passwords alot lately but not every day. I am actually clinicly diagnosed with short term memory loss and concentration problems (CRS can't remember squat)and would never remember a new "password of the day". I only retain highly learned material now. And the VA denied my application for voc rehab partly because of this. I won't even remember your name by the time I finish pecking at this keyboard on this message /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[circleTfarm]

Will anything happen if you click on the add for one of these tractors? or does it only happen if you try to contact the seller? I think i have clicked on add before to check out what the deal was with a $20,000 with a buy it now of $4,000 does that put me in jeopardy?

also brother contacted someone about a cat backhoe, a $45,000 machine for $5,000 guy mailed him back,, told him it was not a joke, he was leaving country needed to dump machine. brother still thought something not right didn't pursue it but sence he contacted seller is he at risk? should he go and change passwords and paypal info? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Deere_parts]

I have not heard any problems with looking at the ad or contacting them. Quite often I contact them just to mess with them and ask them for pictures to see what kind of BS they will try to send or feed to me and then I forward the info to eBay. Just don't open any attachments or links they give you in the reply email.

The eBay ad should be fine but I'm sure eBay's servers can be hacked too.

The best thing you can do to protect yourself is leave them alone, change all of your pass words to look something like this...ab0*JJ2@xZ.....not your social security number, birthday, last name etc...and change it on a regular basis,keep the computers operating system update, Use a good firewall like zone alarm, use a couple of different good and reputable antispyware programs like adawareSE and microsofts antispyware beta, a good antivirus program like Mcafee, Norton or Computer associates and keep all of these up to date with the latest definition files.

Don't write your password on a sticky note in the desk drawers, under the mouse pad, bottom of the keyboard, under the desk or bottom of the mouse etc...If you do that stuff I can find it if I'm visiting you or you do it at work which is when most people shop on eBay, If you use a password that is related to you, your likes, favorite sport, favorite player, hobbies, mom, girlfriend etc and I know your username and some of this information I can probably figure it out....If you surf at work don't let the computer remember your password and when you are done log out and close the browser so it will hopefully dump the memory cache.

 

[daTeacha]

It wouldn't hurt to turn off your cookies as much as possible, and erase the ones you have in your machine along with cleaaring your history.

I got an email a while back about my paypal account. Looked very official and important from the intro line, except for one little detail -- I've never had a paypal account!

I also got a call a while back from someone claiming to be from Discover Card, wanting to verify my information. I called Discover -- they do not call people for information. I closed that account, posted a flag with the credit bureaus, notified my bank, etc. The next time they called, I told the very nice and professional sounding young lady that she was a liar and a thief and suggested a phone number for her to call involving the local police department. They haven't called back.

 

[djg]

The strangest thing I have seen on ebay is an ad where the entire page is an email link. Clicking anywhere on the page opens up outlook email link. I report these.