eBay Scam Alert!!!! Be careful!!

[malthumb]

I almost fell for what I am sure is an eBay scam today. Here's what you need to watch out for.....

I received an email saying that I was going to receive a strike because I had not paid for an eBay item I had won on auction. The email included a link to the "item" and a link to the requirements for appealing the feedback and warned that my account could be suspended if I did not resolve it.

My first instinct was to click the link to the item. I was thinking, "maybe somebody hacked my account and ordered something". Then it occurred to me that the link might take me somewhere I didn't want to go so I escaped out. Then I went to a different computer and logged into my eBay account. No messages from eBay. No won auctions with payment required. I searched for the "item number" provided in the bogus email. It doesn't exist.

If you get an email saying you're gonna get dinged for not paying for a purchase, don't follow the link. Go to your eBay account and make sure all is right there.

Peace,

James

[EagleMoon]

Always a good idea to never click on any email from Ebay. I've gotten a few of the fake emails myself. Scammers should rot in you know where.

[geezerjpj]

Anytime I get an email like that I go to my eBay account first and check to see if it jibes with what's there. It never does and into the spam folder it goes along with all the bogus email/scams from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Motumbo West Africa ie Craigslist scam email.

[cheezewiz]

I got one of those once. I just replied with a bunch of obscenities.

[Pilgrim]

Yeah, I get those from time to time.

Disregard, login to Ebay in the normal fashion, check things out - it's always OK.

The other pesky emails I get lots of the the ones purporting to be about trouble delivering a UPS or FedEx package.

Don't click. Ever.