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BEWARE OF FAKE EBAY EMAILS. STEALING INFORMATION

adwilson--0 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:34:20 GMT

I have recently received a email from some apparent “eBay help” mail asking me to click on there link to go to my account to fix a purchase I made. The email looked totally professional and I made the mistake on clicking and my computer and phone got hijacked and I had to quickly do a factory reset ! BEWARE OF FAKE EMAILS GETTING !!!!

Re: BEWARE OF FAKE EBAY EMAILS. STEALING INFORMATION

sandypebbles — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:04:27 GMT

I get several scammer phising emails every week pretending to be eBay

I have never had one that addressed me by name though, as the real ones always will

Re: BEWARE OF FAKE EBAY EMAILS. STEALING INFORMATION

shoppingbag* — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 23:27:47 GMT

I never ever click on any links in emails, even if I think they are genuine. I go directly to my account and see if there is any mention of anyhing there. Even if they use my full name, I would not click on anything.

Re: BEWARE OF FAKE EBAY EMAILS. STEALING INFORMATION

sandypebbles — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:00:31 GMT

No,me neither, but since OP said the email looked totally professional, it is an extra worry how these phising scammers got hold of the name

Re: BEWARE OF FAKE EBAY EMAILS. STEALING INFORMATION

padi*0409 — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:40:12 GMT

@sandypebbles wrote:

....................it is an extra worry how these phishing scammers got hold of the name

It's likely that the OP has clicked on links before now and their details have been harvested that way sandy.