Question Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal. in PayPal & Payments

Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

recirculating — Tue, 04 May 2021 01:00:40 GMT

This morning I received a very clever email purporting to be from eBay.

Telling me that eBay will no longer be accepting payments via paypal and money will go direct to bank accounts.

It looked very authentic with lots of things clearly copied from a genuine eBay email.

Of course it asked me to go to a link and confirm all my details, 'otherwise by 18th June my selling will be suspended. (or words to that effect).

Watch out for this, there was also a link to a video that hopes you will click on, outlining this new way of getting paid.

Everything looked very official.

I'm sure there are some people out there that could be duped by this email.
Just making people aware.

I've not received any emails spoofs from 'ebay' for quite a few years, this is out of blue !!

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

davewil1964 — Tue, 04 May 2021 01:11:43 GMT

It is almost certainly genuine.

eBay is progressively moving ALL sellers to Managed Payments.

Have a read on the 'Selling' board.

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

sandypebbles — Tue, 04 May 2021 01:15:44 GMT

I was going to ask if you could let people here know how you were able to tell the difference between this one and the real email, really from eBay about Managed Payments?

People may not be able to tell them apart, so if there was something that stood out about this one, it would be helpful if you could let us know what the specific thing was that raised the red flag

Much appreciated

(did you report this one to eBay?)

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

papermoon.lady — Tue, 04 May 2021 01:23:31 GMT

Yes, as already stated it is most probably genuine. I am not a seller, but I have heard that, although buyers can still use PayPal to pay, the money they pay will not go into the seller's PayPal account any more because of managed payments, so make sure you don't miss out if the email is genuine...

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

gerard.faucheur — Tue, 04 May 2021 11:30:30 GMT

I have also received the same email this morning. Would it be possible to have an answer from Ebay management rather than the useless statement from papermoon.lady who does not know anymore than us.

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

gutterpunkz05 — Tue, 04 May 2021 11:42:31 GMT

Have you checked your ebay messages, rather than emails, DOH!!

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

katistrophik — Tue, 04 May 2021 18:14:24 GMT

CHECK EBAY MESSAGES

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

katistrophik — Tue, 04 May 2021 18:18:34 GMT

Always check eBay internal messages to double check, but this email is most likely genuine

https://www.ebay.com.au/help/selling/getting-paid/introducing-managed-payments-ebay?id=4795&st=12&pos=1&query=Introducing%20managed%20payments%20on%20eBay&intent=managed&context=DEFAULT_BUYER&docId=HELP1464

and to gerard.faucher - eBay do not read here and see message 2 by dave.will

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

davewil1964 — Wed, 05 May 2021 00:48:45 GMT

gerard, eBay don't read or respond to board posts, so 'No'. What about the rest of us? A lot of us are sellers. Read the 'Selling' discussion board and you'll know as much as the rest of us. Or read the FAQs about Managed Payments.

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

papermoon.lady — Wed, 05 May 2021 00:56:25 GMT

Check eBay messages, as kat said. She means in your eBay account, not your normal email mailbox.

Re: Email scam about ebay no longer accepting paypal.

katistrophik — Wed, 05 May 2021 09:07:23 GMT

@papermoon

Nah that's all right paper,

we will just answer their questions when they come back to ask why their accounts have been suspended from listing and they are no longer receiving paypal payments.

It is what we 'useless' people do on the boards. 😋