Warning about a scam mentioning ebay

[rotteagles8]

You get a call from a mobile number then a robot voice says "thankyou for purchasing from ebay. " and goes on to say that $349 dollars (or a similar number ..... it has changed a couple of times) will be taken from your credit card for an iphone 7.  It finishes by telling you to press 1 if you do not want to complete the purchase.  Then hangs up.   They tend to start ringing after about 3pm.

I do not know what happens if you press 1.

Please all be ware

[robboscoke]

yes it is a scam, If they say "thankyou for purchasing from ebay. " from the start you know its a scam as eBay does not sell anything.

Just hang up.

[sandypebbles]

A few dozen threads about it already here (at least)

People who press 1 confirm they have a live phone number and are the type of people who go along with what scammers tell them too

eBay is just *one* place they pretend to be from, they say the same about several other companies too

[*tippy*toes*]

Thanks so much for letting everyone know. We didn't get the idea from the other 89 threads about the same issue, so thank you!

[*tippy*toes*]

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@robboscoke wrote:

yes it is a scam, If they say "thankyou for purchasing from ebay. " from the start you know its a scam as eBay does not sell anything.

Just hang up.

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Maybe if the OP restarts their NBN, and opts to use Edge that comes with Windoze 10, all will be OK, yeah?