BEWARE OF FAKE EBAY EMAILS. STEALING INFORMATION

[adwilson--0]

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 !!!!

[sandypebbles]

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

[shoppingbag*]

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. 

[sandypebbles]

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 

[padi*0409]

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@sandypebbles wrote:

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

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