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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: P_Russell on 26 February 2009, 08:43:52
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I just wanted to pass on my recent experiences of eBay as a word of warning to you all....
Over the past 5 or 6 years I've bought a few items off ebay - mainly car bits, ink cartridges etc, probably only about 70-80 things in all with 100% feedback. I connect from a very secure (heavily firewalled) connection and use a high security password etc.
3 times last year I had my account suspended by ebay due to someone fraudulently accessing it and selling stuff - the last time was a load of dodgy ipods and I only found out when my email was filled with disgruntled customers! I informed ebay and told the buyers to get in touch too. In the end ebay closed my account due to 'continued seller dissatisfaction', despite me extensively arguing my case that I had NEVER sold anything on ebay. I managed to re-register under a new account, different email adddress etc but they have now linked the two accounts and closed that too - even though I'm still waiting for something to be delivered that I bought & paid for on Monday.
So, I appealled yet again only to be told to go away and if I keep sending emails they may be read but won't be replied to..... >:(
In short their security measures must be shocking if this can happen. I now have no way of buying anything through ebay. :-[ Whilst this is irritating, it's not as annoying as the fact that I did everything possible to secure my account, but the b@st@rds atill got in!! >:( >:(
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I'd love to know how they do it, I really suspect insider info >:(
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I thought the same - to me it should be obvious going on IP address, selling patterns, history of items traded etc.....
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I'd love to know how they do it, I really suspect insider info >:(
Me too >:( >:( >:(
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Obviously the most common way is the spoofed emails. Never, ever, ever click on links in emails, no matter who sent it.
Lucky guess on password is another - I've heard that accounts not used much are targetted by the hackers, as it will likely take longer to get noticed.
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I have had a similar one recently where they detected fraudulent use of my account before I did, which was pretty good. However a week on and I still cant get into my account. I have a dispute ongoing and I have missed a boat trailer auction that was purfect for my needs.
I will cut and paste the email thread later on to show you how incompetant they really are.
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Believe me - I'm very careful with spoof emails etc. I had the credit card and bank account done a couple of years ago and have been exceptionally careful since then
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My account was hacked into a few years back while I was on holiday. In the time that I was away, it was hacked, a load of fake watches listed, ebay saw that it had been hacked, and suspended my account. I came home to a load of crazy emails and an ebay account I couldn't use... :o
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Believe me - I'm very careful with spoof emails etc. I had the credit card and bank account done a couple of years ago and have been exceptionally careful since then
Knowing your bro, I guessed my most common emails above wouldn't apply to you, unless by chance they managed to crack the password.
Do you use a different password for ebay? Remember, website owners may have access to passwords you use for that site...
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Believe me - I'm very careful with spoof emails etc. I had the credit card and bank account done a couple of years ago and have been exceptionally careful since then
Knowing your bro, I guessed my most common emails above wouldn't apply to you, unless by chance they managed to crack the password.
Do you use a different password for ebay? Remember, website owners may have access to passwords you use for that site...
I really annoyed Sue by changing her paswords on sites to something really difficult - gave her that option or let it get hacked.
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Believe me - I'm very careful with spoof emails etc. I had the credit card and bank account done a couple of years ago and have been exceptionally careful since then
Knowing your bro, I guessed my most common emails above wouldn't apply to you, unless by chance they managed to crack the password.
Do you use a different password for ebay? Remember, website owners may have access to passwords you use for that site...
I really annoyed Sue by changing her paswords on sites to something really difficult - gave her that option or let it get hacked.
I apply a GPO to Mrs TheBoy about her windows password... ...I got some stern looks initially ::)
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yep - always use separate passwords and change them regularly. I think I have fallen foul to ebays rule of -4 feedback means you get the boot, ie I didn't buy enough stuff to get sufficient +ve feedback to counteract all the -ve received by the fraudster.
So the moral is - the more +ve feedback you get the more you can get away with ripping people off......
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yep - always use separate passwords and change them regularly. I think I have fallen foul to ebays rule of -4 feedback means you get the boot, ie I didn't buy enough stuff to get sufficient +ve feedback to counteract all the -ve received by the fraudster.
So the moral is - the more +ve feedback you get the more you can get away with ripping people off......
Oh good, everyone give me all your money ;D
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yep - always use separate passwords and change them regularly. I think I have fallen foul to ebays rule of -4 feedback means you get the boot, ie I didn't buy enough stuff to get sufficient +ve feedback to counteract all the -ve received by the fraudster.
So the moral is - the more +ve feedback you get the more you can get away with ripping people off......
Have you tried calling the mongruls?