E-bay Escape

dixie

dixie

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A word of warning to anyone selling on ebay. I just sold a saddle yesterday & I had an email from the buyer saying he had made payment and that I could click on the link to see.

Needless to say I didn't do this, although I checked my paypal acount and no money was there. Today I've received an email from ebay saying that this account had been "hi-jacked" and that the sale had been cancelled & my listing deleted. They didn't bother asking if I had posted the item though or even apologise!

Anyway, I think I have had a lucky escape but have to go through the whole process again.
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I HATE paypal its pants my account is constantly "hi-jakked" and tells me my card is registered to another account.
Ive given up tbh! Im sticking to chqs or credit cards much easier and bank protection
 
i had a similar thing happen - and Ebay delete the items and then basically deny all knowledge of it ever existing. Don't want to worry you, but shortly after it happened to me I also found someone was buying things using my switch card. I don't know if they're connected - but I suspect they were.

I was advised on here by very helpful people to download something to get rid of spyware, run it on my computer and after doing that change ALL my passwords.
 
The reason for doing the spyware scan first is because they can put programmes on your computer without you knowing that means they can see everything you're typing - so if you're changing your passwords they can see what you're changing them to. It's scary how easy it is for them really.
 
To be fair you have to have done something to install a key logging program or have typed your password into a spoof website

This is not unique to PayPal - so next time one of your mates sends though a PDF, PPT or other "joke" forward be very careful as they often have embedded programs!

Then never click on a link in an email to a finance website or other wheere you disclose your passwords. If you look at the URL is often nothing to do with that website and it a nasty phishing scam.
 
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