Ebay users beware.

[Taff64]

I have received 2 emails now over the past 2 weeks asking for the following;

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and this;


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Please report any of these to ebay like I have, as they are complete bollocks and some twat is trying to take the piss.

Ebay will confirm that they are bogus emails....

[cam]

theres hundreds of them mate, all fake, there just after your username password bank details and all that crap.

bang out of order but they must get some who fill it out or they wouldnt keep trying

[Saysay]

I had one smilar to this the other week claiming somebody had been using my account and that i just needed to send my account info back to the link provided etc etc etc.......little barrrrrrrstads!!!

[RabbitCity]

ok fella what you wanna do is any dodgey e-bay/paypal e-mails you get just forward them straight to.... spoof@paypal.com and they will look into it for you ..................

[princesswarrior]

Aww these do my head in, it's spoof mail. On some off them they cant even spell properly . Ebay say you are supposed to report it to them. It happens when your feedback gets higher. People just want to hijack accounts .

Pw x

[JORDANGRACE]

some people!!!

[Taff64]

Yup, all the ones I have been getting have been reported to Ebay. I would love to meet the twats face to face who make these things....

[princesswarrior]

Originally Posted by Taff64

Yup, all the ones I have been getting have been reported to Ebay. I would love to meet the twats face to face who make these things....

Alot of them hun are from foreign parts . There is alot of advice and details of latest scams on the community Q & A board on ebay .

Pw