Some c*nt using my email addy for his ebay

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:31 pm

not only that he has hijacked my account, which means he could be using my paypal??? dont know how to check this- HELP please

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:38 pm

Paypal's alright thank fuck. What a complete c*nt.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:07 pm

bagelator · Post by **bagelator** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:18 pm

i feel your pain jubzcarz. i've had to relist a phone 4 times now due to this shit - twice cos accounts been hijacked. the latest auction ended 3 days ago, ithe bids wer fine weighing in at at £200 odd, and then some tnuc bid £1019 - like i'll ever see that. i'm considering giving it away now it's become such a pain in the arse.

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:31 pm

Seems to be the scam of the moment. Changed my password for email and paypal so should be alright now, watch out for m.rosman 1980 bidding on your shit then, think they may have bid on some phones judging by the emails I got

showguns · Post by **showguns** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:31 pm

had my gmail account hijacked over the weekend. gotta wait a week before i can get it back.

marsyas · Post by **marsyas** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:40 pm

happend to me too, someone accessed my paypal in nigeria.
thankfully it got sorted.

the wiggle baron · Post by **the wiggle baron** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:07 pm

bagelator wrote:i'm considering giving it away now it's become such a pain in the arse.

SHOTGUN!

thump rat · Post by **thump rat** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:31 pm

Someone hacked into mine the other day, buying subs, PS3's, PSP's, Phones, comcorders and shit, luckily it seems that ebay have cancelled my account. Dodgey shit.

ufo over easy · Post by **ufo over easy** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:45 pm

yeah happened to mine last week too. got 48 'bid cancelled' emails in my inbox and stuff.. all he was bidding on was phones, computers and stuff like that. Extra weird because it appears that his address, which he put in my account as well, is in the neighbouring postcode in Leeds...

showguns · Post by **showguns** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:56 pm

fack they got my ebay account too.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:14 pm

this happened to someone at work.

passwords passwords passwords. too many people are making the mistake of having the ebay password and their email password all the same thing. ebay owns paypal. so once they have access to your ebay, they get access to your paypal.

1. make sure your password is military grade. numbers, letters, symbols
2. make sure you've got separate email addresses for paypal and ebay.
3. get an ebay security key
http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/security_key.html

Rob H · Post by **Rob H** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:16 pm

happened to me on friday as well

emalkay · Post by **emalkay** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:24 pm

*grand* · Post by ***grand*** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:17 pm

lol.. are these guys targetting dubstepers what u all easy prey sort it out.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:45 pm

also, i shouldn't need to say this but DON'T use dictionary words. this is the first thing these phishing programs do. phish your password for all dictionary words in the 4 main latin languages. if you want to use a dictionary word, or name, make sure you reverse it, and add numbers and symbols.

example :

bollox

would be

b*110x

and

janet

would be

t3n@j

opwolf · Post by **opwolf** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:52 am

Same happened to me last week, nearly shat myself when I saw all those bids for plasma tvs and playstation 3s in my inbox.

Its put me right off using ebay now

ikarai · Post by **ikarai** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:06 am

just got back from Germany today to find my accounts had been hijacked as well, some address in Nigeria. Think ebay are gettin wise to it tho, they froze my account before anything could happen: anything expensive anyway, he managed to win a book:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1

Some c*nt using my email addy for his ebay

Some c*nt using my email addy for his ebay

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