Another Ebay hacking!!! Read if you Sell!!! - Page 2

bertfam · #11 10-31-2006, 03:24 AM

Verne,

Either call them (888-749-3229), or click on the "Live help" link at the top right hand corner of the main ebay page. You might have to wait awhile for someone to get on, but that's probably your best bet at this point.

By the way, that number was found a few months ago so it may not be valid any longer.

Ed

Verne_Frantz · #12 10-31-2006, 04:04 AM

Thanks, Right now, I'm just waiting it out. I've lost a lot of respect for Ebay after going through this!

**TXSS** · #13 10-31-2006, 07:29 AM

There is one simple rule to ALWAYS follow regarding ANY email that appears to come to you from eBay or Paypal. If it doesn't have your full name clearly stated in the email it's fake. eBay & Paypal will always refer to you by your full real registered name.

eBay will always have this statement at the top of the email:

eBay sent this message to "Your Full Name" (username).
Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay.

Scammers will not have your registered name because if they did they would not be sending you an email because they would already have access to you account.

Never respound to

Dear eBay User

Dear (User Name)

Paypal will always refer to you as Dear "Your Full Name"

Never as:

Dear Paypal User

Dear (User Name)

I've received 1000's of scam emails from eBay & Paypal pretenders. Some have had my username on them but none have ever had my full register name.

That's the golden rule I follow.

Rick

**flyingn** · #14 10-31-2006, 04:54 PM

you could have bid your hacked wheels up to a million dollars to be sure no one if actually gonna win then and give their $$ to these scums..

**PeteLeathersac** · #15 10-31-2006, 05:24 PM

I'm sorry this has happened Verne and wish you the best of luck w/ it all. .

Just a thought but reading how this has transpired, if it's possible to wipe all the bids out and the auction continue, doesn't this makes it possible for a trickster bidder who has the technology to wipe the bids out, make a low bid in the final minutes of a no reserve auction and win cheap? .
Unless the seller was checking for this, they may never know just thinking it reached a low amount and let it go? .

~ Pete

Verne_Frantz · #16 10-31-2006, 06:56 PM

I never thought of putting in an extremely high bid just to win my own auction

That's a good idea. He got my ebay password and sent a bunch of messages to other sellers with the same "link". When you copied the link to the address bar and hit Enter, it took you to another ebay sign in page (which of course, he created) So, when you fill in your ebay handle and password, you're just giving it to him!
Anyway, I've changed my password and it appears there's no more nonsense going on. Still haven't heard from ebay, except to tell me my password got stolen. Haven't heard anything from them yet about the auction itself. There was a winning bidder who apparently didn't see the warnings I posted. HE asked for a total with shipping, so I wrote him a long note explaining what happened and that the auction had to be void at that point. Haven't heard back from him. I hope he doesn't try to cause trouble.
I had to sit here and email everyone who put in a bid, telling them what was up. Knots in my stomach all night.
Thanks for the clues and advice guys! I appreciate it..

Verne

budnate · #17 10-31-2006, 07:07 PM

ummm..only thig is when it sells for a million bucks, e bay dings your card/account for there fee's, I dont think I would do that and add more hassle to dealing with e bay.

FESTIVAL78 · #18 10-31-2006, 09:32 PM

Ebay 1-800-322-9266 dial 0 for operator.. Remember it's California time.. Good luck

Verne_Frantz · #19 11-01-2006, 05:40 PM

Well, last night I had a phone call from the "winning" bidder. It was very unplesant and sometimes heated and went on for almost an hour. He had all kinds of his own reasons why I should honor the end of the auction in his favor. He told me that he had received an email from one of the other bidders stating that I had emailed him and said I'd sell the wheels for a very low number. This was not true at all. He also said (a few times) that he believed I was "up to something else", but he couldn't figure out what it was. That was when MY dander stood up at attention! My single main and simple point was that the auction had been molested by an outside party with very little time to go, so it would only be fair to everyone to declare it void. He finally agreed to let ebay settle it.
I tried the phone numbers but only got left on hold and finally told to try the live chat. It turned out to work fine. I got to "converse" with a woman who reviewed the entire auction and sequence of events. She said the auction was definitely void due to 3rd party interference. She also agreed to contact the "buyer" and inform him, as well as ALL of the bidders to explain what happened! That was a relief. I won't be charged for the listing. Minutes later the auction went away from my list and I was able to re-list. I was finally able to untie the knots in my stomach.
This morning I received an email from him saying that he's not always right and in this case he must have been wrong. Then he said if I relist, he'd still like to bid and hoped there were no hard feelings.......

sorry for the long post, but I just wanted you guys to know how it turned out. It's nice to have friends and helpers here..

verne

bertfam · #20 11-01-2006, 07:12 PM

A good ending to a bad situation Verne. Let's hope this doesn't happen again!!

Good luck this time...

Ed

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