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My eBaY account hacked! |
jenbones
Joined: Feb 19, 2005
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From: london
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!!!!BASTARDS!!!!
Fell for a spoof a while ago, got emailed this morning by loads of users asking about an item for the tickets for superbowl:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBay[....]336294&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
So i have just got my account retrived, password changed, listings ended...i still have to pay fees, but could have been 10 x worse!!
so watch out guys, it DOES happen, be safe!!
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batesie
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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From: London, UK
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B'stards
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Scum
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amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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From: Doha, London, Tokyo, Shanghai
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well thats totally uncool.
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tombadier
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
Posts: 397
From: Derbyshire, UK
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Happened to me as well a year ago.
They changed my account details and password
Turned out it was someone in France that hacked mine 
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nicv27
Joined: Oct 15, 2002
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From: kent
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It seems like quite a common thing it happend to a friend of mine it was traced back to some 1 in america he tried to sell a bulk load of various mobiles |
amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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i wouldn't call it hacked though.
It's called phishing, where people get you to give your details by social engineering.
Hacking is something totally different.
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solidsingh
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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From: india
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ye it was gadget show few days ago
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hotcha
Joined: Apr 08, 2005
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From: bristol
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Phishing scams are still not known about by majority of population.
Sad, must be why they are so popular with criminals. |
Luke-the-magic-man
Joined: May 31, 2005
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thats a bit gay isnt it, the question is how did they get your password? Hope you didnt reply to tone of those fake emails lol
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Krubach
Joined: Dec 05, 2002
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From: Sunny Portugal! :)
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Of course he did. 
NEVER WRITE YOUR USER/PASS AFTER CLICKING ON AN EMAIL's LINK!
Always write ebay address directly on the browser's address bar.
Plus, from time to time, check your windows "hosts" file, it might get hacked by spyware and redirect you to wrong places.
C:\%windows system folder%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Good advice there Krubach, I just opened my eBay account last week so I'm still a bit apprehensive about making purchases.
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JT
Joined: May 13, 2005
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From: Birmingham
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My brother tried to create an ebay account using my credit card the other day. He must think Im stupud if he never thought I would find out becasue I recieved a whole load of emails from ebay warning me about what had happened.
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Posted: 2005-10-30 22:08
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