| Ebay is a great site and is used by many to buy and | | | | on a link in the E-mail or completing a form within the |
| sell new and used Items. It truly is the worlds | | | | e-mail are a strong indication the e-mail is a SCAM4 - |
| Largest Garage Sale Unfortunately when an online | | | | Urgent Subject Lines Subject likes * * * Please |
| site becomes as big and popular as E-Bay the scam | | | | Verify & Update Your Account * * *5 - Generic |
| artists seem to just naturally follow. These Scam | | | | greetings.Lot's of emails begin with a Greeting, such |
| artists will often try to steal your Idenity and get | | | | as: "Dear Ebay member instead of the Name you |
| your bank or credit card information in addition to | | | | used when you registered for your account6 - Scare |
| your E-Bay Id and PasswordA Typical Ebay Scam | | | | to Action Many Fake emails try to trick you with the |
| Artist will send you an e-mail requesting that you | | | | threat that your account is in jeopardy if you don't |
| update your account. Often this request to update | | | | sign in and fix it NOW!7 - HTML Website FakesEmails |
| your account is made under some false pretence like | | | | that appear to be websites. Some emails will look like |
| it is suspended or has been suspected of Fraudulent | | | | a website in order to get you to enter personal |
| use. Here is a Copy of a recent Ebay Scam E-mail I | | | | information. Ebay never asks for personal information |
| received You will notice the E-Bay Link on this page | | | | in an e-mail.8. Misspellings and bad grammarFake |
| looks real. Don't click it. You can however do a right | | | | emails may contain misspellings, incorrect grammar, |
| click properties and notice that it is in fact a phony | | | | missing words. Many Times these are used to trick |
| link.E-bay has an excellent online Tutorial that teaches | | | | the E-mail FiltersA quick review |
| how to spot and protect yourself from spoof e-mails | | | | If you receive an E-mail with a Link requesting you |
| are 8 Surefire Ways to Spot an EBAY Scam E-Mail | | | | to click on the link and sign in to your E-bay account, |
| and Protect Yourself from Identity Theft1 - Wrong | | | | Don't Do It!If you receive an E-mail that looks like an |
| E-Mail AddressAny E-mail Sent to an E-mail Address | | | | Ebay Sign in Form, Don't Sign in!If you are unsure if |
| that is Not Your Primary Ebay E-mail Account is more | | | | the e-mail is Real or fake forward it to and request |
| then likely a scam.2 - Fake links.While many emails | | | | assistance.If you absolutely must login to your Ebay |
| have links included, just remember that these links | | | | account then I would highly recommend you do the |
| can be forged too. After you click on the Link a Real | | | | Following. Close all open Browser sessions. Run a |
| E-Bay Address should appear. To determine if the | | | | Spyware check on your computer You can get a |
| Web address in your browser is a real eBay address, | | | | free Spyware program here ( then type in directly |
| look for ".ebay.com" immediately before the first "/".3 | | | | into your Browser window and Login from the E-bay |
| - Requests Personal InformationAny E-mail that | | | | Web Page. Never click on a Login Link from Any |
| requests you enter personal information like User ID, | | | | E-Mail. |
| password or bank account number either by clicking | | | | |