| Ebay and Paypal are a great way to buy and | | | | information. It will ask for your social |
| sell goods. You can buy what you want easily. | | | | security number, bank account info, even your |
| You can pay for what you want with ease. But | | | | pin number for your bank card. |
| there are people who sign up for ebay or | | | | |
| paypal; for the sole reason of taking people | | | | Always look at the web address the link in |
| for everything they have. Ebay and paypal do | | | | the email brought you to. If its not or , |
| what they can to stop fraud. But you can't | | | | then its not a real email. Ebay and paypal |
| catch everyone, when millions of people use | | | | will never ask you for your personal |
| ebay and paypal. There are people out there, | | | | information through an email. |
| who will put a deal that is too good to be | | | | |
| true for a few thousand dollars. People | | | | 3.You may get an email that claims you have |
| always look for a good deal, that's what ebay | | | | won or sold something on ebay. It may be a |
| is all about, finding bargains. Some | | | | paypal or ebay email look alike. This is a |
| unsuspecting person, buys the item for a big | | | | fake email. If you click on the links in the |
| price and never gets the item. Scammers try | | | | email, they will not bring you to paypal or |
| and pull this con off everyday. The sad thing | | | | ebay's website. That is key; if the email |
| is, people fall for it all the time. | | | | doesn't bring you to paypal or ebay websites, |
| | | | it's a fake email and should be reported. |
| Look at feedback. If the person has 0-3 for a | | | | |
| feedback number, be weary. That member has | | | | If you get any emails that you think may be |
| not been there long enough to be trusted with | | | | fraud, forward it along with the header to or |
| a big money deal. Always look through the | | | | 4.If you are a seller in large dollar items, |
| sellers feedback with a fine tooth comb. Some | | | | you may be familiar with this next one. |
| people will give good feedback, but write | | | | Someone buys an item from you with 0-3 |
| something negative about the seller. Some | | | | feedback. The buyer pays for the item. The |
| people just don't leave neutral or negative | | | | seller ships the item and it's business as |
| comments. So make sure you read through | | | | usual. Until you find that the credit card |
| buyers comments in the feedback. Don't just | | | | was stolen and your paypal balance is |
| look at how many positive feedback they have. | | | | negative $500.00. Now you end up losing the |
| | | | money and the big money item. |
| Fake ebay or paypal emails, watch out for | | | | |
| these. This is a popular one, the scammers | | | | The way to prevent credit card fraud on |
| actually try to scare you in to believing the | | | | paypal is; open a business or premier |
| email is real. Ebay and paypal do not send | | | | business paypal account. It will protect you |
| fake emails. Scammers actually make ebay or | | | | against credit card fraud on paypal. It's |
| paypal emails, they usually look identical to | | | | free to sign up for this paypal account. Most |
| the real thing. These fake emails look so | | | | people have a personal paypal account and you |
| much like the real thing, there are only a | | | | are not covered for credit card theft with a |
| few ways to tell the difference. Here are | | | | regular paypal account. |
| some clues to look out for, so you don't get | | | | |
| scammed in to believing these emails. | | | | If you don't have a business or premier |
| | | | account on paypal; you would have to pay for |
| 1. Ebay and paypal, would never ask for your | | | | the negative balance and eat the price of the |
| personal information through email | | | | large dollar item. You would lose twice |
| communication. | | | | everytime. No business could survive on that. |
| | | | Do your self a favor and open a free business |
| 2.Some emails will look like they are from | | | | or premier account on paypal. |
| ebay or paypal, the scammers try and force | | | | |
| you to sign in. They are not real emails. | | | | Just remember, don't let these creeps keep |
| They say things like, "you have been | | | | floating around. Don't let scammers keep |
| suspended" and you need to log in right away | | | | ripping innocent people off. Report them |
| to fix the problem. Or that someone has | | | | right away. The sooner you report them, the |
| logged in with a weird IP address and your | | | | sooner they will be caught. Report them to |
| account might have been stolen. They give | | | | the email addresses I have provided. If you |
| lots of reasons to try and scam you into | | | | like, contact ebay or paypal directly. But if |
| believing that the email is serious and needs | | | | we don't report these guys, they will always |
| your immediate attention. When you click onto | | | | be there. It takes 2 minutes to report them. |
| the email link; it brings you to a webpage | | | | Take that time out for it. Next time those |
| that looks just like ebay or paypal. It will | | | | creeps try and scam someone, it may be you or |
| ask you to log in, then it will bring you to | | | | someone you love. |
| a screen that asks for all kinds of personal | | | | |