View Full Version : Questionable ebay email
can_dude
10-30-2003, 11:49 PM
an email sent to me by ebay says that it has merged with yahoo and needs me ro reinput my ebay, yahoo, and MSN ids and passwords...seems a little fishy to me...
VACRMH
10-31-2003, 12:02 AM
:bullshit: :bullshit: :bullshit:
Rev. Link
10-31-2003, 01:37 AM
Yeah, people use stuff like that to try and steal eBay passwords.
sisko
10-31-2003, 08:27 AM
Neither of this companies will EVER ask for your password.
Report this to each of those companies. They will do something about it.
Funk Buddy
10-31-2003, 11:35 AM
I got three of those to one of my hotmail accounts, but not the others. I have two different eBay ids too and they were sent to my buying id.
can_dude
10-31-2003, 11:54 AM
the email it's coming from though is the actual ebay email...something like:
aw-???@ebay.com
that's what made me wonder if it could be real, and they sent me two to my hotmail account, and none to my non hotmail one...
Raccoon Lad
10-31-2003, 12:50 PM
sender addresses can be faked.
jonjandran
10-31-2003, 02:20 PM
the email it's coming from though is the actual ebay email...something like:
aw-???@ebay.com
that's what made me wonder if it could be real, and they sent me two to my hotmail account, and none to my non hotmail one...
If you look at the complete header you will see that it originated somewhere else. Forward it to EBay and they will tell you it's not from them.
nesuser2
10-31-2003, 06:21 PM
i've gotten many forms of those, just change your username so it isn't your email address for one. and the only thing any company will ever ask you to do, if by chance you need to update your records. they will tell you that they need you to do so and tell you where it is at within their site. nothing more, EVER....as already stated :)
whoisKeel
11-01-2003, 09:23 PM
sorta on-topic, i get like 3 emails a day from something claiming it is microsoft with an included attachment, some fix for windows. the attachment is an exe, obviously a virus, and the hotmail scan says it is some worm (i forgot which), i'm not stupid enough to open it but it sucks because it is 144K, and you don't get alot of storage with free hotmail.
punkoffgirl
11-01-2003, 11:14 PM
I'd think it'd be pretty big news if Yahoo and eBay DID merge; you'd certainly see the info in more than just an email.
nesuser2
11-02-2003, 03:07 AM
that is a very good point, yet in this constant changing world......even i would be curious because now and then i get so busy with work that i could easily miss something that big. Maybe I'm just not a current events type person?