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I place a bid on a caravan unfortunately the reserve was not met, very upset the next day I logged onto my emails and it said I have won by second chance, I was very happy the email said just follow these instruction something start going through my mind this is not right.  I reply to the email ask what instructions the next email was just give us your credit card details and we will deliver the caravan very strange.  Luckily I have the seller’s mobile number so I gave him a call and he said the caravan is not sold because it did not reach the reserve.  I was very luckily l will not buy anything big from eBay again.  Reported the email to eBay, and then sent a not nice email to the hackers.

Debi. Just received this spoof email from someone proposing to be representative of eBay.This is just one of many guises the crooks will use.There is nothing wrong with my account. It is still active.If you open the link and look at the top of the page which asks you for your password you will see that it is not secure. It shows http:// not https://. https shows it is a secure page.

Whatever you do do not use the link to enter your password.

Dear Valued eBay member

We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to the violation of our site policy below:                                                                 False or missing contact information - falsification or imitation your name, address, and/or telephone number (including use of fax machines pager numbers, modems or disconnected numbers). Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This prohibition includes the registering of a new account. Please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become due and payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously disputed to the billing method currently on file. http://www.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?verifyccplace If you have recently updated your billing information, please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made. This notification expires on  March 19, 2007. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.   Thank you for using eBay!

All you have to do Debi, is access eBay directly and don't click on links in emails. Genuine emails will be shown in your 'My eBay' message folders. Always reply to them from eBay itself and not from an eBay link in an email.

These scams are not just eBay. People try to get your details from all sorts of sources. Personally, if I don't recognise the sender of an email or it doesn't have any connection with things I know I am dealing with, it gets deleted without opening, and unless I know the sender is genuine I don't open any links either.

Your private email address is personal to you and it is your choice whether or not you respond to any emails sent to you. You're in control of your inbox and you're not going to lose anything by deleting stuff you're not happy with. If an email is that important and the sender doesn't get a reply they will contact you by some other means.

HI ALL WELL EBAY.  WE LOST OVER £4000 IN NOVEMBER IN A SCAM .EBAY DID NOT WANT TO KNOW  TOLD US ABOUT THE SELLER  TO LATE.  WE HAD A LONE TOO BUY A NEW VAN NOW WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP OUR OLD ONE BUT STILL PAY THE LONE. VERY BAD YEAR  2006