WARNING WARNING NEW EBAY BOGUS MAILING TO GET YOUR INFO

[rtraincollector]

They state " [e-mail] Your bid has been cancle click this link to see why. it will give an auction number I went to ebay serch on another page and entered the auction number in and it was nothing I ever bidded on so that was my second hint I foward email to [e-mail] . I felt something was wrong from word go I always check another way befor I click on a link if I'm not sure its who it says it is if you goto any of the other links you will see this warning as I'm going to put it in all forums.

[Anonymous]

So that nonsense is happening again. [:(]

I did a warning in two forums probally 6 or 8 months ago about the same kind of rip off going on.

Do not give out any info when you receive an email like this.

AND do report it too. Let's take these crooks off the internet and put them where they belong, in JAIL.

[Anonymous]

Happens EVERY day--usually multiple times in a given day. I'm not even a registered member of eBay anymore--dropped it years ago--and I receive almost daily "notices" from eBay and PayPal.

But I guess it can't be said too often for the benefit of those who have not gotten the word (although it really is hard to believe that the entrie world doesn't already know about these scams):

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER open an e-mail from eBay, PayPal, a bank, another type of financial institution, or a wealthy Nigerian (or other) widow that lists ANYTHING in the subject line, or even nothing at all at all in the subject line. It is guaranteed to be 100% bogus, and all they are trying to do is gain access to your personal information so they can make you yet another victim of identity theft AND get hold of your money.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind, too, that you may set yourself up for trouble just by OPENING the e-mail. It used to be that you had to open an attachment or post a response for your computer to be compromised, but that it no longer the case. Simply opening and reading the e-mail can be quite enough to get you in trouble.

[AlanRail]

I get these "spoof" emails all the time not just from EBay but from Banks too. Typically a give-away that it is a spoof and bogus are the mis-spellings.

Although I don’t think people should be scammed, sometimes I wonder if those stupid enough to give out their account IDs and passwords shouldn't be scammed. A lesson learned.

However, these spoof must be effective as they seem to continue and flourish.