Spoof Warning!

[pamperme]

Got one yesterday..from someone claiming to be Ebay..wanting me to update my info..it was addressed to customer not my name..I sent it to ebay and then responded that is WAS a spoof! Glad I did not click on anything..just deleted it.

so watch out for them.

[sudsnwicks]

I get these too. Even though I don't have an account with ebay!

[Meredith_D]

I get these often. The senders almost always bungle my email address in the "sent to" line. Don't know how it manages to still get to me :undecided . You just forward it to "Spoof" at Ebay dot com. Don't click on anything!

[Lorrie]

I get them all the time too. Heck I even got one that was a bill for a digital camera that I won off ebay. (I never bought it) So Be on the look out for those types of emails too.

[LindaColo]

I got a spoof from paypal claiming that I bought over $200 in books. It even had a button for payment dispute. Forwarded the email to paypal so they could take a look at it.

I almost hit the dispute button, but my paypal did not reflect the payment. So, I knew the claim was just someone phishing.

[Meridith]

These scams have been going around for a very long time - nothing new. Luckily most folks are aware of them and don't respond.

[SliverOfWax]

It's common knowledge that if Ebay needs to contact you, they will do so through Ebay, not through your personal email address. Spoofs are a dime a dozen.

[itsmejeffd]

I've heard warnings of spoofs looking like they come from the IRS too. They say something about audits and ask you to update your information.

[Lorrie]

There was one of these going around a couple of years ago. It was actually a virus.

I've heard warnings of spoofs looking like they come from the IRS too. They say something about audits and ask you to update your information.

[BruceCarvesWax]

I always put my mouse over the links they provide in the spoof emails just to see the site that I would go to if I clicked it. Its always some crazy place, not <paypal.com> they always add to the addy with other junk before or after. I like to reply sometimes and put bad words in the password and user name section when it pops up. Bruce

[BrandNewToCandles]

I got a spoof from paypal claiming that I bought over $200 in books. It even had a button for payment dispute. Forwarded the email to paypal so they could take a look at it.

I almost hit the dispute button, but my paypal did not reflect the payment. So, I knew the claim was just someone phishing.

THANK YOU!! I JUST got one of these, $379 to Vulcan Tire, ship to Kelly J Harris in the US. Checked my account, no transaction record. Good thing you mentioned this, I may have clicked the link.

[itsmejeffd]

I like to reply sometimes and put bad words in the password and user name section when it pops up. Bruce

I do the same thing, Bruce. Great minds thing alike.

[VerticallyEnhanced]

I get tons of them. I just fwd them all to either spoof@paypal.com and spoof@email.com. That way they can track it. Every single time I receive a message back saying "Thanks...yeah, that is not us."