Yet another scam warning - eBay

Hi all,

You can't have too many warnings on this stuff. I know many of you use eBay to buy and sell stuff.

I just almost got caught out by a scam email asking me to verify my eBay account. Lately i have actually been having issues with my own domain email account and have had to do a legit verification on several mail list sites that I use.

I clicked the verification link in the email and was taken to a page identical to the real ebay sign in page. I signed in with my username and password and was taken then to a "Security Measures" page which asked me to re-enter and verify my credit card number/expiry date/verification code. That is when the alarm bells started ringing for me. Sure enough - when I looked at the URL I was at a dodgy web address. http://218.9.7.188/.../e3b/

If this was real then I would be at an address that starts with https://signin.ebay.com/. Besides, ebay would not be asking for my credit card details.

I backed out at this point (closed the browser window) and went to the real ebay site, logged on and changed my password. Hopefully I was quick enough and there is no damage done. I also emailed ebay to tell them my account password may have been compromised for a period of two minutes.

I post this as an education item and a warning to be super careful when dealing with emails like this. Normally I would ignore it but they got me at a moment of weakness because I have actually been having email troubles that have now been sorted.

Happy and safe bidding!
Muddy