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- meshman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"for high ticket items with low starting bids and text in the description that led potential buyers to email for a Buy It Now price"
Why would you do this? The minute the auction deviates from its normal process, I'm out of there. You want it shipped to a different location and you're sending a money order? Go away. You're a seller with 8 feedbacks? Next seller. I've been on EBay for 5 years and not once had any kind of problem from hackers or scammers because I don't blindly buy stuff like I have faith that God will make sure I don't get ripped off. Examine the seller's feedback. Examine the terms of the auction. Look up the company on the web if possible. Deal with sellers with lots of good feedback and you'll never have to worry about this. - tkstock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I changed my password to a 16 digit random alphanumeric password, so if my account gets hijacked again, I'll KNOW it was someone breaking into Ebay, and not a brute-force attack. I run a comprehensive anti-virus / anti-spyware detection at all of my computers, check for host file changes regularly, etc. The chances of me responding to a phishing email are zilch.
Make sure your passwords are strong! - tkstock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Number of feedbacks is irrelevant to these scams.
I have an 80+ feedback rating, and my account was hijacked over Thanksgiving - I had 20+ auctions listed within a couple of minutes for DVDs that I didn't have.
I contacted Ebay within a few hours after the auctions started, they immediately killed them and refunded the three bidders that fell for the BIN. So, BUYER BEWARE!
If the auction is a 1-day auction, BEWARE.
If the seller has sold 5 things in the last few months and suddenly has 20+ active auctions, BEWARE!
If all the items have low BIN prices, BEWARE!
Checking the feedback of the seller isn't always the solution, but should be part of a comprehensive approach to fraud detection. - Angie0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There are instances in the recent attacks where you find that the seller's feedback has been doctored. What you see looks like a whole lot of really good feedback which ought to give you confidence but the seller is actually a zero fb or very low fb member.
The high feedback page is either a diverted page or an overlay of some kind. It relies on relatively inexperienced buyers falling for the scam and let's face it ebay's advertising promotes the fact you'll get real good bargains on the site so why shouldn't they believe the ridiculously low prices? It's what they're told to expect isn't it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You are not the average eBayer. Many people don't even know that there are scams on the site. There is an eBay seller in our town who has had his account hijacked like 5 times (no less), and he still doesn't learn. Many new buyers and sellers to eBay only have heard how wonderful the site is and how everyone is getting rich...and it sometimes leads to tunnel vision.
Recently I've been seeing accounts that have been hijacked of shooting star powersellers with excellent feedback. Based on their feedback, many buyers would feel comfortable buying from them, or emailing them with questions through the email address in the listings. After all, eBay has the feedback system as a means of determining the level of trust to give to any seller. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0True, an overlay with link can be added in about 2 minutes or less. The normal everyday shopper probably would never notice, especially if the overlay has links that match up. It isn't hard, it's one line of code. Also there seems to be absolutely no way for eBay to catch the overlay without someone reporting the listing. I revised an item with no bids with a simple overlay and it took me about a minute to do it, and just by looking at the listing, you could not tell the difference.
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