mudmanc4 Posted August 30, 2007 CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 I sold an item on E-Bay, I received an email, format (.eml) I used "gedit" to open the attachment to see that they were going to deposit 2400.00 USD in my account, the sale was only 39.00 , I have the Trace of server ip's, and all identities from the sender, that spoofed the e-mail, and forwarded them to paypal. It is possible, that if I were to have opened in windows, I may have seen the .eml in a browser , so the links would have been active, and I may have mistaken them as real, logging in , and giving my password and account info to the crook. They then turned around last night, and attempted , actually, they had a hold of over 30,000 USD on my attached credit cards and checking account, but they were stopped by paypal due to the id number mismatch. Thank ubuntu, I love you. BTW, I use spamarrest.com they detected this may be a forged email by means of SPF testing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerspec88 Posted August 30, 2007 CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 Very nice, and thats another reason why i don't use ebay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted August 30, 2007 CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 Very nice, and thats another reason why i don't use ebay... That and I have done equally well without using them also. I have done better in the local papers. In the last month, I have sold 3 cars and 2 kiddie electric cars, So I do not bother. Plus no online crap. And when purchasing from ebay, I always pickup and pay in cash. So no thanks ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted August 30, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 I think you two are placing the blame on the wrong one. Paypal is the one that stopped this from happening. If it weren't for them , this could have gotten bad for me, the blame is on the moron(s) who don't have the cahonies to make money legally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerspec88 Posted August 30, 2007 CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 ether way, i also don't use paypal also. but at lease it all worked out for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftFutBrakin Posted August 30, 2007 CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 For me its simple. I want to buy i go with cash. Online purchasing is just too risky :!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted August 30, 2007 CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 I guess I've been lucky.I've bought many things on ebay almost all with good results.I've never sold anything though.I use Paypal but take their advice & never respond back via e-mail.If I get an e-mail from Paypal I go to their site through my browser not an e-mail link. Also I have only a credit card backed Paypal account & that card has a low limit on purpose.Paypal has wanted access to my bank account for I think they call it "Verified" but I continue with only the credit card. So I guess I will continue to buy from ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted August 30, 2007 CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 on both paypal and ebay...any emails that u receive from them can be viewed from thier website...so yeh it's much safer than opening anything from ur email program...personally i don't open any .eml attachments...all my friends know not to forward anything to me...cuz i won't open it... i've used both ebay and paypal for many years with no problems... good catch mudmanc4...that was close...*sigh of relief*...just in the future...remember...any email that u recieve from anyone that ur buying from or selling to is in ur "myebay" in the inbox and same with paypal...and if u respond from their...there is a box to check to hide ur email addy from them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted August 30, 2007 Author CID Share Posted August 30, 2007 Yea, your right, I should change my user name from my e-mail, to something else. But wait, If it weren't for my spamserver catching the forged e-mail, then well, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted August 31, 2007 CID Share Posted August 31, 2007 Well you know the name of the safe old dance... Ca$h talk$ and Bull$_-t walk$. In god we tru$t, all el$e ca$h. ITS HARD TO PISS OFF AMERICANS WITH A FIST FULL OF $$$$$$$$$$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted September 9, 2007 Author CID Share Posted September 9, 2007 UPDATE! Paypal did what they were meant to , stopped anything and everything from going through that was not intended to. The sale went through w/o a glitch, and no moneys that were not allocated to the sale were moved anywhere. Thanks Paypal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted September 10, 2007 CID Share Posted September 10, 2007 ITS HARD TO PISS OFF AMERICANS WITH A FIST FULL OF $$$$$$$$$$$ aint that the truth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted September 10, 2007 CID Share Posted September 10, 2007 ITS HARD TO PISS OFF AMERICANS WITH A FIST FULL OF $$$$$$$$$$$ oh yeh well that would piss me off well unless u were handing it to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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