“Right, warn me about eBay fakes. What are we? dumshit non-newbies?”

The answer to that is no, but not everyone has been using eBay as long as you obviously have. That email I received was the best fake I’ve seen which is why I mentioned it. I knew it would catch a lot of people out and as such felt it was best to report it.

I ordered Mike Filsaime’s Butterfly Marketing Software and Course also. I had plenty of offers from people with there bonuses. Some were pretty good. But I decided to use John Thornhill’s link too.

One reason I picked John Thornhill was he showed 4 of his sites. Even though he wasn’t claiming the super high lists like the others he was open about it. I’ve done business with John before and he’s always been above board and accessible. I saw http://www.freemonthlywebsites.com that he partners in as more unique than the more basic BFM sites I usually come across and that interested me.

I’m not going to go into why I didn’t buy from the others. Doesn’t really matter. I am waiting with anticipation because I just got an email confirming my Butterfly Marketing 2.0 order has shipped!

John

It’s really surprising just how many people get tricked by these things. More people need to be wary of anything they get in their email. Never, NEVER just click on a link you think is from eBay (or any bank or credit card company for that matter).

Just like you said, first thing to do is check the rollover. Another give away to the email you have posted is it starts “Dear {email address}. Anything from eBay will have your username, not the email address from that user. And if you get anything like a “Dispute Closed” it will have your full name on it.

If you get something like this that looks like it’s from eBay, don’t click on the link. Go to eBay though your browser and check My Messages on your My eBay Page. If eBay sent it, there will be a copy of it there. If not, it’s a spammer who’s phishing.

I do not recommend this, but if you ever follow any link and find your self at a page that looks like eBay, asking you to sign in, put anything BUT your real info in the boxes. For user name use Dummy. For password use Loser. If you don’t get a message saying log in info is incorrect, your at a phishing site. Get out right away.

Always log in though your browser from your own bookmarks. That way you know your safe.

Thanks for bringing this to peoples attention. If more people paid attention, us sellers won’t get those emails saying, “I didn’t make this purchase. My account was hijacked.”

Best wishes to you,
Robbie

It is important that all eBayer’s look out for one another and warn each other of scam artists.

David John

I have seen some pretty good ones for eBay and PayPal. I usually don’t collect that type of mail in Outlook of Outlook Express. But sometimes the browser I’m using doesn’t have enough room to see the whole URL in the status.

My eBay and PayPal emails cone to my AOL account so I usually do a mouse over and the actual link appears next to it. I might have to do it a few times because it only appears for about 5 seconds and fades. Also in AOL you cant – Copy Shortcut – within the email. You can in Gmail so sometimes I’ll forward an email to Gmail where I can. I then paste it into notepad to view it. In AOL between the From area and where the email is displayed is a link that says “Details”. If I click it a window opens with more than enough to see it is a spoof. When I report the spoof I copy and paste that in into the email because they don’t get that if I forward the email.

I notice they often use the actually links for the rest of the email. So when you open the HTML email all the images are coming from the eBay or PayPal servers. Sometimes there are links included to the actual eBay or PayPal sites. But the one they tell you to click is the dangerous one. Pretty sneaky to use the eBay and PayPal server but it easily creates the very official email.

Like you said Richard never click anything. Always go to the eBay or PayPal site. That’s what they tell you to do. Nothing is so important that you need to respond in haste. Often these spoofs imply urgency. The real eBay or PayPal give you plenty of time to take care of problems so don’t panic.

John

Thanks for the great advice and reminder.

Sometimes we get carried away when we get a so-called “email from eBay” and tend to follow through without even checking the source.

Keep up with all the great advices.

You failed to spot that the email did not contain your name, it has Dear (your email address) it should have your registered name !

I always look at that line first.

Kind regards
Chris

Charles
BALDMULE on eBay
Buckeye Arizona