Damn, how did I miss this one.

Call, don't email, call your local FBI office. They act upon different guidelines for this. Unfortunately, you have probably been the victim of an international scam and this might be a while before it come back to bite you in the ass.

You need to get proactive now, though. Don't settle with a simple wait and see attitude. Secondly, file a formal complaint with the FTC so that it gets on the record. You might also want to contact the SSA to look at getting a new SSN also.

Lastly, contact Ebay's FIT division and see if they will work with you to prevent anything from happening. They will have the most up to date information on the actions you might can take. This is how you can get a hold of them. http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter...forcement.html

sorry to hear that kacy!!!!!

It's been three days since I contacted Ebay via their web site to inform them of this and no response. I guess they could give a rip. I've been monitoring my credit daily with the Equifax system and nothing irregular. I did use my credit card today and I was automatically alerted of the purchase on my cell phone. Pretty cool stuff.

Just got this email last night..

Dear valued PayPal® member,

Due to recent fraudulent transactions, we have issued the following security requirements.

It has come to our attion that 98% of all fraudulent transactions are caused by members using stolen credit cards to purchase or sell non existant items. Thus we require our members to add a Debit/Check card to their billing records as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. Your Debit/Check card will only be used to identify you. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the PayPal® service. However, failure to confirm your records will result in your account suspension.

We are requesting this information to verify and protect your identity. Federal regulations require all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record identification from all persons opening new accounts or obtaining ongoing payment services. This is in order to prevent the use of the U.S. banking system in terrorist and other illegal activity. For these reasons, PayPal® will utilize services provided by various credit reporting agencies to verify the information you submit to us.

Once you have updated your account records your pending PayPal® account transactions will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your billing records please login to your account by clicking here.

Thank you for your time,
PayPal® Billing Department.


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Copyright © 1995-2005 PayPal Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the PayPal User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Ha! Just noticed their typo!

forward the email to submit@phishcop.net

I get something like that from paypal daily.

Finally got a response. Some of this is good to know for us all. Also, check out the na,e of the person who responded. I had to laugh.

Hello,

Thank you for writing to eBay and alerting us of this situation.

The email you reported did not come from eBay. I reviewed your account
and it does not appear to have been tampered with. There is also no
record of unauthorized bidding or selling at this time, and your account
is not suspended.

It sounds like you may have unknowingly provided a fraudulent entity
with the information they were requesting. If this is the case there are
some steps you will need to take to protect yourself against fraud.

If you entered personal information such as your password, social
security number or credit card numbers into a Web site based on a
request from a spoofed email, you need to take immediate action to
protect your identity. We have developed an eBay Help page with valuable
information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself.

To get to the "Protecting Your Identity" Help page from the eBay site,
please follow the steps outlined below:

- Go to the eBay site and click on the Help link at the top of most eBay
pages
- Click on the "Safe Trading" link, which will open a list of sub
categories
- Click on, "If Something Goes Wrong"
- Click on "Identity Theft" and review the information provided

If you gave out other information such as social security number or
credit card numbers you will need to contact the agencies below to
further protect your information from being used for fraud.

1. Contact your credit card company to let them know what has taken
place and cancel the card.

2. If you provided bank account information, please contact your bank to
inform them of the situation.

3. File a police report immediately as some credit card companies
require this when an account has been compromised.

4. Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to
place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security Number.

Equifax 1-800-525-6285
Experian (formerly TRW) 1-888-397-3742
Trans Union 1-800-680-7289

5. File an identity theft complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
You can file a complaint by using one of the following options:

- Internet: http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft
- Telephone: 1-877-IDTHEFT (438-4338)
- TTY: 202-326-2502

6. Change the passwords on all of your online accounts, including your
email account and possibly your online banking websites. These may
include Billpoint, PayPal and your personal banking account.

Hopefully your actions are swift, as they will protect you in this
situation. Additionally, I want to assure you that eBay has a team in
place and is working with various law enforcement agencies on an
investigation into this situation. I have already forwarded your
information on to them.

As a reminder, within the eBay Privacy Policy, we strongly recommend
that you do not give out your password and User ID to anyone. eBay has
very high standards when it comes to your privacy and the information
that you provide us. We use your information in accordance with our User
Agreement and Privacy Policy. We provide you with prior notice whenever
we modify or change our User Agreement or Privacy Policy. Our privacy
policies are held to the high standard of outside organizations, such as
TrustE http://www.truste.org. For a review and summary of our privacy policy,
please go to:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/welcome/privacy_summary.html

Even if another person gains access to your eBay password and logs into
your eBay account, your credit card and bank information is still safe
on our site. Sensitive banking information cannot be accessed using
your ID and password.

Currently we store all sensitive information on an encrypted server.
Information previously supplied may be updated but cannot be retrieved
by the user. This means you may add new information but cannot access
old information. This is just one of many safeguards we use to protect
your most sensitive information.

Many companies offer our users third party services that require the use
of their eBay password and User ID. We do not know how these companies
use your information and therefore, we still encourage you, as a general
policy, not to disclose your User ID and password to anyone, and read
very closely a company's privacy policy if you choose to provide any
information to them.

We appreciate your efforts to contact us regarding your experience.
Please let me know if there is anything further I can do.


Regards,

Farrah
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team

I got a number of these fraud mails from a look a like e-bay and pay pal. I did not open them but I will report the next ones.

They are really good fakes.

It is also why I am not a big e-bay buyer but it is the rage of the internet. I got burned once--never twice!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummersGoneWild:
I got a number of these fraud mails from a look a like e-bay and pay pal. I did not open them but I will report the next ones.

They are really good fakes.

It is also why I am not a big e-bay buyer but it is the rage of the internet. I got burned once--never twice! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Certainly, getting stiffed by a buyer or seller is a reason to reconsider using them.

But phishing is not a reason to use not e-bay or paypal. These companies are only at fault in as much as they're successful and have widely recognized names.

If I didn't do business with someone because their name was used by a phisher, I'd also not be able to go to Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Sears, Staples, Office Depot, plus many, many others that I get these emails for.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ree:
If I didn't do business with someone because their name was used by a phisher, I'd also not be able to go to Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Sears, Staples, Office Depot, plus many, many others that I get these emails for. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Over the past year or two I have also gotten multiple phishing emails supposedly from each and every major bank in the US.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I got a number of these fraud mails from a look a like e-bay and pay pal. I did not open them but I will report the next ones.

They are really good fakes. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


I got 4 today alone. Looks like it x-mas time.

Yahoo is having some of the same problems!
If you use Yahoo and get an email stating that your account has been suspended don't open.
CS said to verify that it is from Yahoo the email address will contain @yahoo-inc.com