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Anatomy of An Ebay Scam - The 7 Warning Signs

 
Author: Mike Makler
 

Ebay has over 8o Million Registered Users. Over 60 Million Dollars Daily on average is spent on Ebay. It is no wonder the Scam Artists prey on Ebay and it's members.

The Most common Ebay Scam Involves E-Mail, You will receive an E-mail from Someone claiming to be Ebay requesting you Verify your Information. That is Warning Sign 1 Ebay will never send you an E-Mail Requesting Your Personal Information

Often this E_mail will be sent to an E-Mail Address that is not the same one that Ebay has on File. That is Warning Sign 2

The Third Warning Sign is forged Headers (From Address). This is often hard to detect without knowledge of the Internet. Many Spam filters are now setup to block E-mail that has forged headers. Ask your E-mail provider how you can block Forged Headers.

The Fourth Warning Sign is the Greeting says something like Dear Ebay user or Ebay Member. Ebay knows who you are they will use the name you registered with.

The Fifth Warning Sign is the threat. The E_mail will threaten to suspend your account if you don't take immediate action.

The Sixth Warning Sign is a Non Secure Page. If you do click on the link in the E-Mail you will not be on a secure Page, No Https in the URL and no little Padlock in the lower left hand corner of your browser.

Bad Grammar or Misspelled words in the

If you receive an E-mail from Ebay with even 1 of these warning signs more likely then not it is a scam. Forward the E-Mail to Ebay and ask for assistance if you have any doubts.

 
 
 

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