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Uncovered how to spot a scam or fake eBay message at 20 paces. |
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Written by Graham Waite
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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Have you ever been the recipient of one of those emails which claim to come from eBay and you can't just put your finger on it but something just smells wrong about it? You know that in a moment of madness you could be sending your details to some very dishonest types in a matter of seconds.
by GrahamWaite
Well fortunately I have so many firewalls, warnings, whistles and bells on my PC that I would have to be the worlds biggest dumb ass to fall for that one. But if you want to make sure you don't fall foul of the dreaded eBay spammers and eBay spoofers here are some top tips to look out for.
We will start of with the obvious techniques and then work our way up to more sophisticated stuff although none of it is difficult.
It's pretty straight forward actually to tell if an email came form eBay or not and I think you find the following information helpful. If you know any other techniques please let everyone know at http://www.auctionwealthsecrets.com/auctionnews/ my eBay blog.
1. Who sent the email: If you are about to open an email in your email system (email client) take a quick peek at the 'from address' and see if the email has come from eBay.com. If not you should immediately be suspicious and delete the email. Check twice and make sure you haven't mistaken the eBay.com address for a spoof such as 1eBay.com, eBy.net or something similar it's and easy but expensive mistake to make.
2. Look to see where the link in the email you have been sent would send you: This is probably the fastest, easiest, and most effective way to spot a eBay scam email. Move your mouse over the link but do not click it.
Look in the bottom left corner of your screen just above the Start button. It should show the location of the link you are about to click. If the link does not START, and I mean start, with http://www.ebay.com ..then it is a scam email. Hit the delete button or forward it to
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(they can sometimes trace these eBay scammers and stop them).
Another top tip is to block the email address in your email client (Outlook or what ever you use ) so that they can't send any more emails to you from that address.
3. Stop and think twice before replying to any email from anyone. Many spoof emails refer to transactions which never happened. A good example of spurious email would be one asking you for cost of an item you know you don't have listed or asking about shipping charges for digital items.
A common way scammers get your details is they send out a ' you've won the bid email'.But before you are tempted to check things out make sure this is an item you have bidded on first. But hold on a minute I am about to give you a fool proof technique to make sure you don't become another eBay scamming victim.
Drum roll please here it comes the fool proof way of making sure you NEVER open a scam eBay email message, it's so simple you'll kick yourself but here it is.
All genuine emails sent through eBAY from either themselves, or eBay buyers and sellers will have a copy sent to your MY EBAY account and if you can't find it there it hasn't come from a genuine eBay source. See I said it was so easy didn't I. So the best way is to delete every potential scam email sent to your email address and communicate with eBay and buyers and sellers using the internal eBay systems set up. This way you can sleep soundly in your bed knowing you are safe from eBay scam emails.
About the Author: Don't get scammed by the latest ebay scams that those evil ebay scammers use to con you. Discover how to secure your eBay business plus get a free audio on how to boost your profits by up to 467% with an auction expert interview.
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