• wlbaye
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Topic: I have been Hacked!

My email and Ebay account have both been hacked. I have bought and sold quite a bit of stuff on ebay and have 100% positive feedback and that's what the thieves like.They were using my account to sell fraudulent items.Ebay shut my account down because they were suspicous transactions.I got everything back to normal today. I also checked my paypal but they hadn't been there yet.I changed my passwords on all emails and most other accounts   
    I hear this is going on quite a bit, so be careful.

Later, Wayne P

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  • Registered: 2007-10-28
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Re: I have been Hacked!

Wlbaye this was a warning somehow I dont feel these thieves are going to be deterred because of one account,I dont deal with eBay or pay pal I use my bank because they will reimburse my account and since the bank is backed by the federal reserve it becomes a federal crime and they will and have gone after and nabbed some of these crooks but more come out of the woodwork like cockroaches success breeds increased activity and your warning should be heeded by all who have similar accounts online smile

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Re: I have been Hacked!

Hi wlbaye
That happened to my wifes ebay account a while back. Suddenly she found she was selling a rather large four wheel drive vehicle she knew nothing about. Ebay suspended her account as they were suspicous and she had to go through a procedure to change her password etc. It's been ok ever since.
How it was hacked I'm not sure as there was no virus contamination in my computers. It must have been done directly through the Ebay site.
ark