Suspended eBay Account

**MarillionFan** · 20 November 2006, 20:20

If someone has hijacked your email, ebay & paypal account. Then you're shagged.

**ControlG** · 20 November 2006, 20:22

Cheers MF

I've already been and changed my paypal details but my machine appears to be clean and don't use account from anywhere else.

**MarillionFan** · 20 November 2006, 20:32

I recently worked somewhere which the login to their system was an eight character password and you're email address.

At least 25% of people use the same password time and time again. So if you have a hotmail/aol account and ebay and paypal, make sure you don't use the same passwords as you have inadvertently allowed someone full access.

Trust me you'd me surprised. The clients db allowed for some serious hacking opportunities.

**ControlG** · 20 November 2006, 20:47

Appreciate the comment. I've always been, quite correctly I believe, quite anal about using different passwords for just about everything. Hopefully, if someone has got hold of my password it will be worth me having this paranoia.

Mind you I have just gone round changing all passwords (on another computer in case usual PC being tracked).

Not sure of the benefit of someone listing goods under my name though! Any ideas?

**MarillionFan** · 20 November 2006, 21:05

Depends on the payment method asked for. If it was send cheque payable to Mr X or more likely they could have changed the paypal account on your ebay account. Therefore you sell it, they take the money, you get closed down.

**ControlG** · 20 November 2006, 21:27

Cheers MF.

I'll await the reply from eBay - I hope I haven't lost my account, I've built up some nice feedback over the years.

**The Clown Beater** · 20 November 2006, 22:54

Don't trust ebay to do anything about it. They are useless in the support department.

Just change the password on the account to something secure, send emails to people who bought stuff telling them to contact ebay or the police and contact the police to report a crime (if it's on paper you're covered).

If you have anything linked to your paypal account, cancel ALL cards, contact their issuer and ask for NEW card numbers or you'll get persistent trouble.

I got f*cked BADLY by ebay for about £400 a while back and I STILL haven't recovered it. They are useless!!!

**ControlG** · 20 November 2006, 23:23

Thanks for that advice. Problem is eBay have suspended the account so I can't get in to change the password.

Have already taken steps with other account information.

Don't like the sound of the poor support from eBay - as I mentioned earlier I had a nice feedback built up.

**Tonic** · 21 November 2006, 00:19

I tried to sell myself on Ebay before.... twice... first time i got on 2 radio stations but the auction was only a few days long.... Second time I got up to about 80 dollars before ebay took it off saying it was unsavoury.

The idea was to get a free holiday, if they paid all expenses

Suspended eBay Account