Invasion of Privacy - Page 2

Originally Posted by alloy2

What gets my goat, ebay recently sent me an email claiming my account was compromised. Go figure in 17 years of ebay my account has been what - COMPROMISED. This email below is a forced request if you do not comply they lock you out of your account on the pretence of security which is BS.

End of rant.

I don't do anything with ebay emails to my email account. The only ones I do respond to or for that matter read are the ones in ebay messages. (for other's education that might not deal with ebay). Once you open ebay and sign in there is a "messages" area.

I do the same with any notifications from my bank, phone, and most other accounts. Why? Because I have seen fake emails from ebay and other accounts in the past that looked like the real thing was written in a similar fashion to authentic emails.

The fake email always wanted me to follow a link and log in to my account. This would give the scammer access as well. 73 Mike

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Fake emails are abundant, right down to even having fake websites that look just like the real thing. Don't believe me do your own google search or actually talk to folks who do a lot online. I see them weekly, it's quite amusing.

Call them. Regardless of how you feel about their english. Handling things like this through email can end very badly, especially if turns out to be a Phishing scam. I got an email just the other day telling me my Wells Fargo account was compromised. To bad I never had Wells Fargo.

Information is big business an big money. Its really no surprise why they do it.

Enjoy your tailored advertisements!

Sirscrapalot - Not a fan of such practices.

That's a perfect example of one that if I had a wells fargo account I would not follow the email but would close the email site and open up the wells fargo site.

There would be a notification at the bank web site once you have logged in if the email was real. For me its the best protection I can avail to myself. Mike

It can be a pain in the rear. Someone tried to use my E-Mail address to register for something with Playstation. I had to contact the company- I told them that it was a business E-Mail, and we take security seriously. A few hours later, they had it corrected.

I'd talk with eBay. If you can escalate the case, you'll liekly get someone with excellent English. The Tier II people have been very nice, courteous, and easy to understand for me.

matador: "Data. It's what apparently makes the world go round"

If you do ANYTHING online, you have no privacy. Everyone's credit card info and other info is out there and it's a crap shoot whether or not it will actually be used by some nefarious being. Things like passwords and captchas and even signing your receipts if using debit/credit cards are all meaningless. It's called security theater. It's meant to make you "feel" safe.


Now, I do feel that selling this info by businesses you use should be illegal. If people want your service they will search you out. Buts it's impossible to stop now.