My EBAY acct and Gmail Acct were both hacked!!!

AxlxA · February 27th, 2006, 1:39 AM

I think I just became a new victim of ONLINE ID THEFT!!!

Okay here goes:
Ebay - new 5 listings under my account, of course i can't log on to my ebay at all but i found out.
GMAIL - ALl my mail are gone from inbox, but good thing they were not deleted permanently in the trash so i just moved them all to archive for now.

I can't log into either accounts with my usual passowrd(which are same for both). I talked to EBAY live chat and they fixed it for me. But Gmail on the other hand is a fill in form and i sent that off few hours ago.

I guess to learn from my experience, all of you who recieve ebay emails from other members... dont click on any links within it.

I had an email message from another ebay member saying "I notice you've bid on an auction but did not win. So here's a offer." I knew it was spam or something malicious so i clicked "REPORT TO EBAY" link and that's where i entered my l/p... thinking it was REAL ebay... and got my pw stolen.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH DEVASTATING!!!! i have some very important medical school related emails in this GMAIL.

Kip_6666 · February 27th, 2006, 1:50 AM

I'm not sure how it happend, but quite often people use the same password for many things, forums, email, paypal. And forums get hacked all the time, only takes a few seconds to get a password and email from a forum thats a little out of date.

So once someon can get into your mail, they can get into the rest.

Seen it happen several times.

Viper007Bond · February 27th, 2006, 3:00 AM

Haha, I'm sorry, but that's what you get for entering your username and password into a page you got from an e-mail. images/smilies/lol.gif

Always make sure the URL you are at is ebay.com as well. images/smilies/wink.gif

jayjaya29 · February 27th, 2006, 3:41 AM

My ebay account got hacked once too. Ebay called me and sorted everything out on the phone for me. Now that is sweet.

I hope you get all your stuff back intact.

flamingice · February 27th, 2006, 4:13 AM

Bad luck... I don't personally know anybody who's had anything like that happen to them, but I'm sure it'd suck... hopefully you get your G-Mail sorted out.

Kip_6666 · February 27th, 2006, 4:29 AM

ha, i've got to read everything before starting to reply :/

AxlxA · February 27th, 2006, 5:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Haha, I'm sorry, but that's what you get for entering your username and password into a page you got from an e-mail. images/smilies/lol.gif

Always make sure the URL you are at is ebay.com as well. images/smilies/wink.gif

The url i clicked on was www.ebay.com though.

gtrietsc · February 27th, 2006, 5:23 AM

When you moused over it in your email program, did it say www.ebay.com at the bottom of your screen? A lot of times a link can say one thing and go somewhere else!

Kip_6666 · February 27th, 2006, 7:42 AM

There are ways of still tricking your browser.

The link could still go via ebay, but link to another server finaly.

Some stupid example that doesn't work:
http://www.ebay.com/asp?=call.www.fr...y_accounts.com

chaos386 · February 27th, 2006, 3:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxlxA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Haha, I'm sorry, but that's what you get for entering your username and password into a page you got from an e-mail. images/smilies/lol.gif

Always make sure the URL you are at is ebay.com as well. images/smilies/wink.gif

The url i clicked on was www.ebay.com though.

Like this? www.ebay.com

images/smilies/wink.gif

Viper007Bond · February 27th, 2006, 4:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos386

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxlxA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Haha, I'm sorry, but that's what you get for entering your username and password into a page you got from an e-mail. images/smilies/lol.gif

Always make sure the URL you are at is ebay.com as well. images/smilies/wink.gif

The url i clicked on was www.ebay.com though.

Like this? www.ebay.com

images/smilies/wink.gif

*enters all of his personal information into there*

AxlxA · February 27th, 2006, 5:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos386

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxlxA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Haha, I'm sorry, but that's what you get for entering your username and password into a page you got from an e-mail. images/smilies/lol.gif

Always make sure the URL you are at is ebay.com as well. images/smilies/wink.gif

The url i clicked on was www.ebay.com though.

Like this? www.ebay.com

images/smilies/wink.gif

no, when you mouse over the ebay link from my email... it says www.ebay.com... like what the above poster said.

jeffy777 · February 27th, 2006, 5:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxlxA

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos386

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxlxA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Haha, I'm sorry, but that's what you get for entering your username and password into a page you got from an e-mail. images/smilies/lol.gif

Always make sure the URL you are at is ebay.com as well. images/smilies/wink.gif

The url i clicked on was www.ebay.com though.

Like this? www.ebay.com

images/smilies/wink.gif

no, when you mouse over the ebay link from my email... it says www.ebay.com... like what the above poster said.

With javascript, you can make the status window show whatever you want. Quite simple to do actually. So the link could said www.ebay.com and when you mouseover it as well, but it could take you somewhere completely different.

February 27th, 2006, 1:39 AM	#1
AxlxA Joined: Jan 3rd, 2005 Last Online: August 23rd, 2009 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,544 Rep Power: 21	My EBAY acct and Gmail Acct were both hacked!!! I think I just became a new victim of ONLINE ID THEFT!!! Okay here goes: Ebay - new 5 listings under my account, of course i can't log on to my ebay at all but i found out. GMAIL - ALl my mail are gone from inbox, but good thing they were not deleted permanently in the trash so i just moved them all to archive for now. I can't log into either accounts with my usual passowrd(which are same for both). I talked to EBAY live chat and they fixed it for me. But Gmail on the other hand is a fill in form and i sent that off few hours ago. I guess to learn from my experience, all of you who recieve ebay emails from other members... dont click on any links within it. I had an email message from another ebay member saying "I notice you've bid on an auction but did not win. So here's a offer." I knew it was spam or something malicious so i clicked "REPORT TO EBAY" link and that's where i entered my l/p... thinking it was REAL ebay... and got my pw stolen. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH DEVASTATING!!!! i have some very important medical school related emails in this GMAIL. __________________ My FlickR Gallery! Rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz with Artic Freezer 7 Pro. 4gb PC6400. MSI 8800GT OC 512mb. 2TB of space. Antec Nine Hundred Case. Logitech G25. Logitech G7 gaming mouse. Logitech VX Revolution. Saitek Eclipse Keyboard. Dell Ultrasharp 2407wfp-HC and Ultrasharp 2007wfp. Senheiser HD280 Headphones.

February 27th, 2006, 1:50 AM	#2
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February 27th, 2006, 3:00 AM	#3
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 7:30 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,275 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Haha, I'm sorry, but that's what you get for entering your username and password into a page you got from an e-mail. Always make sure the URL you are at is ebay.com as well. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 27th, 2006, 3:41 AM	#4
jayjaya29 Joined: Mar 18th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Lindenhurst, NY Age: 21 Posts: 5,241 Car: 2000 Nissan Altima Rep Power: 36	My ebay account got hacked once too. Ebay called me and sorted everything out on the phone for me. Now that is sweet. I hope you get all your stuff back intact. __________________ Check out my Gallery. Check out my Car.

February 27th, 2006, 4:13 AM	#5
flamingice Joined: Nov 25th, 2005 Last Online: November 15th, 2009 Location: It's complicated. Posts: 865 Rep Power: 17	Bad luck... I don't personally know anybody who's had anything like that happen to them, but I'm sure it'd suck... hopefully you get your G-Mail sorted out. __________________

February 27th, 2006, 4:29 AM	#6
Kip_6666 I Bought This Title :o Joined: May 17th, 2004 Last Online: November 20th, 2009 Location: The Netherlands Age: 23 Posts: 3,041 Car: Saab 9-3 2.0t @ stage 3 now & Saab Viggen Rep Power: 53	ha, i've got to read everything before starting to reply :/ __________________ http://www.internet-memes.com Now with 50% less database error My Flickr

February 27th, 2006, 5:23 AM	#8
gtrietsc Joined: Dec 14th, 2004 Last Online: November 20th, 2009 Location: Lewisville, TX USA Age: 32 Posts: 1,241 Car: '06 BMW X3, '07 Ford F-150 FX4 Rep Power: 38	When you moused over it in your email program, did it say www.ebay.com at the bottom of your screen? A lot of times a link can say one thing and go somewhere else! __________________

February 27th, 2006, 7:42 AM	#9
Kip_6666 I Bought This Title :o Joined: May 17th, 2004 Last Online: November 20th, 2009 Location: The Netherlands Age: 23 Posts: 3,041 Car: Saab 9-3 2.0t @ stage 3 now & Saab Viggen Rep Power: 53	There are ways of still tricking your browser. The link could still go via ebay, but link to another server finaly. Some stupid example that doesn't work: http://www.ebay.com/asp?=call.www.fr...y_accounts.com __________________ http://www.internet-memes.com Now with 50% less database error My Flickr

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