A K
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So I sign on to check my e-mail, and all of a sudden, I get about 70 e-mail messages. I thought it was a spam flood. Nope, some son of a bitch broke into my eBay account. I log into my eBay (the idiot didn't change my password, thankfully), and I changed all my info--pass, security question, etc. I then proceeded to delete every auction, one-by-one, before they went "live." Finally, I notified eBay, changed all PayPal information, changed e-mail password, and changed any of my online shopping passwords. In addition, I had my bank freeze any transfers to or from PayPal and placed a fraud alert on my credit reports--just to be safe. He charged about $95 in listing fees, which eBay has already refunded.
In the mean time, I told my bank to open a new account with a new number for me, which will be for eBay use only. I'll e-transfer funds to it when I buy, and leave the thing empty all other times. This guy could have cleaned out my regular account since I use the overdrafting-pull from other shares option.
I only wish I could have hit the asshole with my truck. I was lucky. Make sure you keep those passwords EXTREMELY secure. Mine had letters and numbers, but was too easy. The new one--let's just say that we visited Windows Character Map.
Here's a screenshot after I cancelled all the auctions.
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In the mean time, I told my bank to open a new account with a new number for me, which will be for eBay use only. I'll e-transfer funds to it when I buy, and leave the thing empty all other times. This guy could have cleaned out my regular account since I use the overdrafting-pull from other shares option.
I only wish I could have hit the asshole with my truck. I was lucky. Make sure you keep those passwords EXTREMELY secure. Mine had letters and numbers, but was too easy. The new one--let's just say that we visited Windows Character Map.
Here's a screenshot after I cancelled all the auctions.
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