EBay Suspension

Doc, where are you from & which eBay site do you use ? I'm concerned that eBay may be enforcing a rule that says you cannot let other people use your username & password (i.e. AuctionSniper). From reading the User Agreements on the UK site, it looks like you can't, but the US eBay does not have this rule. See my thread on this -

https://community.auctionsniper.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=84260069&f=585608021&m=132107796

DocNacho, did that notice have a link that asked for personal information? There have been a lot of scams going around, and if you did submit any personal information please notify eBay and change your password right away!

Dave Derrick, you're not actually letting another person use your user name and password. You're only making use of AS's software. It's you that's doing the bidding. Unless you plan to bid on the German eBay site you should be OK.

The only caveat that I can think of is that there are a few sellers who are anti-sniper, and unless you turn off the option, they will probably receive a message telling them that you used AS.

If you don't want the seller to receive a notice from AS just click on the blue "my snipes" tab, go to "modify account," uncheck the instamail feature, then click on the "update my account information" button on the bottom.

Thxs for the useful advice Falcon. BTW just got my 1st snipe, I feel good.

Congratulations!!!

Great, Dave!! Congrats!

Atta boy Dave.

I lost mine, (Bid Below Increment) and by just 4 cents. Oh well, win some, lose some.

Mrs.M, did you get the connection on the 5 word? We could have kept that going a while and really confused everyone.

Yes, I did, Jake!! Lol!

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Originally posted by Falcon Gal:
DocNacho, did that notice have a link that asked for personal information? There have been a lot of scams going around, and if you did submit any personal information please notify eBay and change your password _right away!_

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Falcon Gal,
Yep...it was requesting that I send ALL my information, including: Name, address, phone number, Ebay ID, and password. Ofcourse I didn't actually send them anything. Sounded like a dumb idea, scam or no scam. Came from suspension@ebay.com

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Yep...it was requesting that I send ALL my information

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Then it WAS a scam to get your ID, password, and more.

If you kept the email, forward it to spoof@eBay.com

http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-spoof.html

Good for you for not falling for it.

Hi
I have used AS previously and everything was fine however a month or two down the line I got the exact same email.Its a fake I sent it off to ebay and it seems that these emails are doing the rounds.
Hope this helps i really paniced as well.

You received what Ebay calls "a SPOOF EMAIL"
not originating from Ebay. I receive them often as well as from Paypal.

My advice is to never reply, especiallay if the email asks you to click a link to
"confirm any info re: your account"

Instead, always forward these emails to: SPOOF@EBAY.COM you will receive an email back from Ebay telling you that what you received is know as a "SPOOF EMAIL" not originating from them. Same goes for emails you get from Paypal, always forward them to: SPOOF@PAYPAL.COM

NEVER ANSWER OR REPLY TO: Email from Ebay OR Paypal that asks you to click a link in the email to confirm anything!!! EVEN IF IT TELLS YOU YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE SUSPENDED!!! Instead.. forward the email/s to the SPOOF@ emails I gave you above.