From theherb123@yahoo.com Mon Jan 08 21:33:20 2007
Subject:Re: OT: A couple of Ebay tips

Ryan,

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I would suggest changing all passwords on a regular basis and use strong passwords always. After you have a break-in, you may want to pull your credit report in a month or so and make sure no new accounts or lines of credit have been opened up.

Hope your troubles are limited and over.

Brandon

Ryan Stroup wrote: I just discovered today that my Ebay account had been broken into. It
could've been alot worse but fortunately the damage was minor.
Apparently whoever the cracker was, he/she posted several listings for
pirated copies of various TV shows (Friends, Angel, Six Feet Under, 24,
etc). Ebay picked it up and canceled the listings and sent me an email
stating i had violated their copyright policy and my account would be
restricted. At first I thought this was a false email that only looked
like it came from Ebay. However, when I logged into my account, that
same email was sitting in my account inbox. From the time that email was
sent, more listings had been posted, so I manually cancelled those
myself. Fortunately for me, no personal info was changed (although I
guess if they even looked, they know where I live) and my password was
obviously left alone, and I caught the auctions early enough that no
bids were ever place nor did anyone press the BIN option. I've contacted
Ebay to alert them of my recent break in to try and get this
"restriction" removed and to credit the fee's from the listings I
canceled (Ebay already refunded the listing fee's from the ones they
deleted). So wish me luck with that.

A couple of tips though for Ebayer's out there.

1. Change your Ebay and PayPal account password on a regular basis
2. Check your Ebay account weekly to make sure there isn't any
suspicious activity going on.
3. When listing items, if possible, let people on a forum or mailing
list know of your listing, that way you have witnesses that your listing
is genuine.

And just for the record, I ALWAYS use something like ImageShack or
Photobucket to post additional images. I never use Ebay's gallery
option. And I always use Ebay's default layout because I design my
listings in Frontpage and copy the HTML. The cracker used both gallery
and page layout options.

Anyone is welcome to add on my suggestions.

--
Ryan




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