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Just a warning. I received an e-mail today purporting to be from Ebay saying my account was being suspended and click on a link to find out what the problem is. As there is no reason for them to suspend my account I clicked on the link duhhhhhh and got the usual sign in i.e. name and password. I put both in and it just refreshed. I know I have been scammed I have emailed ebay to ask for advice.

The email sent to me was very authenic looking and the link took you into the normal sign in screen. Just be very aware if you get something like that.

Very strange, Paula. Does that mean some unauthorized party now has your password ? You didn't mention immediately changing it, but I'm sure hoping you did!

~ Lizzie

I have changed it but it took me a while to find out how you change it. You have to go into preferences in "My Ebay" and I deleted all my other information as well. Fingers crossed no damage is caused.

I'll say. Unbelievable, the methods they'll use. Good information for you to be sharing here, with so many ordering off EBay.

Paula, I have had a couple of similar ones regarding my Paypal account, and also one from Ebay. They are all scams. I asked Paypal about the second one that appeared to come from them, and they gave me a couple of things to look out for. Anything coming from Paypal (or Ebay) will be addressed to you by name, not to 'dear Paypal / Ebay user'. Any site requesting personal information should have the prefix https in the url instead of just http. The 's' is for 'secure', and you should never enter personal information into a site that does not have this prefix. I got conned too, and have had to change all my passwords and cancel my debit card.

My mate emailed me this it only applies in Britain

Telephone Scam

We have been advised of a telephone scam currently in operation (this
applies to home and/ or work telephones - landlines and mobiles):

Upon answering the telephone, you will hear a recorded message
congratulating you on winning an all expenses trip to an exotic
location. You will then be asked to press 9 to hear further details.

If you press 9 you will be connected to a premium rate line that costs
approximately £20 per minute. Even if you disconnect immediately, it
will remain connected for a minimum of 5 minutes, costing around £100.

The final part of the call involves you being asked to key in your
postcode and house number (which has other serious consequences). After
a further 2 minutes, you will receive a message informing you that you
are not one of the lucky winners. The total bill will be around £260.

Since the calls are originating from outside the UK, BT and other
telephone companies are left relatively powerless to act.

The only safe solution is to HANG UP before the message prompts you to
press 9; even safer is to HANG UP on any unsolicited `free offer' call.

This appear to be a variation on a theme; warnings have been sent
previously regarding calls made by individuals claiming to be AT&T
engineers conducting a test on the line and asking for 9,0 # and text
messages similar to the routine described above.

DO NOT DIAL 9 (OR 9,0# OR 0,9#) FOR ANYONE!

It must be the season for scams.

Another current one here is people being telephoned to be told they've won a big lottery prize....but need to send a substantial cheque for admin or other expenses. My husband also received a chain letter today...."send £10 to the person top of the list....add your name at the bottom"

Those high-rate telephone lines are awful though, lots of elderly or vulnerable people do get taken in by them.

The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. It was also bogus.

I think it was a ploy to get account numbers etc.