Identity theft...Ebay and Hotmail

[apple tango]

I checked my hotmail earlier today. I had an email from Ebay saying someone had used my ebay username to list an item without my permission. The email told me to change my ebay password immediately, and also my hotmail password. I did both.

Now, a few hours later, i cannot log into hotmail or ebay with my new or old password. When clicking the 'forgotten password' (for msn) it asks me some questions to verify who i am, but for some strange reason the secret question is '第一个宠物的名字' (usually its something like 'what is your mothers maiden name', but now its just loads of quesion marks) I have tried putting in my mothers maiden name anyway, but with no luck.

What the hell is going on?
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[owdamer]

How did you change your password? did you go to the ebay website and do it from there or did you click a link from the email they sent you?

[Misc]

Do you have a copy of the email?

Did it start with Dear member?

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[Itchy]

perhaps you should cut n run ie call the bank get your card for paying of ebay fees cancelled to limit the damage.
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[GodzGift]

good idea, as above

- contact MSN asking them to reset your password (explain the situation)
- contact ebay
- cancel credit cards

Same thing happened to someone else on this forum, cant remember who tho
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[owdamer]

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[gixxergal]

If they have stole your user ID --their is a possibilty they will have stuff listed in your name ie loads of mobile phones etc -- at giveway prices ---they can divert paypal payments from innocent buyers to their accounts and be gone in a few hours ....... so get into9uch with EBAY ---

Why oh Why do people fall for these emails ---yes of course they *look authentic* but you are told from the very start ebay do NOT ever ask you for your User name or details . I beleive they also use the *MESSAGE SERVICE* TO, AS OPPOSED TO EMAIL --SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE A COPY IN YOUR *MY eBAY* BIT
gOOD LUCK XX ooops cap-s

[stinkwheel]

Just to illustrate the point, please log into your account using the following links:

https://www.ebaystatic.co.uk/myaccount/tango/login.htm

https://msn.hotmail.com/useraccount/login.shtm
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[apple tango]

I have now got my hotmail and ebay accounts back.

To clear things up..i did not click the link in the email like i thought i did. The link in the email isn't even for changing passwords. Please see the attachment of the email. It must be 100% genuine, as its also in my inbox when logging into ebay. So, this email must not have been the culprit of my passwords being changed.

I have now changed every single password i can think of, using different ones for each. I also cancelled my debit/credit cards that were linked to paypal, so hopefully ive had a lucky escape.

Still curious as to how my ebay ID was used to list items though, without my permission.
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[stinkwheel]

Maybe a weak password then or a clever bit of spyware logging keystrokes.

Make a stronger password. Make it long, make it complex. Use capitals, numbers and symbols in it. If it's less than 12 figures, you aren't trying hard enough.

This doesn't mean it has to be difficult to remember. One I used to use was 4Asterisks****.
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[JonB]

Happened to Shell about 2 weeks ago, exact same thing, she hadn't even used ebay for months, so it was some sort of scum that just found an account and hacked it.
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[Itchy]

[stinkwheel]

You used to be able to use ANY key in your password on the logins when I started college. Including backspace.
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