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Old May 21, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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So they got me

I got an email that asked me my reserve which made sense I have an auction on. It said it was from service@ebay.com.

I clicked on to see what item they were asking about and typed my name and password

It just went to my ebay or whatever.

I was tired and lazy. I know I should of known better.

I am at any risk I changed my password twice immediatly following it.

Do you think they got my credit card or bank stuff??????
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Old May 21, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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Assume the worst, and hope for the best.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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Thanks for the new golf clubs and the BOSE wave radio.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 05:27 PM
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You should be fine if you did it immediatly after. The form just forwards what you entered to who ever sent you the email. Any thing after immediately after, assume the worst.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 05:27 PM
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Not good.......i would be on the phone with my bank and cc company.
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Old May 21, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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Always mouse over any link marked ebay. You will see the real address at the bottom left of your screen.
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Old May 22, 2007 | 01:34 AM
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If you immediately changed it, you should be ok, but if you know you're using that password on any other website/forum (s2ki, paypal, etc), change them as well, asap.

Do you have your paypal linked to ebay or anything else like that? I would probably change any info like this as well. Maybe whoever got your password is keeping the session to your ebay account open to see if you change anything. If they log out, they'll lose the connection. Might wanna close your account and just open a new one.
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Old May 22, 2007 | 04:28 AM
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wait i dont get it...someone hack into your account?
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Old May 22, 2007 | 04:49 AM
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If this helps at all, I make it a habit never to click on links in e-mails.

If it's something from my financial institution, I have their login pages bookmarked anyway, so I just use those. Otherwise, I'll type in the link, or copy and paste (I know this isn't foolproof, but it helps because I'll notice when I'm typing in a URL that doesn't look quite right).
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Old May 22, 2007 | 05:19 AM
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Sorry to hear . Good advice above
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