[geeks] more eBay bullcrap

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That email is a clear phishing scam not from ebay. I get ebay fake
invoices all the time but when I ckeck my account its zero balance. A.

On 6/5/08, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
> I just got a notice from ebay with my seller's invoice.
>
> I've had a couple of auctions, so the fact I got one is not interesting.
>
> What is interesting is that instead of it being a reminder for me to
> pay, it is a notification that they will be withdrawing the money
> directly from my bank account.
>
> It also says I am signed up for 'eBay Direct Pay'.
>
> Has anyone else seen one of these?
>
> I looked at my last invoice from eBay and it didn't mention anything
> about Direct Pay or an automatic bank transfer.
>
> Also, I have never signed up for Direct Pay, nor have I ever
> authorized eBay to access my bank account.  I even went to my local
> bank branch and asked them about eBay buying Paypal, and they said
> that did not give them the right to access my checking account.  eBay
> would have to create a new agreement and have me sign it.  They told
> me if eBay ever did that to call them, and I felt pretty good about
> that.
>
> So, the first thing I did was go to my seller account and check the
> invoice payment configuration.
>
> It totally contradicts the email invoice.  Just like I always thought,
> I am not signed up for invoice payment, and I have to pay my invoice
> manually with a check or other manual transfer, which is how I like it.
>
> eBay bug, or are they trying to play dirty tricks?
>
> I'm obviously going to contact eBay about the error and the conflict
> between the email and my account setup, and I'll probably call my bank
> tomorrow too.
>
> Just curious if anyone else has seen this and what you guys think
> about it.
>
> Yet another reason to abandon eBay I guess.
>
> It almost seems like a scam: send the email invoices out to people
> claiming you are signed up for Direct Pay, in an attempt to trick
> people into completing the sign up process from the seller account page?
>
> I say that because if you go the the seller account page, the
> automatic payment setup is a huge section now, while the old single
> payment is a single small link.
>
> It makes it look a whole lot like you have to sign up for automatic
> payment.
>
>
>
> --
> Shannon Hendrix
> shannon at widomaker.com
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