Anyone else getting slammed by eBay scammers?

[Denis]

If you posted your email address on your new website, it's likely your address is being "harvested" by automated programs .

[VintageMusclecar]

If so, that's odd that they're all either eBay or PayPal related. I would think if I was being "harvested" that I'd be getting the nigerian scams instead of eBay/PayPal related stuff. I've never recieved the nigerian scam email.

Speaking of which, I got another scam email (this one was a PayPal deal) about an hour ago. That's 2 in one day.

There is no term that accurately describes my intense disdain for these lowlifes.

[427TJ]

I was getting both eBay and Pay Pal scam e-mails ("phishing" e-mails) until recently and they have dropped off dramatically. For a few months I was getting them almost daily and I kept forwarding them to the eBay "spoof" address and getting eBay's standard form-letter replies. I kept ignoring the senders and just forwarded them to eBay and they have finally stopped coming--for now. Maybe this round of scammers have moved on after realizing that I wasn't going to "bite." EBay owns Pay Pal and that might be why the eBay and Pay Pal scams tend to occur simultaneously.

Never open any e-mail claimed to be from eBay or Pay Pal regarding your account. If eBay or Pay Pal need to get ahold of you they do so through their site, not via e-mail. If your account is in good standing they really never need to get ahold of you. All they're interested in is that you pay your fees and beyond that the relationship is basically nonexistant. Just forward then delete those f-ing scammer e-mails.