eBay Advice: someone tried to reset password

Tingtangmakadingdong · 8 May 2014 at 21:35

Hoping you guys can provide advice on someone trying to reset my eBay password. It's really the first time one of my internet accounts had an attempted hack, feel like I've lost my virginity

I just got an email from eBay with the password reset link, the email looks kosher and it's sent from [email protected]. I immediately changed both my password and secret question details.

What else can I do? I guess there ain't much more besides changing passwords, is it worth mentioning to eBay? I've got the IP address of where the request was made and doesn't match our households.

Any other comments welcome.

Efour · 8 May 2014 at 21:52

well if you had a key logger on that machine.. Grats you just lost your account.

Other than that id say you were safe. Probably just some russian jerk off running email adresses via a login/change pw

Tingtangmakadingdong · 8 May 2014 at 21:58

I used my iPad, haven't heard of key loggers on iOS yet or have I missed something...

Efour · 8 May 2014 at 21:59

Tingtangmakadingdong said:
I used my iPad, haven't heard of key loggers on iOS yet or have I missed something...

nah should be ok then

Mynight · 8 May 2014 at 22:01

If you log into your account under messages they normally have copies of emails they send you under there.

How did you get to ebay.co.uk? Did the email give you a link to click?

PaulyD · 8 May 2014 at 22:02

Could it possibly have been someone mis-typing their own email instead?

For example one of my emails is smiffy15@ so smiffy16 might have mistyped when trying to reset their account

Efour · 8 May 2014 at 22:06

PaulyD said:
Could it possibly have been someone mistyping their own email instead?

i just sat there saying "misty - ping" in my head wondering wth that meant

Tingtangmakadingdong · 8 May 2014 at 22:15

Mynight said:
If you log into your account under messages they normally have copies of emails they send you under there.

How did you get to ebay.co.uk? Did the email give you a link to click?

I didn't use the link in the email to change my password and secret question, just went through normal website.

Mynight · 8 May 2014 at 22:19

Even if it was a phishing email it wouldn't matter then

Just out of pure interest does the same email appear in "messages" on the eBay account?

PaulyD · 8 May 2014 at 22:29

Efour said:
i just sat there saying "misty - ping" in my head wondering wth that meant

Put a hyphen in just for you

Tingtangmakadingdong · 8 May 2014 at 23:00

Mynight said:
Even if it was a phishing email it wouldn't matter then

Just out of pure interest does the same email appear in "messages" on the eBay account?

Just checked, no it doesn't... only message is the one from eBay confirming I've changed my password.

If it was a phishing email how did they get my email address? I've got one item for sale and can't see my email visible.

Mynight · 8 May 2014 at 23:06

No idea. To be honest with how big ebay is you could probably send an email to a random email account and find someone with an eBay account.

Might find another service you've signed up to has sold on your details.

Just checked myself and password resets don't appear in ebay messages. Probably legit.