Garry,

As soon as my teary eyed daughter in law told me what happened, I gave her the list of things to do. She is so precious anyway, I about choked watching her.

Credit card companies were first on the list. All if fine on that front. Bank took care of credit bureau. Thankfully we know the Bank officer personally, The bank is in the process of changing their accounts, new debit cards, etc. And of course, the bank notifies the Internet fraud department. I can't remember the correct name, I had her change all the passwords on everything. Paypal, eBay, Online banking, everything. And they have filled out a mountain of paperwork.

You are correct, the scammers are already long gone. My kids will appreciate the sympathies. And they both agreed if posting their ordeal would spare someone else the horror, that I should post it.

Judy/blue

Judy:
Your kids are lucky that they had you to help. Most importantly it appears that they have a VERY good bank. Lots of banks just throw their hands up in the air and it's just "oh well". The help their bank is providing is fantastic. I just hope they get through this alright and can start over without problems. Your advice to change all passwords was very good. I don't care what password it is it needs to be changed 'caus you never know what the scammers can come with.

Garry

Garry,

Since you mentioned passwords, It is a really good idea not to use the same password for all accounts. Such as Paypal, eBay, Overstock, Online banking etc. It is better to use different passwords for eBay or Overstock than the financial. If someone does get hold of your password and you use the same password for everything, the scammer can really have a hayday.

I use different passwords for Auction venues than Paypal. And my Paypal password is not the same as my banking passwords. I have a chart under lock and key in my file cabinet with all the passwords. And when I change the passwords, I will record the new password and the date changed. That way if my over 50 mind forgets, at least I have a method of obtaining the password.

Judy/blue

Excellent thread! I will definately post any spam I receive here. There have been some really authentic looking ones lately. It's great that you guys share what you have done to recover from a loss like that. It is so helpful! I had no idea what might be coming in my inbox when I started selling on eBay.

- Cher

Cher,

Be sure to add anything you have that comes your way. You are quite correct. As a rule, people are not prepared for the onslaught of fraud, scams and other email that arrive.

Eventually, we should a really good information thread to assist sellers/buyers with the do's and don'ts.

Judy/blue

Hi Everyone:

Here are some of the more popular and creative scams that can come to you as a result of selling on eBay, Overstock, and or Yahoo. You can click on them and see them - they are in PDF format. Currently there are seven different ones available for those reading this thread to look at. So here we go:

1. http://www.aquilastamps.com/downloads/scam1.pdf

2. http://www.aquilastamps.com/downloads/scam2.pdf

3. http://www.aquilastamps.com/downloads/scam3.pdf

4. http://www.aquilastamps.com/downloads/scam4.pdf

5. http://www.aquilastamps.com/downloads/scam5.pdf

6. http://www.aquilastamps.com/downloads/scam6.pdf

7. http://www.aquilastamps.com/downloads/scam7.pdf

I hope these help - you may have seen some - and then again they may open your eyes.

I'll add new ones as I run across some that are real strange or dangerous.

Garry

P.S.: I think you can right click and download the file to your desktop and read it later. Sometimes I've noticed acrobat reader can cause your browser to lock up and crash.

Garry,

THANKS! I have seen some of those and some I have not. I had a new one arrive yesterday I had never seen before. I deleted it. Shoot, I should have thought to save it. Next time, I'll save it and we can add it to the list. It was a very good scam.

Juyd/blue