i also just recieved another e-mail saying




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the user which is the highest bidder shall i remove his bid as it seems very dodgy?

Official eBay communications will address you by name, never "Dear eBay Member"

Download eBay toolbar too, it has a function to tell you if you are on a legitimate eBay page.

yes via ebay, and sharpish.. i would check your account

yeah i did :( shall i change it again?

thought nothing of it at first

also i hope you didn't change your password via a link

yep dodgy

just recieved an email asking me to verify my account information, the other day i had to change my password because apparently it had been tamperd with? the e-mail read

Place or Update Credit Card on File





Dear eBay member,

During our regulary schedule account maintenance and verification we have detected a slight error in your billing information on file with eBay. This might be due to either following reasons:

- A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)
- Submited invalid information during the initial sign up process.
- An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within
our processors.

Please sign in to your eBay account and update your billing information : click here


If your account information is not update, your ability to sell or bid on eBay will become restricted.


Thank you,
eBay Billing Department




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the link which it gave me then sent me to a page which asks me for my card details. i have also noticed that the money which will be comming to me from my car which has met reserve has been changed to dollers and the winning bidder has -1 rating.

is this all too dodgy or just a coincidence?
there were no e-bay graphics on the e-mail, is this dodgy or legitimate?