Ebay Fake Transaction Scam
I received the following e-mail purporting that an Ebay purchase had been made using my Paypal account
E-Mail received:
Date: 28/02/2025, 10:42
From: Bill_Receipt srtggs63453@gmail.com
To: [Name and E-Mail address redacted]
Subject: Your order (Order Id #HRN744052) has been dispatched
| eBay | Shipment Confirmation #20802 |
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Dear [E-Mail address redacted], Thank you for your purchase! Shipping confirmation and estimated delivery details will be sent soon. Track or modify your order easily on our site. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you again soon. For assistance, contact customer service at +44 20 3103 6849. |
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Your purchase is protected by eGuarantee* Effortlessly track your package and stay informed with real-time delivery notifications on your mobile device. For assistance, questions, or further support, reach out to our friendly Customer Service team at +44 20 3103 6849. Copyright© 1995-2025 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Notes
It will be concerning to receive such an official-looking confirmation e-mail from ebay telling you that a purchase has been made of an expensive apple watch to be shipped to an address you have never heard of most probably far from where you live. What is going on?
The red-flag is the sender e-mail address in this case srtggs63453@gmail.com, an address ebay clearly would not use. No transaction has been made, the objective of the e-mail is to panic you into telephoning the number given, in this case +44 20 3103 6849. This has the appearance of being a London (UK) telephone number but it could be operated by someone anywhere in the world.
Telephone number lookup service Who Called Me says the number is associated with scams.
If someone falls for the scam and telephones the number then the scammers pretending to be ebay employees will scam you whilst pretending to refund the charges that have been taken from your paypal account.
You will also notice if you look at the e-mail closely that the text in purple which on a genuine ebay e-mail would hyperlink to the seller, ask a question and the purchased item in this e-mail are not linked to anything.
Recommendation:
By all means check your paypal account for any recent transactions using the standard way of accessing your account but there wont be any transactions.
You might get these e-mails when you don't either have an ebay or paypal account (yes there are some people who don't). The scammers have gone to quite a bit of trouble creating such an email and some people will fall for the scam if they don't just pause and think before they telephone the number provided (or click on a link).
Just delete the e-mail.
Michael Fowler
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