How to Judge and Report Spoof Websites to eBay?-Stock Market

When you click on a fake eBay website thinking it to be the actual one, it leads you to this fake websites pages where you are requested to sign in and give away your personal and contact information. Never click on such links since eBay only tells you to enter information when you access from the eBay site. eBay does not let you give away important information by providing links on the eBay pages. If at all you come across links do not click it but copy-paste it on your browser's address bar. If you receive an email from eBay with links, access it from the ‘my messages' box of ‘my eBay'. eBay never sends you email that includes attachments or it will never ask you sensitive information like password etc.

At any point of time if you find yourself on a fake or spoof eBay website, the ‘toolbar' of eBay can be used to report such a thing to eBay. eBay then reviews that website and if found fraudulent, the automated system on eBay distributes to all other eBay ‘toolbar' members, warning them against this Web site. With the number of people downloading and using the eBay toolbar, its ability to find out the spoof sites increases and as more and more people report spoof sites to eBay, the whole eBay Community gets increased protection from fraudulent sites. When you find a spoof Web site click the ‘account guard' icon on the site and from the drop down list click the ‘report this as a suspicious site' link.

Donny Lowy runs http://www.closeoutexplosion.com an online wholesale and closeout business that supplies eBay sellers, retailers, and flea market vendors.

He also manages http://www.wholesalecloseoutforum.com an online wholesale and closeout forum.

Donny can be reached at 718-389-5502