EBay UK has definitely sold my number to a scammer - how to find out?

[inben-2466]

I have lived in the UK for only the past 3 months, and the moment I buy something on ebay I immediately get hit with a text scam saying “your Evri delivery was missed, please put in card info to pay £1.24 to reschedule delivery”

Come on man, who is doing that within your work force because it can’t be anyone else?

I have been hit by this scam in another country they literally drain your card payment bank account with random online shops the moment you give it to them.

[jckl1957]

In my view, it is unlikely that these texts have anything to do with Ebay.

It is clear that you don't take the security of your your personal details seriously as you have just posted your phone number in a public forum where any Ebay member will be able to read it for weeks and months to come.

If you are always so careless, the spam texts you are receiving could come from any source.

I have asked the moderators to remove your number for your safety.

[jonat_broad]

I’d read it as that was the number they got the scam text from.

however I’d be inclined to agree it’s not the fact they used eBay as such but potentially their device itself has been compromised 

[eburtonlab]

@inben-2466 

Scammers don't need to buy phone numbers. They can pick any exchange, and send the same blind text to every number between 0000 and 9999.

Unless the text message included your eBay username in it, why assume that eBay had anything to do with it?

[m25jet]

If you haven't already done so by the time you read this reply, contact your card provider and inform them that you have been the victim of a scam, and that you believe that the scammer now has access to your card details.  Your bank, building society or credit card provider - in other words, whichever organisation issued the compromised card - will then put a stop on the card so that it cannot be used any further, and will send you a replacement card.

In addtion to the above delete the details of the compromised card from your eBay and PayPal accounts, as there is no point in having the details of a compromised card saved on any account where that card will be used to make financial transactions.  Once the replacement card arrives update your eBay and PayPal accounts with the new card details so as to ensure that you can make payment for purchases with the new card.

[inben-2466]

You all not reading the original post - I didn’t share my number +44 7303 106350 is the scammers number.

I didn’t put my card details through in the end, so my bank has not been compromised.

To say it in basic terms. Numbers in one country do not work in others! Therefore my new UK number has only been in existence for 2 months and like 18 days at that point??

I haven’t bought anything from anyone since being back as setting up shop in UK is crazy expensive. If I had bought something through Amazon or Temu since being here I would be inclined to agree it’s not EBay, buuut 🙄🙄🙄

[inben-2466]

Because I have not bought anything with anyone else online since having this number, so at the time 2 months and ish 18 days 😆

Bit of a coincidence it only happen after I bought something and is the first scam text I’ve received on the number so far 😆

[eburtonlab]

Those sort of blind messages are sent to everyone with a phone number whether they have an eBay account or not.

[m25jet]

eBay do not sell their members' phone numbers on to other peole, whether individuals or companies, as to do so would be a breach of General Data Protection Regulations, for which they could end up being fined a significant sum of money of if they were subsequently found guilty of doing this.  Should eBay actually be found guilty of doing something like this it would be extremely damaging to their reputation and could potentially end up with millions of people losing confidence in the brand, not to mention a significant downturn in revenue from buyers and sellers alike deserting the site as a result in the wake of such allegations being proven, so they really cannot afford to take the risk of voluntarily selling off the contact numbers of buyers and sellers who are registered on the platform for short-term financial gain.

If, as you say, "I didn’t put my card details through in the end, so my bank has not been compromised" then there is no need to start throwing your toys out of the pram, especially if you did not click on any links in the text message and just deleted it straightaway, as under those circumstances the scammer would not have been able to access your card details.  However, you didn't make this clear in your original message when you started this thread, and as @eburtonlab states in his or her response in Post 8, those kind of messages are just send out to anybody who has a mobile phone, regardless of whether they have an eBay account or not.  The fact that you received the text from the scammer shortly after you purchased an item on eBay is purely coincidental.

[1956glyn]

Unfortunately these text scam emails are quite common in the UK so one has to be on their guard.

I also get scam phone calls on my ex directory landline.    They often try to panic you into taking immediate action without thinking things through.    I must admit i do find some of them quite amusing.........especially when they say x amount has been taken from our x bank account...........a bank that none of us even bank with.

[lucy_farmer]

'I also get scam phone calls on my ex directory landline. '

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So do I 😤

Then I stopped being angry about it and started making myself laugh : I keep a 'duck call' by the phone (makes a very loud quacking/farting noise when you blow it).

Imagining the reaction of the scammer on the other end makes me giggle  😆  and I get quite disappointed when the caller is one of the automated ones....

[1956glyn]

I have fun with them and they always hang up on me 🙂

They say they are from talk talk.....i say try again

Then Virgin.......i say try again

Then Sky.....i say try again

Then i say we do not even have the internet............they hang up lol

[susapric-68]

I normally get "we're phoning on behalf of YOUR broadband provider, I just ask "And who is my Broadband provider" then just say wrong when they try and guess