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.