Who is recommending asking people to remove BACS from their listings?
It's a bit unfair to list ebid as having 'been infiltrated' by scammers. Using bank transfer is just as safe as handing someone a cheque as the details provided are exactly the same. This should not be enough information to set up a DD. The problem here is with the bank- not ebid.

Thanks for this list. Not having used eBid I'm hopefully ok, but am still checking!

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Edited by author 02-07-2008 11:46
SCAM RESEARCH UPDATE

With regards to the current scam of harvesting details for the purposes of setting up direct debits, eBid online auctions have been positively identified as one of the sites being infiltrated.

If you offer goods for sale via eBid, we recommend that you remove any option to accept payment via BACS or Bank Transfer. If you have recently sold uny items then found yourself with a non paying bidder who offered to pay by this method, please get in contact, and check your accounts for any of the following unauthorised debits:

Allianz
B Mid
Cornhill
eSure
Halifax
Zurich

We will add to the above list as the investigation progresses. We also recommend that any future acceptance of BACS payments should be authorised by a fully checkable source such as posting the details to the address provided by the site at time of purchase. AS SOON AS AN AUCTION ENDS, THE BUYER IS AUTOMATICALLY SENT THE SELLER'S DETAILS. If the buyer then chooses not to pay, they already have your details and chances are, theirs are false.

Cyberdosh members can email me directly concerning this on-going investigation.

I have now deleted the pesky, annoying 'spam' message.
I'm afraid we have no control over who posts on these boards as they are part of a public message forum. If you subscribed to Cyberdosh then any responses or posts on here are automatically distribured to all members.

SCAM ALERT

PLEASE CHECK YOUR ACCOUNTS FOR FRAUDULENT DIRECT DEBITS AND STANDING ORDERS!

Following some 'unusual transactions' that were in the process of taking place through my business bank account, I thought I would like to write a word of warning to all. This has been posted in various forums.

I check my accounts online often but I don't always check EVERYTHING, so I managed to miss the fact that someone had fraudulently set up two direct debits on MY business account. I was completely unaware of this until Zurich Insurance debited almost £60 for a car insurance policy. I do not own a car! I checked my DDs and SOs and spotted a second direct debit set up for Halifax, the reference number coinciding with their MORtgage department (MOR/reference numbers). I do not own a house! I have no direct debits paid from my business account.

The above took place within the past month and the companies concerned have said that these details were set up via the correct mandates and they are in my name and my address. The only bit that was wrong was the fact they were in my personal name and they had marital status wrong, plus the account has a trading name that had been omitted. However, the bank proceeded and allowed the direct debits to be paid! All of this is currently part of a fraud investigation and I had considered the posibility of banking error via HBOS, who had processed the debits and the missing cash was refunded immediately on reporting the fraud. I've left it in the hands of the police & relevant fraud departments. HOWEVER... the exact same thing has just happened to someone else who is with a completely different bank (Nat West) and this time the direct debits were set up for Zurich Insurance (they got £90+), Halifax mortgage insurance (MOR/reference) and Cornhill insurance (not sure what for yet). Again, the fraudulently claimed debits have been instantly cancelled and refunded and we are now comparing notes on who, in common, has our business banking details. OP has also passed all the info to the relevant fraud investigations and police.
So far we can find only two things in common with our business banking and that's PayPal business accounts, which insist you provide these details for their recently updated systems, and the Inland Revenue.

PLEASE - could anyone reading this check your bank accounts for direct debits and make sure any that you did not authorise or that have supposed to have expired get cancelled and deleted from your accounts.

If anyone spots any unusual debits set up for Halifax, Zurich or Cornhill, then I would really appreciate hearing from you, especially if it's a business account. Only by comparing notes have we any chance of finding a proper common denominator. The police HAVE traced the car that I am supposedly insuring - it has no current registered keeper and is, at present, in trade! Zurich are adamant that I should have received policy documents, as are Halifax for my alleged mortgage insurance; none have ever arrived.

This could be something or it could be nothing, but it is looking a little more suspicious since the police actually traced 'my' Ford Ka! I can't even work out WHY someone would want to set up direct debits in the first place or how they could possibly benefit from them UNLESS they are working on commission for the insurance companies. I'm now off to find out if Zurich, Halifax or Cornhill offer cashback incentives or affiliate memberships as this is the ONLY thing I could think of that could benefit risking falsifying new policies!

Anyone with any information relating to the above or anything similar, please post so everyone can be made more fully aware of what is going on. Someone, somewhere has to be making money out of this crackpot scheme somehow and I, for one, won't rest easy until the culprit is found.

Tonight's bargain spotting

George Foreman 10099 GR30 Big George Grill - this is listed on Amazon at £39.99 but is available to bid on right now as part of an eBid promotion. Bidding is currently at £20.06 including P&P, so don't miss your chance if you have been considering cooking with this lean, mean grilling machine.

This offer ends soon.

Join eBid as a new member and nykmedia buddy here - http://uk.nine.ebid.net/perl/normal.cgi?re...ia&mo=register-main

Existing members go straight to eBid here - http://www.ebid.net

Edited by author 12-06-2008 12:41
Wise with Your Money

Just a quick alert to one of the current scams. The following is NOT a genuine email, it is a scam. For anyone still worried about Internet security, NEVER click a link in an email that requests you log in details for anything, that way you cannot be caught out as easily. Likewise, never use the links in the emails to go to the sites, ALWAYS key in the proper www. address yourself. The following appears to be hosted by a Mexican based 'company'.
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Online Account Update

Royal Bank of Scotland have been receiving complaints from our Customers about unauthorised use of their Online Bank Accounts. As a result we periodically review certain Customers' Accounts and temporarily restrict access to those which we think are vulnerable to unauthorised use.

This message has been sent to you from Royal Bank of Scotland because we have noticed some invalid login attempts into your account, due to this we are temporarily limiting and restricting your account access until we confirm your identity.

To confirm your identity and avoid limitations to your online banking access, Please click on the button below

[There is a button with an address leading to what LOOKS like RBS but is NOT]

http://www.rbs.co.uk/

Thank You.

Accounts Management as outlined in our User Agreement, RBS will
periodically send you informations about site changes and enhancements.

 QNA surveys

Hopefully thats right this time lol - One day ill get a hang of these forums LMAO :0)

Sorry forgot the link
http://www.qnaresearch.com/site/form/regis...=A8030632897%23%3C6% 5FH%26


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&#A3;5 / &#A3;10 amazon voucher per survey - YOU must be in business / self employed

I don't know if you already know about QNA; it's an online market research group that pays out good rewards to people in business for participating in their online surveys.


I've been doing it for some time now, I receive my rewards promptly take a look at it, here's the link to their website, where you can read more about it and register to take their surveys.

Signup for QNA Membership

The company behind it is Vanson Bourne, a well-known market research company in the technologyand business-to-business field.

The link supplied included my referall ID although feel free not to use it but it would be nice if you do

Hope this helps someone

Lisa

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Not sure if this is of any use to anyone. It's a Virgin Radio promotion and it's just arrived in my mail box:

Simply text “virgin” to 83400
You'll receive a text voucher to your mobile (no charge)
Show voucher to barperson at any ‘Bowtime Bar' and they'll give you a lovely pint of refreshing Strongbow…for FREE
Go to www.bowtime.com and use the Bowtime Bar Finder to discover bars in your area where you can claim your free pint.

Good luck if anyone decides to use this, I know for a fact that I won't so be my guest, claim mine.

Edited by author 09-06-2008 15:55
NEW DISCOUNT CODES & ONLINE VOUCHERS

I've just updated the vouchers and discount codes at http://www.britishwebshop.co.uk

There's 10% off flowers & bouquets
Money off vouchers for Fathers Day gifts
PC World discounts
New Currys codesAnd loads more coming soon

Shopperdisc / Shopperdiscount / £10 voucher / savings 'scam's

This is just a quick note of warning regarding some unscrupulous practices going on via websites whose owners (allegedly) may not even be aware of what's happening. I've listed some of those we have heard of or read about so far....

Sites such as:
Interflora
Easyjet
Vistprint
Allposters
GobyCoach
National Express
CTShirts (Charles Tyrwhitt)
ElectricShopping
Millets

If you have used any of the above sites and been offered future discounts or something like a £10 discount voucher - DO NOT ACCEPT without reading all the small print. If you already have, then check your credit / debit card statements to ensure you have not inadvertently signed up for a monthly shopping reward membership, charged mot. The company responsible have posted contact details on the Money Saving Expert forums at the following link: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpo...225743&postcount=22

If you spot any other websites offering similar deals that result in your debit or credit card being charged then please consider posting the details here or on MSE so others are made aware. This is yet another reason for having direct access to your banking details - so you can use them to make sure everything is in order with your spending and statements.