Thieves of All Kinds..Grrr..

Last week, I discovered an email from eBay that referred to my "changing of the email address" on my account..which came as quite an unpleasant surprise since I had not attempted to change my account. So, I immediately got in touch with eBay and reported it.

Well, in just the day or so that this third party decided that he/she needed an account with my name on it to conduct their business, they apparently were attempting to sell an Apple Notebook, for which they wanted the eBay buyer(s) to wire funds to Germany, outside of Paypal and the eBay system. They were apparently sending spam emails..in my name, naturally, to do this.
In the process, I got a negative feedback on a product I never had to sell, for emails that I never sent.

To the third party: My filter captured:
1.) Your email address
2.) Your internet service provider
3.) Your location
4.) Your IP address and the computer you were on when you did this
5.) The eBay account you were using to make the switch

All of which has been reported to eBay as FRAUD.

Incidentally, I think eBay was wondering why the ..um..funds were to be wired to Germany, when you can see plain as day on eBay that I ain't in Germany! Never have been and don't plan to go.

Got that somewhat resolved only to discover unauthorized charges on my Sprint bill for a company called ILD Teleservices. Never heard of them, never bought anything from them, yet they need $16.65 from me. Then, today I learned that others were getting unauthorized charges on their Sprint phone bills from another company.

Okay, ya'll..I'm a little mad.

I have the Florida Attorney General's phone number for reporting such stuff, and it will be reported. And that $16.65 will NOT be included with the phone bill payment whether or not I have talked to the AG. I AIN'T PAYIN' IT!!

Maybe the German eBayer could pay ILD from funds they had illegally wired to them. Seems like a perfect match to me.