As a power seller, I seem to get the most current scams first!  If you only learn ONE thing from this Guide:
Always check your URL before putting in your password!

If you're already hip to the PayPal scam, go to the second part of this letter for the newest one I've seen

Of course there's the "Your PayPal account is limited" scam that we've all gotten.  If you're not familiar, it's an email that gets sent out to eBay sellers & buyers.  The email looks very-much like an official PayPal web-site, and it tells you to verify all your information, or your PayPal account will be closed.  My friend actually fell for it...and they cleaned him out!  In the email, there's a link to "PayPal."  When you click on that link, however, you'll notice the URL (address window at the top of the screen) doesn't say "http://www.paypal.com."  Instead, it has a long list of random numbers and letters.

When it takes you to the fake PayPal page, it looks VERY REAL.  They ask you to log in...now they have your password!  At this point, there's not much they can do other than purchase stuff up to the amount that you currently have in the account.  What they ask for next, however, will clean out EVERY account you have!  They ask for your Social Security Number, Date of Birth, Mothers maiden name, checking account number, routing number, visa number, PIN number, and the list goes on!  As a former cop, I know about the "Holy Trinity" of Identity Theft (First Name, Last Name, and Date of Birth).  These three things can be the start of getting almost all the info a crook needs.  So guard them with your life!

The best advice I could give you is, never input your password from a link that's been sent to you.  Either type the address directly in the URL address box, or go through a trusted web-site. 

NEW SCAM
This one ALMOST got me!  Crooks are getting tricky, and they don't need much info to do a lot of damage.  In this case, all they want is your eBay User-name & Password...they'll score $ Thousands over it!

On my selling manager, I got a question for one of the items I had for sale.  The question was:

 "That's really nice!  Is this the same sax you have on this item number? - 4756573902" (the item number was a link)

Huh...I clicked on the link.  It took me to an eBay sign-in page.  I ALMOST signed in, but I looked up at the URL first...Whew!  It didn't say "ebay.com/....."  It had the random numbers & letters.  Once again, the page looked perfectly like the sign in page when you go to "My eBay."  I almost fell for it because sometimes when I do "advanced search" or look for "Completed Items" eBay sends me to the sign-in page. 

What good does it do to get your eBay password?

After 5 years of kissing jerks butts, you're real proud of that 100% feedback.  You worked hard for it, and ate a lot of crow to make some miserable chump happy!  Now, the crook has your password, and he locks up your account.  Why?  He puts up a RARE Stradivarius violin (worth $12 Million), but it's only selling for $5,000!  He also puts up a $100,000 Persian rug for only $8,000!  People buy it because you have perfect feedback at 5000 transactions!  You CAN'T be lying!  The poor buyer sends the Money Order to the crooks PO box.

He looses the money, and you now have to spend the next month fighting with eBay to get your feedback changed...if they'll do it at all!

This brings me to the point of how not to get scammed as a buyer.  Remember...if it sounds too good to be true...you know the rest! 

These guys are saavy, so you always have to keep your guard up.  Change your passwords often, and don't have your computer remember passwords if you're not the only person who uses the computer.  Good luck!