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Hello,
Recently, someone went into my account and bid on some items of high value. I luckily noticed the bids before the items ended and had ebay remove the bids, and I changed my password. However, I was not notified that the person also changed the primary address to his own. I just ordered an item and now it is going to be shipped to the wrong address.  
I notified the seller and they said they would try to get a stop mail card to the post office, so Im hoping for that.
But my question is this: the address the person who went into my account put is probably theirs, and so is there anyway I can give ebay that address so they can stop that person from any further actions in taking control of other peoples accounts? Also, the address given was

MARY SHERBET
100 KOENEMAN ARCE
CHESTER, IL
62233
United States

The name might not be real, but i googled the address and nothing came up. If the address is not real, then it should come back to the seller, however, paypal shows that it is a confirmed residential address. How can I let ebay aware that this address might be linked to identity theft?

Thank you for your time

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I would contact them immediately. You can do so by following this link:

http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ContactUsNextGen

Once there, select the topic "I think someone used my account."

At the next page you can click on the "Call Us" link on the right side of the page. They should be able to assist you.

Good luck,
Rob

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Hi there! After being a member of the eBay "community" for the past ten years, I have decided to look elsewhere to sell my items. Ebay has, and will agiain in the next month, instituted rediculous policies and fee increases that are not beneficial to the small seller. They are positioning themselves to be another site such as Amazon and are forcing sellers to reduce or eliminate shipping charges (even when they must pay to ship items) as well as preventing the acceptence of checks or money orders as payment. This is all geared to improve eBay's bottom line. I will still be happy to help answer most any question you may have regarding the buying and selling experience on eBay based on my experiences. However, I am looking at sites such as ebid.net that are much more favorable to us small sellers and buyers. You may want to check them out as well.

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I've been an active member on eBay for almost ten years. I started buying and selling as a hobby and turned it into a business that I ran from home for a time.

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Nothing special here. Some college. Went to work in the computer industry when the PC was just rolling out to the desktops of the world. I'm streetsmart and self taught in most things I know. Especially with eBay and online selling.

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