I posted the above in the H&R thead, which was inappropriate on reflection, although I was trying to help.I'm no expert on banking security but I know for a fact that a scammer attempted to rip my brother off on ebay by registering an ebay account using the banking and personal details he got from a previous ebay scam.
He purchased the car with the false account and simply asked for personal and banking details so he could 'make his payment'.
I'm not saying there is anything out of order here, I'm sure there is not but the question about sharing banking info was asked.
Anyways, to clarify, my brother was not ripped off, the scammer asked us for name, address and banking details so he could transfer cash to pay for the car, which we did not send, clearly. The personal details he used to create the ebay identity was one he'd got from a previous victim who unfortunately had been taken in.
It seems you can set up an ebay account using fairly basic personal details.
What are people's experiences?