I've heard of stealing ebay accounts before. It can happen if you relply to a question from a buyer using your own email account. Always reply through ebay's messaging. A guy at work had his account hacked, then the thief changed the password. The guy could no longer log on and didn't know what was happening. Meanwhile, the hacker had changed the shipping address and everything. Paypal info still in place. Took a long time on the phone to customer support to straighten everything out and launch a police report. Ebay is aware of this kind of activity, and will help you, but it takes a while. Never reply to questions w/ the email address associated w/ the ebay account!