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Odd email

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dudesim

dudesim

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I just got this email from Ebay... what seemed like notice of suspension...

When I click to go there... Account Guard.. pop up an said I wasn't on ebay

an so I reported it..Anybody else have this happen too them?

 

From :

Sent : Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:47 PM

To : edited to protect

Subject : *Account Pre-Suspension Notice*

 

Account Pre-Suspension Notice

Dear dudesim

 

You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your eBay account had been recently compromised used by a third party without your authorization. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay infos by following the link below.

 

signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?Signln&UserID=dudesimhttp://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?Signln&UserID=dudesim]http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?Signln&UserID=dudesimhttp://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll

 

(To complete the verification process you must fill in all the required fields)

 

Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

 

We apreciate your support and understading, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

 

Thank you for your patience and attention in this important matter.

 

Regards,

 

Naomi,

Fraud Prevention Group

 

Do not respond to this e-mail, as your reply will not be received.

 

Copyright 2004 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.

eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc. is located at Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125

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jimm94

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Scam-o-rama.

 

Bad grammar and spelling mistakes are dead giveaways.

 

As a rule of thumb, I don't believe anything about my eBay account unless I see it for myself when I go to ebay.com and login. No emails, no links.

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tth2

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If you go to "contact us" on eBay, they provide you with an email address ("spoof" something or other, I think) where you can forward what you think is a bogus eBay email (which I'm pretty sure this is), and they will confirm almost instantaneously whether it's real or not.

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Jeffreykli

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If you go to "contact us" on eBay, they provide you with an email address ("spoof" something or other, I think) where you can forward what you think is a bogus eBay email (which I'm pretty sure this is), and they will confirm almost instantaneously whether it's real or not.

 

You can forward the email to "spoof@ebay.com", and they'll tell you if it's real. None of the emails I've sent them have been real. I don't even bother looking at them anymore.

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rob_react

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Just so it's clear, this email IS 100% A SCAM. There is no question about it. No "I think so" or "it's likely."

 

If you don't trust me, a veteran of about five million of these, the addresses to use are spoof@ebay.com and spoof@paypal.com. Forward the offending email and you'll get something that reads like this:

 

"Hello,

 

Thank you for contacting eBay's Trust and Safety Department about email

solicitations that are falsely made to appear to have come from eBay.

These emails, commonly referred to as "spoof" messages, are sent in an

attempt to collect sensitive personal information from recipients who

reply to the message or click on a link to a Web page requesting this

information.

 

The email you reported did not originate from, nor is it endorsed by,

eBay. We are very concerned about this problem and are working

diligently to address the situation. We are currently investigating the

source of this email to take further action. You may rest assured that

your account standing has not changed and that your listings have not

been affected.

 

We advise you to be very cautious of email messages that ask you to

submit information such as your credit card number or your email

password. eBay will never ask you for sensitive personal information

such as passwords, bank account or credit card numbers, Personal

Identification Numbers (PINs), or Social Security numbers in an email

itself. If you ever need to provide information to eBay please open a

new Web browser, type www.ebay.com, and click on the "site map" link

located at the top of the page to access the eBay page you need.

 

If you have any doubt about whether an email message is from eBay,

please forward it immediately to spoof@ebay.com and do not respond to it

or click on any of the links in the email message. Please do not change

the subject line or forward the email as an attachment.

 

If you entered personal information such as your password, social

security number or credit card numbers into a Web site based on a

request from a spoofed email, you need to take immediate action to

protect your identity. We have developed an eBay Help page with valuable

information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself.

 

To get to the "Protecting Your Identity" Help page from the eBay site,

please click on the "help" link located at the top of most eBay pages

and select the following topics when the "eBay Help Center" window

appears:

 

Safe Trading > If Something Goes Wrong > Identity Theft

 

We encourage you to review additional information about protecting your

identity found in the eBay Help system. Please click on the "help" link

located at the top of most eBay pages and select the following topics

when the "eBay Help Center" window appears:

 

Safe Trading > If Something Goes Wrong& > Account Theft > Account

Protection

 

Once again, thank you for alerting us to the spoof email you received.

Your vigilance helps us ensure that eBay remains a safe and vibrant

online marketplace.

 

 

Regards,

 

Ian

eBay SafeHarbor

Investigations Team

______________________________

eBay

Your Personal Trading Community

 

*******************************************

"

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valiantman

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Scam-checking technique...

 

If you "hover" over the link in those scam emails,

You'll see that they don't actually point to Ebay.com.

 

Here's an example:

 

http://www.Ebay.com/

 

They might even actually "look like" Ebay when you get there...

but if your browser doesn't say Ebay.com,

then you're not on the right site.

 

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dudesim

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Scam-checking technique...

 

If you "hover" over the link in those scam emails,

You'll see that they don't actually point to Ebay.com.

 

Here's an example:

 

http://www.Ebay.com/

 

They might even actually "look like" Ebay when you get there...

but if your browser doesn't say Ebay.com,

then you're not on the right site.

 

thumbsup2.gif

 

Thanks good to know laugh.gif

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25CentComic

25CentComic

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I like to go to those spoff email site and feel out the appropriate account information for their databases. Seeing as they worked so hard into trying to fool you I thought it's the least I can do:

 

account name: f-off you person_having_a_hard_time_understanding_my_point

password: up yours

first name: you are a [!@#%^&^].

last... well, you get the idea. grin.gif

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dudesim

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I like to go to those spoff email site and feel out the appropriate account information for their databases. Seeing as they worked so hard into trying to fool you I thought it's the least I can do:

 

account name: f-off you person_having_a_hard_time_understanding_my_point

password: up yours

first name: you are a [!@#%^&^].

last... well, you get the idea. grin.gif

 

Harsh..But good 27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif27_laughing.gif

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rob_react

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Scam-checking technique...

 

If you "hover" over the link in those scam emails,

You'll see that they don't actually point to Ebay.com.

 

Here's an example:

 

http://www.Ebay.com/

 

They might even actually "look like" Ebay when you get there...

but if your browser doesn't say Ebay.com,

then you're not on the right site.

 

thumbsup2.gif

 

Unless of course the offender knows a little javascript and you have low security settings in your mail client which will allow a small -script to run:

 

http://www.ebay/com

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