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Beware - eBay phishing scam

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gozer

gozer

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I've gotten two bogus emails recently from "member@ebay.com" that look pretty darn real -- full of eBay graphics and no stupid grammar/spelling errors. It almost fooled me the first time.

 

The email's purpose seems innocent. It seems to be someone asking you a question about an item, such as "do you take paypal" or "how much is shipping."

 

And, right next to the question is a handy box for "Respond to this question."

 

But if you click it, you get taken to an eBay login screen (that is bogus but looks real) where the f***s are hoping to harvest your ID and password.

 

Be careful, it's a cruel world out there.

 

gozer

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Ah, and now to read my fortune. "Geese can be troublesome."

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

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I get emails like that to my gmail account.

Except gmail is not the account I have registerd with ebay

 

I havent seen this one before. I have gotten plenty of the 2nd chance offer emails when I am an underbidder on a book. The sender of the email attempts to coax you into giving them personal information and attempts to have you send them funds outside of ebay claiming they are the original ebay seller.

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I literally got 9 bogus emails in a 7 day period recently from scams appearing to be eBay or Paypal. I report them, but it seems as though nothing is actually being done about them. 2 of them came to my email account that is not even my eBay account, but the others were sent to my eBay email account.

 

This is getting to be such a headache as it's almost everyday that I recieve these phished emails.

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Geez, looky what I got today again. another phished email. What I like about this one is that I actually am using a foriegn IP, but it is indeed spoof mail:

 

Noticed : more attempts to log into your eBay account

 

Dear eBay Customer ,

 

 

Attempts to log on has been made from ip 172.12.44.45

We recently noticed more attempts to log into your eBay account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was compromised.

For the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

 

We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended if you don't re-update your account information. To resolve this problems please use the link below and re-enter your account information. If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a period of 24 hours, after this period your account will be terminated. .

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you a

 

To update your record please click here:

It is highly recommended that you right click on the link and select "Open in new window" option

as some mail clients will not allow you to proceed!

https://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OneTimePayment&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US

 

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.

 

 

 

 

eBay will request personal data (password, credit card/bank numbers, and so on) in this email.

 

Thank you for using eBay!

www.ebay.com

 

 

 

 

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This eBay notice was sent to you based on your eBay account preferences. If you would like to review your notification preferences for other types of communications, click here. If you would like to receive this email in text only, click here.

 

As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.

 

Copyright © 2006 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.

 

frustrated.gif Will it ever end?

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