Hi Folks
Just to warn people about possible spoof emails supposed to be from ebay. I received this today and don't believe it came from them because the header info on the mail and on the web address is wrong, it should not have an s in front of the cgi, so beware.
I have forwarded the details of this to ebay.
Full Version: Spoof EBay Mail
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| Alert ID : ########## You have received this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids on eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To help speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below. http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=######## Please save this fraud alert id for your reference 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 cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used to combat fraud. We appreciate your support and understating, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade. Thank you for your patience in this matter. Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department) eBay Inc. Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification message. 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 |
There is a hell of a lot of these around at the moment, and they are getting more clever with each week that goes by.
The advice is, that Ebay will NEVER ask you to confirm your account details by email. If you get any emails from ebay, always contact them directly from your account control panel and NEVER reply to the emails, or click any link shown on the email.
The advice is, that Ebay will NEVER ask you to confirm your account details by email. If you get any emails from ebay, always contact them directly from your account control panel and NEVER reply to the emails, or click any link shown on the email.
since when did "apologise" is spelt like this "apologize" lol
I received one asking for my PIN number to my bank account!!! 
If everyone can send me thier PIN number, account number and put £150,000,000,000 in my Nigerianian bank account (I get 25% you know !!) I'll do nothing and keep all your money. 
Had a reply from ebay today and they confirm that it is a fake.
I too have had a few asking me to go to a link and confirm details, I always delete them. If anybody wants info like this, particularly my bank, they can arrange for me to visit my branch.
I too have had a few asking me to go to a link and confirm details, I always delete them. If anybody wants info like this, particularly my bank, they can arrange for me to visit my branch.
I seem to get them from 'Citibank' as well.....and i'm not even a customer
I've had a couple saying that an Ebay seller that I have brought from has been withdrawn and unable to sell any more items. And that I should monitor my bank balance.
I think the email was pretty genuine so am not going to report it to ebay, but shall watch bank balance!
I think the email was pretty genuine so am not going to report it to ebay, but shall watch bank balance!
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This is a common one. There are various mails like this doing the rounds. I have just empted the trash and spam folders from the Email server in my office... We have 48 members of staff with personnal addresses and 4 generic addresses. Almost all of theses accounts had this mail in them.
Unfortunatly there are people around who dont think about these scams and they do tend to follow the links and get into trouble.
Always try and varify the mail - send a reply to the address it came from asking for some information about yourself, if it comes back "Undeliverable" then block the address it came from. NEVER click the links supplied in an email if you dont know who its from, It is actually possible to recieve an email from a friend, relative, enen a work account that tells you " try this, its great!" with a link.
Although these look or seem to look ok, always be careful. Many hackers are now distributing files by hacking email accounts and servers. once you run the link your stuck... it may even be called a "Microsoft Update" but it is realy a gateway hack.
I come across these almost daily and they are a pain.
So PLEASE be carefull. Read ALL popups carefully.
If hackers put the intellegence to good use, they could earn a fortune...
End of rant
Got exactly the same "ebay" one again today. [SHIFT/DELETE]
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