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HERE IS A FAKE E-MAIL O GOT FROM "EBAY" TO UPDATE MY ACCOUNT. THIS IS A SCAM SO YOU JUST GIVE SOMEONE YOUR PERSONAL INFO. BE CAREFULL! I FORWARDED THIS E-MAIL TO: SPOOF&EBAY.COM is this a fake e-mail?
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From: security@eBay.com <security@eBay.com>
To: saturnsc2
Subject: Fraud ALERT
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 04:32:28 GMT
***Urgent Safeharbor Department Notice***
eBay Fraud Mediation Request
Date: Thu, 3 November 2005
You have recieved this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids at eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.
THE FRAUD ALERT ID CODE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ATTACHED IN OUR FRAUD MEDIATION REQUEST FORM, IN ORDER TO VERIFY YOUR EBAY ACCOUNT REGISTRATION INFORMATIONS.
Fraud Alert ID CODE: 00937614
(Please save this Fraud Alert ID Code for your reference.)
To help speed up this process, please access the following form to complete the verification of your eBay account registration informations:
http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay &fraud alert id code=00937614
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Please Note:
If we do not receive the appropriate eBay account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this eBay account is fraudulent and will be suspended.
The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.
We appreciate your support and understanding, 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. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:41 pm |
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Quote: Originally Posted by saturnsc2 HERE IS A FAKE E-MAIL O GOT FROM "EBAY" TO UPDATE MY ACCOUNT. THIS IS A SCAM SO YOU JUST GIVE SOMEONE YOUR PERSONAL INFO. BE CAREFULL! I FORWARDED THIS E-MAIL TO: SPOOF&EBAY.COM is this a fake e-mail?
There are thousand versions of such fake emails.
http://www.urgentmessage.org/
http://www.tidalrange.com/plog/
or just search Goolge for 'phony websites', 'phishing', 'fake ebay email'
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:36 am |
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Quote: Originally Posted by 6seven8 In another thread I read about how some elderly people nearly got scammed. MSN has an anti-phishing toolbar available. I didn't try it, but it looks worth the effort to install it for someone vulnerable to these scams. well i use aol, & when i clicked on the fake ebay mail, i got a phishing notification from aol even though i didn't really need it in this case. it's a good idea that isp's provide this protection in addition to anti-virus & anti-spyware protection. you can't have enough of defenses these days. i just can't believe how many e-mails i get that are scams like "you won a prize, the nigerian scam, fake e-mails, ect. i guess it depends just smart the people are that are being scammed. just understand one thing & you will be o.k. so such thing as free/easy money. if something sounds too good to be true, or you won a prize without even trying, be suspicious...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:04 am |
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the "ebay" e-mail was obviously fake as i know there's no problem with my account whatsover at this time. also, when i get a message from ebay, it comes through both the ebay message system, & also through my home e-mail. this e-mail only came to my home e-mail address signaling a fake. i reported it to ebay...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:17 am |
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what's scarry is how authentic some of these e-mails look. pretty soon, you might not be able to distinguish the difference between fake & real as these scum bags hone their skills...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:21 am |
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In another thread I read about how some elderly people nearly got scammed. MSN has an anti-phishing toolbar available. I didn't try it, but it looks worth the effort to install it for someone vulnerable to these scams.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:42 pm |
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I've received several phishing type emails for ebay and paypal. Now I don't even log into my account through my email. If I receive an email I think is fishy I just log out of my email and log into my account to make sure everything is ok.
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