Attention eBay users *Warning* bogus e-mails

[Gwarsbane]

Over on the Mektek Forums I help admin someone posted a letter they recieved from eBay.

Spoof E-Bay e-mail

This e-mail looks VERY real. The links in them on the other hand lead to places not actually owned by eBay and that have nothing to do with them.


Only goto www.ebay.com when having to do anything there. Do not follow links they you might recieve that might look like its officially from ebay.

[Gwarsbane]

The MekTek forums are down, soon as they are up again i'll post the whole message here

[Gwarsbane]

Just thought I would bring this to everyone's attention:

 

Dear eBay User,
During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we couldn't verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete.
Please update and verify your information by signing in your account below
If the account information is not updated to current information within 5 days then, your access to bid or buy on eBay will be restricted.
Go to this link below:

http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dllaccVerify

***Please Do Not Reply To This E-Mail As You Will Not Receive A Response***


Thank you
Accounts Managent

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Almost had me fooled until I realizied that I never had an account with them. Then digging a little deeper I found that link that you're suppost to follow to "correct" your information is somewhere out in Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

I could be wrong, but I don't think eBay is out there... Last I heard it was someplace here in the states...

VB

[Gwarsbane]

It feels good to know when one is right,...  eBay's response to my forwarded email;

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 have investigated the source of
this email and have taken appropriate 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 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 [email protected] 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 Website 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 ™

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

Important: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information
(such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, Social
Security numbers, etc.) in an email. Learn more account protection tips
at:

http://www.pages.ebay.com/help/account_protection.html 
_____________________________________________

As I said before... Since I never had an account with eBay I knew it was a scam.

VB

[Reciprocity]

I like how the writer spelled management, very official looking:D.