Phishing emails not from eBay

“I have received a number of phishing emails alleging to be from eBay, saying my account would be suspended and I should click on a link to update account information.

Being aware that phishing emails have been out there, I went to eBay and contacted them. They have confirmed that the messages are spoofs, or phishing, and that one should not respond to them. It's an identity theft fraud.

Just thought I'd pass the warning on in case somebody else gets these.

Do not reply to the message. If in doubt, to the eBay website, scroll down to the bottom, and there is a security link there. That will guide you through a few steps. You can paste a copy of the email in and ask whether it is legit or not.

EBay does not ask for account information in emails.”

“It's not just eBay. I've received three from different legitimate sounding companies requesting that I send in info or be purged from their list.”

“Now this one is laughable-- they didn't run spell check... AND their grammar is terrible!!

************************
From: eBay Safe Harbour
To: ********************
Sent: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 02:44:19 +0600
Subject: FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - Section 9


Dear eBay member:
It has come to our attention that your eBay billing informations are
out of order. Please folow the instructions to update your billing records you will not run
into any future problems with the online service afther this update. However, failure
to update your records will result in account termination. Please
update your records in maximum 72 hours


Once you have updated your account records your eBay session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in
cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing
problems.

To update your eBay Informations click here:
http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?UPdate



eBay Safe Harbour Departament
http://www.eBay.com”

“Sounds like non-English speakers trying to scam.”

“I report all phishing emails to eBay. They claim that the investigate each one. Maybe they can put some of them out of business.”

“I get those all the time...since I don't have and ebay account, I just delete it...

I get them for my paypal account too, those ones I don't like.”

“They do investigate each one.”

“I got one like that about a month ago. I had to laugh because I haven't bought anything from ebay in over 3 years.”

“Oh, shoot. I clicked on pink's link and burned out my whole computer. At least I was able to give them my driver's license, social security, and credit card numbers before it blew up.”

“I sent a few of those to e bay already They appreciated it...”

“That's what happens..... put a "don't touch" button on something and someone will inevitably touch it....

Bowlder, hope you like your push up bra--I know... it lifts and separates....”

“Anything I get from eBay I automatically forward to spoof@ebay.com. I have one email address on eBay, and if anything comes from "eBay" to any other email address of mine, I know it's spam/phishing. AutoForward to the spoofing address at eBay.”

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