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I know better than that, but I feel I should put a warning for the less cautious.

I have received a fake eBay e-mail with the following text (I removed the web link):

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eBay Security

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. If the account information is not updated to correct information within 5 days then, your access to bid or buy on eBay will be restricted. Please update your information by completing the form from the forwarded link :

<LINK>

And login to eBay in order to update your informations. 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. Regards,Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc.
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I have received this e-mail on an account I don't use anymore (although I still have it configured because sometimes I still receive messages there), and specially important, it's not the e-mail account I use on eBay

eBay could never send you a message like this, to update your data.
Also, there's always your user name on the messages from eBay - not the case here.
Can you imagine what can happen if you follow the directions and put your data on a fake web site, and worse of all, your paypal user and password, or even more, your Visa card number



I have reported this to eBay, with all the data they ask, like the e-mail header. They will track it down.
This is not only SPAM, this is a criminal act.
I hope that eBay takes action.

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Carlos Filipe

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

Ops... I should have opened this thread on "Non audio topics".

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Carlos Filipe

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

I'll move it....eventually.

Jocko

Here's the relevant part of the message I received from the eBay Customer Support:

"Hello,

Thank you for sending us the email you received. We can confirm that it
did NOT originate from eBay or PayPal. The email you received was a
"spoof" email.

Please ignore the email and delete it from your email account
immediately. Do not reply to it, and do not click on any links or
buttons in the email."

The rest of the message explains what is "Spoof", what to do (and what NOT to do), etc.

Here's the main part:

"What is spoof?

Spoof emails are made to appear as though they have originated from a
trustworthy source such as eBay, PayPal, banks or other companies. They aim to obtain sensitive data such as passwords or financial information for fraudulent use. Spoofing is also known as "phishing", and it is an attempt to steal your identity.

A spoof email usually asks you to click on a link in the email, which
then directs you to a spoof website. The website is also designed to
impersonate the company in question and collect personal information
such as User IDs, passwords or credit card information. Sometime spoof
emails request that you enter your personal information directly into
the email. "

...

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Carlos Filipe

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

I also got one... It said my account with ebay is -10500 EUR and that they will take the respective amount from my bank account within the next days. In order to check the ballance details, I was adviced to open the attached 'pdf', which was actually a .pdf.exe attachment.

Funny about it, my antivirus said the attachment was safe, needless to say, I didn't.

So, be careful, don't trust these MFs

PS: report any such phishing mails with ebay or the party they're impersonating

I received this one today:

Subject: "eBay Account Used from Unauthorize IP Address"

"FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - Breach of User Agreement - Section 8 - Action Required

Dear eBay Account Holder ,

We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to the violation of our site policy below:

False or missing contact information - Falsifying or omitting your name,
address, and/or telephone number (including use of fax
machines pager numbers, modems or disconnected numbers).

Due to the suspension of this account, please note that you are
prohibited from using eBay in any way. Please note that any seller
fees due to eBay will immediately become due and payable.
eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously disputed to the
billing method currently on file.

To be considered for reinstatement of this account, sign in to your
account and provide us additional information.

Restore Account using link below:
<Link>

If you do not have internet access or have forgotten your password, please mail with a copy of this and you ID or Driver Licence notice to:

eBay Inc.
2145 Hamilton Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
Attn: Collections Department

Thank you for using eBay!"

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Carlos Filipe

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

%#&* ,

i keep clicking the <link> button but it doesn''t work

(don't bother to respond, this is a spoof post, it isn't me)

I've been getting those since I signed up for paypal. Never even used it. I find it funny there must be a good number of people falling for this phishing shit or they wouldn't do it.




Dear Amazon.com Customer,

You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your Amazon account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

If your account is not updated within the next 24 hours, then will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your Amazon account has not fraudulently used and to combat fraud.
To speed up the process, you are required to verify your Amazon account by following the link below:

[fake link removed]
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may have caused you and we would like to thank you for cooperation as we review this matter.


Regards,
Amazon.com Online.


© 1996-2006, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates

Forward suspecious emails to mailto:spoof@paypal.com or mailto:spoof@ebay.com whichever applies

I get those on e-mail accounts that don't exist at any of those places. I think it is safe to say that they use the shot gun approach.

Jocko

That's exactly what happens to me.
I don't get those mails on my main e-mail account, that I also use on ebay and Paypal.



It's SPAM.

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Carlos Filipe

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein

This isn't exactly about SPAM, but only to keep ebay buyers in Portugal informed...

Carlos, Paulo Simões, JoyDivision, and other portuguese guys (maybe this apply to Worldwide)...

Recently, I've placed a bid on ebay for a used and non-functioning Sun Cobalt Raq3 server... The seller just sent me a stupid email end change the shipping costs from $24,99 to $999...

If the guy doesn't want to sell the server outside Uncle Sam's territory, why didn't he put "Ship to: USA"? He has "Worldwide" on the page...

Is this a "honest" seller? I've inserted a "Maximum Bid" for this item, and if nobody goes up of the value I said... Something like $5 for the broken server and $999 for Shipping... I must pay $1.004 only because a stupid guy!...

Fortunally, I'm out of that sell... All my data is cleared from that item.

But beware of guys like this, who don't want to sell anything outside USA and make these kind of things...

That's one of the countless reasons I don't like McDonald's... and Chevy's...
But I love Jack Daniel's!...

'edited for some typo corrections'

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Pedro Martins

Playing with Canon EOS 5D mkII...

Always inquire about shipping and handling costs BEFORE placing any bid!
Costs too high? I pass.

But if you read $24,99... and the guy sais "worldwide"... it's normal on make a bid... even if the shipping is more than those $24,99... Last buy I made at ebay (with other username) was also a dead server, and I paid $42 for shipping...
But this guy pushing shipping to $999....
. . . . . . . .

And next time, I'll ask for it first

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Pedro Martins

Playing with Canon EOS 5D mkII...

It's just a way to make more money especially if the highest bid is disappointing low for the seller.
$999 is a strange way of saying : "no I am not willing to ship outside USA"
Actually it's more like pissing off, hahaha