eBay Account Status Update - eBay Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 8th March 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

eBay Account Status Update

Apparent Sender:

eBay

Return Address:

eBay Represenitive: Lloyd Siegel < Lloyd.Siegel@ebay.com >

Email Format:

Text

URL of Web Content:

http://200.42.83.246/ws/ebay.com/Account_Status_ Update_000323939832764000000000 0000000_8832983288838992_09221909000000000 000000000000/verify.html

Location:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Scam number:

aa-90

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at eBay by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

eBay never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is not even disguised.

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual eBay URL.

"Dear eBay Member, 00-344421-22712-PSI-8837 During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your billing information."

Dear eBay Member, 00-344421-22712-PSI-8837

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
procedures, we have detected a slight error in your billing information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information ( i.e. change of address).

2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.

3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an
internal error within our processors.

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

http://200.42.83.246/ws/ebay.com/Account_Status_Update_000323939832764000000000
0000000_8832983288838992_09221909000000000000000000000/verify.html

If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability
to sell or bid on eBay will become restricted.

Sincerely,

eBay Safe Harbor Dept.

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