Ebay Regular Update & Verification - Email Scam
8th January 2004

This apparent Ebay Update and Verification is a scam ...

This spoof takes the form of a text email with a button link (see image below), but that link will lead to a forged eBay page.

The spoof email suggests that eBay have conducted this regular update and verification, and subsequently your account is limited and will be closed after 24 hours, unless you use the button link and supply various forms of identity and financial information.

The forged eBay web page is located at http://66.36.240.8/
stresu99.com/verif which resolves to The HopOne Internet Corp® in Washington DC, USA, and has nothing to do with eBay at all.

If you have received this hoax email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

Take a good look at the following images, because this
hoax email scam may be coming to an inbox near you!

The Email ...