Fraudsters resort to new means to fool even the experienced user as a Spoof email leads to a bogus page with a genuine looking ebay URL ...

This spoof eBay email (see image below) offers a link to use to resolve apparent account problems. The email itself is very convincing with geuine eBay graphics and code called directly from eBay's own server.

The bogus eBay sign in page that the link takes your browser too is a bit more worrying (see image below) - the domain name has been formed to appear to be a genuine ebay.co.uk URL which it is certainly not. The discerning eye will notice the lack of a forward slash (/) directly after 'ebay.co.uk' and will see that the domain is actually called 4t.com...

the undiscerning eye will just notice the first part of the URL (in bold red) and proceed...

http://signin.ebay.co.uk-aw-cgi-ebayisapi.dll-signin.4t.com/aw-cgi-singIn-arribada.html

however, look closely and you'll notice the actual domain of the page in blue

http://signin.ebay.co.uk-aw-cgi-ebayisapi.dll-signin.4t.com/aw-cgi-singIn-arribada.html

This is achieved by using a long subdomain name with multiple periods (full stops ".") in order to make it look as if the initial part of the URL is another domain to the one that you will actually be visiting.

Because of this URL, which will fool many, and the genuine appearance of the sign in page, we have given this Phishing Scam a HIGH risk level.

If you have received this 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.

The Spoof Email ...

The bogus web page ...