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eBay Account Suspended
12th March 2004

please forward any scams you've received to spoof@millersmiles.co.uk

 

Report Summary
Date Reported
12th March 2004
Apparent Sender
eBay
Return Address
suspend@ebay.com <suspend@ebay.com>
Subject
eBay Account Suspended
Format
HTML
Method
disguised link leads to bogus web content
Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content
http://66.206.16.144/...........
RISK LEVEL
HIGH
WARNINGS

Employs script to open the genuine eBay.com home page as a backdrop to the bogus page.

 

Spoof email leads you to bogus web content that is scripted to appear to be a genuine pop up from ebay...

 

This spoof eBay email (see image below) is in HTML format and calls up genuine graphics and script from eBay's own servers. The link in the email has been disguised using HTML code amd uising it will trigger a remote scripted process which opens a genuine eBay page and a bogus page with a sign in form(see image below).

The bogus page has been scripted to open with the address, status, tool and menu bars removed, thereby concealing its URL. This gives the whole thing the appearance of a genuine eBay page with a pop up, but information entered into that bogus pop up will be processed and sent on to the scammers using a script located on the same server. The URL of the bogus page (pop up) is http://66.206.16.144/....... which resolves to Cyber World Internet Services in the USA.

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 ...

eBay Account Suspended spoof email

 

The bogus web page ...

eBay Account Suspended bogus web page

 

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