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******URGENT eBay Account Security Measures******
5th September 2004

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

Report Summary
Date Reported
5th September 2004
Apparent Sender
eBay
Return Address
eBay Inc. <aw-confirm@ebay.com>
Subject
******URGENT eBay Account Security Measures******
Format
HTML
Method

Spoof webpage captures entered details and forwards them using a local script.

Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content

http://208.50.230.116/.. /eb/login.php

disguised as:

http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=02626454

traced to a server in Toronto, USA.

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. Email requests you visit spoof eBay page as 'someone has used your account' to make fake bids and your identity needs to be verified. Details are captured by the spoof webpage and forwarded to a local script.

2. eBay never send out emails to their users requesting details like this.

3. Email adds a sense of urgency by saying details must be entered within 72 hours. Do not be paniced!

 

" Alert ID : 0262341143 You have received this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids on eBay"...

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 ...

Alert ID : 0262341143

You have received this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids on eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To help speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.

http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=02626454

Please save this fraud alert id for your reference

Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used to combat fraud.

We appreciate your support and understating, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc.

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification message.

Copyright 2004 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.
eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc. is located at Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125

 

 

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