Yet another eBay Account Verification email is a hoax
2nd December 2003

The poor English makes this spoof email stand out as the scam that it is ...

.. and under the premise that there has been an increase in 'fraudulent activity' on eBay (perhaps the email has something right!), the email asks that you 'update account details' using the link provided.

The link that is provided is cloaked (disguised) and it will take you to a fake eBay page which contains a form for you to provide vital information, including eBay username and password, credit or debit card and bank details as well as your Social Security Number (see images below).

The fake page is hosted on web servers located in Brazil, while any data entered into the fake eBay form is captured by the scammers using PHP script.

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 ...

The fake web page...