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REPORT SUMMARY

Date Reported
31st December 2003

Apparent Sender
eBay

Subject
Your eBay account could be suspended

Senders Address
(spoofed)

suspend
@ebay.com

Content
text and a
file attachment
wich opens a
fake eBay
web page
(see images)

Spoofed Web page/site?
Yes

Web page/site
content

forged eBay web
sign in page

Web page/site origin
URL
none shown

Identity Theft method
form data is sent
on to scammers
via a web form
processing service
and into an mol.com
email address

 

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Your eBay account could be suspended - Email Scam
31st December 2003

 

An email with an attachment claims that you will be suspended - but its a scam ...

This spoof email (as eBay and Paypal like to call these email scams) takes the form of a text email with a file attachment (see images below).

We were concerned about the presence of a virus to start with, but found that the attachment was actually a forged eBay sign in page (which opens in your browser).

The email text urges you to use the file attachment to sign in and therefore resolve some apparent 'problems' with your eBay account. This is of-course, a complete fabrication, and opening the file attachment will open the said fake sign in page.

The sign in page is constructed using eBay's own code and graphics, so looks very convincing, but it is further coded to send any data entered to the scammers via a form-mail processing service provided by Canadian firm Netfirms (sslpowered.com). We also found that the data was sent on to an email address at Mol Online in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (rupemeuropa@mol.com).

 

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It is clear that once the username is in the possession of the fraudsters, they would hijack that account. Hijacked accounts have frequently been used to list high value consumer goods (including Digital Cameras and Televisions) and bidders payments have been taken but no goods sent.

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 more 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 ...

 

Your eBay account could be suspended - Email Scam


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The fake Sign In page seen when opening the attachment ...

 

Your eBay account could be suspended - Email Scam

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