posted on August 9, 2003 07:53:48 PM new
Just received an email from [email protected]
asking me to verify my email address ---
Dear MY EMAIL ADDRESS ,
You have received this letter because you are a registered eBay member.
We are constantly taking measures to increase the security level of our system by checking the activity of its users and their e-mail addresses.
Inactive accounts will be blocked, that is why you must confirm the activity of your e-mail address during the following 7 days.
Please access the following form to complete the procedure of confirming your e-mail address at:
http://cgi4.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.more stuff at the end
****I did not click on it ****
Such procedure will be repeated twice a year for increasing the security level of the system.
Thank you for using eBay!
http://www.ebay.com
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Is this for real or another of the hundreds of ebay hoaxes going around?
EDITED TO ADD - I have had lots of activity in the last six months with feedback within the last month.
[ edited by JinkiesVelma on Aug 9, 2003 07:55 PM ]
[ edited by JinkiesVelma on Aug 9, 2003 07:56 PM ]
posted on August 9, 2003 08:04:46 PM new
Probably a hoax. To find out for sure, forward to [email protected]. They will reply and let you know if it's legit. The red flag on this one (actually there are several) is the link where they will ask you to confirm your addy. Betcha if you click that link, there will be a place for you to enter your password also. The opentransfer.com domain that it came from is also a MAJOR red flag. If it were legit, they would direct you to sign in through www.ebay.com and the email would have come from www.ebay.com or one of their cgi servers.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
