posted on April 5, 2004 09:35:13 AM new
Wow are they getting good! Take a look at this one:
Dear eBay member,
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your eBay account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that your account was used by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual login attempts may have been initiated by you.
The login attempt was made from:
IP address: 172.25.210.66
ISP Host: cache-66.proxy.aol.com
By now, we used many techniques to verify the accuracy of the information our users provide us when they register on the Site. However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, eBay cannot and does not confirm each user's purported identity. Thus, we have established an offline verification system o help you evaluate with who you are dealing with. The system is called ebay PowerSafe and it's the most secure eBay wallet so far.
If you are the rightful holder of the account, click on the link below, fill the form and then submit as we will verify your identity and register you to ebay PowerSafe.
If the button doesn´t appear please click on the link bellow:
http://www.ebay.com/updateprofile.cgi
To make eBay.com the most secure site to place or bid on your auctions,every user will be registered to PowerSafe.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporally suspend your account.
* Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received.
posted on April 5, 2004 10:03:37 AM new
"temporally" suspend?
"register to" -- rather than "with"
It doesn't take too much to see the flaws in their letters... but those who are not aware that this stuff goes on -- boy are they in for a rude awakening, huh?
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
posted on April 5, 2004 10:18:52 AM new
Yes - there are some errors but they are not as easy to detect as they used to be! Thought it was especially ironic that it referred to log-in from foreign isp's....cuz that's for sure what would happen if I "registered" with Power Safe!!
ThIs email was ssent by the Citbiank servers to veerify _your_ EMAIL adderss.
You must complete this process by clicking on the_link beloow and enttering
in the litle winndow your Citi _Atm full_card_nummber and _pin_ that
you use_ in the Atm machine. This is done for-your protection -x- because some_of our
membres _no longer have access to their _email_ addresses and we must verify it.
