Roadsmith
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:38:24 AM new
Got this today (and I know I owe more than the amount shown here, but with Ebay's recent billing problems, it worries me):
Please be advised that due to the size of your invoice file for account XXXX, it is too large to be sent to your email service. Your total amount due is $129.80.
You can review your current Invoice details and Account Status at any time accessing the on-line tools by following these steps:
- Go to the eBay Home page
- Select My eBay and logon with your eBay User ID and Password
- Select the Accounts Tab
- Select Account Activity to View Account Status or View Invoices (you may need to logon again)
Thank you for using eBay, we appreciate your using our services.
Regards,
eBay Billing
___________________________________
As I've matured, I've learned . .
#2. . . that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the butt are permanent.
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stopwhining
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:41:00 AM new
what is the URL address??
why dont you send it to ebay ??
-sig file -------we eat to live,not live to eat.
Benjamin Franklin
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bunnicula
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:41:35 AM new
Did you check its source? Right click on it in the area where your email is listed. Then choose "View Message Source"
____________________
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. -- John F. Kennedy
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whatnot3
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:44:34 AM new
If there is no link then it is probably real.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:46:39 AM new
Thank you for using eBay, we appreciate your using our services.
It's a spoof, written by a non-English speaker.
Most eBay communications use the appropriate punctuation and avoid using awkward constructions like "we appreciate your using our services". That one's a dead giveaway.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:49:04 AM new
Hi all,
Just a thought... Does your ISP put a limit on the size of emails you can receive?
Lucy
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TnErnie
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:58:22 AM new
I got one of those this morning too and as far as I know, my ISP doesn't have any limits on the size email I can receive.
Here is the header on mine:
Return-path: <[email protected]>
Received: from psmtp.com ([12.158.34.226])
by InfoAve.Net (PMDF V6.1-1IA5 #30772)
with SMTP id <[email protected]>; Mon,
07 Jun 2004 07:32:09 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from source ([66.135.197.13]) by exprod5mx80.postini.com
([12.158.34.245]) with SMTP; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 04:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from sjcdb85.sjc.ebay.com (sjcdb85.sjc.ebay.com [10.6.68.52])
by mx13.sjc.ebay.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i57BGFKE012477 for
<[email protected]>; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 04:32:08 -0700
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:32:09 -0400 (EDT)
Date-warning: Invalid date header replaced by InfoAve.Net; original content:
SAT 05, JUN 2004 22:28:40
From: [email protected]
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?WW91ciBlQmF5IEludm9pY2UgaXMgQXZhaWxhYmxlIE9ubGluZQ==?=
To: [email protected]
Message-id: <[email protected]>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Comment: 0.0.0
Original-recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
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bunnicula
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:04:44 AM new
definitely a spoof.
____________________
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. -- John F. Kennedy
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stopwhining
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:10:34 AM new
myisp.net??wonder what country is that??
-sig file -------we eat to live,not live to eat.
Benjamin Franklin
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TnErnie
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:19:42 AM new
Stop - That's where I replaced my real email address.... "[email protected]" 
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OhMsLucy
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:22:13 AM new
Have either of you sent it to eBay?
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whatnot3
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:24:17 AM new
What is the purpose of it if they just tell you to go to ebay and not use a link?
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TnErnie
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:27:25 AM new
Whatnot - That's why I assumed it was legit until I saw this thread here ... no clickable link.
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bunnicula
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:33:52 AM new
Whatnot: in addition to telling you that, they do act upon your report. Last week I reported a spoof to them and, on checking further, found that the perpetrator had been shut down.
____________________
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. -- John F. Kennedy
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fenix03
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:36:31 AM new
I don't think it is a spoof, it just has a semi literate author. There is nothing to be accomplished by this email other than you going to your account independently to view the billing report.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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stopwhining
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posted on June 7, 2004 10:39:58 AM new
they are still learning,wait till they graduate from school and learn how to do clickable link?
i did some searching,it seems samoa and israel are mentioned .
-sig file -------we eat to live,not live to eat.
Benjamin Franklin
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Roadsmith
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posted on June 7, 2004 12:44:11 PM new
Okay, this gets weirder.
I checked my account through Ebay's site map; I owe about $357. The "spoof?" email I got said I owe $129.
The account number the spoof gave me is only 3 digits off (the last three digits) from my REAL Ebay account no.
___________________________________
As I've matured, I've learned . .
#2. . . that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the butt are permanent.
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Roadsmith
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posted on June 7, 2004 12:51:33 PM new
To my knowledge there's no limit to the size of e-mails I can receive; some of them take a lonnng time to load and I still get it all.
I have indeed reported this to [email protected]
___________________________________
As I've matured, I've learned . .
#2. . . that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the butt are permanent.
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whatnot3
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posted on June 7, 2004 09:27:16 PM new
It didn't happen to have an attachment did it? If so, it may have been spyware.
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TnErnie
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posted on June 8, 2004 04:48:47 AM new
If mine had an attachment, I didn't see it, but my ISP is extremely good at stripping those off if they have anything in them.
I forwarded it to eBay, but got no answer yet other than the "canned response"...."we're checking it".
BTW Roadsmith - When I checked the account numbers, the three last digits were different on the email.
[ edited by TnErnie on Jun 8, 2004 04:53 AM ]
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paloma91
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posted on June 8, 2004 06:09:35 AM new
I received the exact email a few weeks ago. I immediately send it to spoof and NEVEr received a reply. I think i even sent it twice. Still, stupid POOH Bay, never replied. I assumed it was real. I'll post the headers later. I have to run to work now
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buyhigh
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posted on June 8, 2004 07:50:10 AM new
The 2nd sentence does not appear to be written by an individual who speaks English as a native language. It is extremely awkward in construction. I believe e-bay does better than that
buyhigh
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buyhigh
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posted on June 8, 2004 07:52:55 AM new
Pardon - 1st sentence. Also the last plus the w should be W
buyhigh
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Roadsmith
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posted on June 8, 2004 08:37:16 AM new
No reply from Ebay yet.
Other thing that doesn't ring true is that I never HAVE gotten a big read-out of my entire Ebay account in my e-mail. They just bill my credit card each month (except for this spring!) and send an e-mail saying they've billed it.
___________________________________
As I've matured, I've learned . .
#2. . . that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the butt are permanent.
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annekila
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posted on June 8, 2004 04:08:56 PM new
I also received the same email. I went to ebay live help and asked if it was legit. The answer was yes. When I asked about the difference in the amount, I was told that the billing was behind. A few days later I received another email from them confirming the amount owed.
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paloma91
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posted on June 8, 2004 05:52:06 PM new
I am back from work. Here are the headers etc of the one I received:
X-Apparently-To: myemailaddress.com via 66.218.78.107; Mon, 03 May 2004 23:20:27 -0700
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from 66.135.197.18 (EHLO mx23.sjc.ebay.com) (66.135.197.18) by mta215.mail.dcn.yahoo.com with SMTP; Mon, 03 May 2004 23:20:18 -0700
Received: from sjcdb86.sjc.ebay.com (sjcdb86.sjc.ebay.com [10.6.68.53]) by mx23.sjc.ebay.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i446DtI6015368 for <myemailaddress.com>; Mon, 3 May 2004 23:20:17 -0700
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: myemailaddress.com
From: [email protected] Add to Address Book
Comment: 0.0.0
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Subject: Your eBay Invoice is Available Online
Date: THU 29, APR 2004 19:38:54
Content-Length: 659
Hello myemailaddress.com,
Please be advised that due to the size of your invoice file for account
XXXXXXXXXXXX, it is too large to be sent to your email service.
Your total amount due is $32.98.
You can review your current Invoice details and Account Status at any
time accessing the on-line tools by following these steps:
- Go to the eBay Home page
- Select My eBay and logon with your eBay User ID and Password
- Select the Accounts Tab
- Select Account Activity to View Account Status or View Invoices
(you may need to logon again)
Thank you for using eBay, we appreciate your using our services.
Regards,
eBay Billing
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bunnicula
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posted on June 8, 2004 05:58:43 PM new
I amsuspicious in that every time you try to access the sites this is supposedly from, you get a timed out message and can't gain access at all...
____________________
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. -- John F. Kennedy
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paloma91
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posted on June 8, 2004 06:02:41 PM new
I totally agree! Stupid BUTT Bay never responded to any of my emails on this subject. [email protected] is a time waster
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sparkz
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posted on June 8, 2004 06:26:39 PM new
Bunni...Put this URL in your browser and see what pops up :66.135.197.18
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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bunnicula
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posted on June 8, 2004 08:55:36 PM new
I did try that--nothing comes up & it always times out. Tried in bothe IE and Netscape: same results.
Also tried the 10.6.68.53 in the source. Exact same results.
Makes me suspicious about it being authentic.
____________________
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. -- John F. Kennedy
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