posted on July 1, 2004 10:37:09 AM new
Just wanted to warn everyone that this is going around. Just received 3 of them back to back. I called ebay. They said it wasn't from them. I have forwarded it to [email protected]. The complete email including full headers is listed below
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--- [email protected], [email protected] wrote:
> X-Apparently-To: [email protected] via 206.190.39.184; Thu,
> 01 Jul 2004 09:38:12 -0700
> X-Originating-IP: [66.135.197.29]
> Return-Path: <[email protected]>
> Received: from 66.135.197.29 (EHLO mx48.sjc.ebay.com)
> (66.135.197.29)
> by mta308.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 09:38:12
> -0700
> Received: from halfdollar.sjc.ebay.com (halfdollar.sjc.ebay.com
> [10.6.204.77])
> by mx48.sjc.ebay.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id i61Gc8bZ013595
> for <[email protected]>; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:38:08 -0700
> Message-Id: <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> Subject: Verification of new account with eBay - Credit Card On File
> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 09:38:08 PDT
> Content-Length: 1332
>
> Dear eBay user:
>
> As a courtesy and for your safety, eBay notifies you whenever your
> credit card is used for
> certain activities on the site.
>
> Once you have a credit card on file with us and the same card is used
> again for certain
> activities on eBay, we will send this notice to let you know that the
> credit card has been used.
> This includes activities involving your account or those of a family
> member, business associate,
> or friend. These activities include using the same credit card to:
>
> * register an eBay account using an anonymous email domain such as
> Yahoo or Hotmail,
>
> * set up a selling account,
>
> * update the credit card information on another account that uses the
> same card,
>
> * gain access the Mature Audiences category, or
>
> * place a bid over $15,000.
>
> If you did not use your credit card for any of the above reasons,
> please confirm with all
> members of your household as well as friends or business associates
> that they have not
> recently used your credit card on eBay. Their use of your card for
> any of the above purposes
> will also generate this notice.
>
> If you are still unable to explain the use of your card, please
> inform us immediately by taking the following steps:
>
> 1. Click on "help" at the top of the eBay Home page.
> 2. Click on "Contact Us", located under "eBay Help" on
> the left side of the page.
> 3. On the Contact Us page, select the following:
> * "Report an account security issue"
> * "Credit Cards"
> * "I received an email about my credit card
> but I didn't use it"
> 4. Click the "Continue" button.
> 5. Follow the directions on-screen to send a message to
> our Trust & Safety team.
>
> ** Do not reply to this email as this is a system-generated message
> **
>
> eBay Safety Tip:
>
> Some community members have reported receiving deceptive emails
> claiming to come from eBay, PayPal, or other popular Web sites. The
> people who send these emails (also known as "spoof" or "phishing"
> emails) hope that unsuspecting recipients will reply or click on a
> link contained in the email and then provide sensitive personal
> information.
>
> You can take a few simple steps to protect your account and prevent
> senders of deceptive emails from doing harm:
> * If you need to update your personal or financial information on
> eBay, type the eBay Web address into your browser or use a bookmarked
> link.
> * Use My eBay or the Site Map to find pages on eBay, rather than
> relying on links from emails.
> * Report suspicious email immediately by forwarding it to
> [email protected].
> eBay's Help system provides detailed information about spoof emails,
> identity theft, and what to do if your eBay account has been
> compromised.
posted on July 1, 2004 10:50:03 AM new
that doesn't look like a spoof...it directs you to sign in at the ebay site and does not provide bogus links in the email..what can a spoofer gain from you handling this through eBay?
Just to be on the safe side you might go to the ebay site and see about your credit card! Maybe you talked to the wrong people at ebay?
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Sig files are too much trouble!
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[ edited by neglus on Jul 1, 2004 10:53 AM ]
posted on July 1, 2004 10:57:12 AM new
Neglus beat me to it. I was just writing to say that I did not see how that would do the spoofers any good since they are telling you to do the right thing. Were there any click on links on the page?
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[ edited by photosensitive on Jul 1, 2004 10:58 AM ]
posted on July 1, 2004 11:01:03 AM new
still....what could a spoofer gain?? With ebay as big as it is I would be more concerned about getting bad info in my phone call than signing in to your account at eBay and checking it out.
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posted on July 1, 2004 11:12:59 AM new
I had seen the return address & like paloma, I suspected this was a spoof. I have never seen eBay send anything that was not on https (secure).
