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Apparently the Latest FleaBay Scam...
Got this in my old email, which BTW is not my fleaBay email:
--------- Original Message --------- DATE: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:11:04 From: To: Cc: Dear valued eBay member, It has come to our attention that your eBay billing information records are out of date . This requiers you to update your billing information with no delay in order to avoid any future problems with eBay's online service. Please click here to update your billing records. Once you have updated your account records, your eBay session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. However failure to update may result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems. Thank you for your time! Marry Kimmel, eBay Billing Department team. Looks like they are getting a bit more professional, ie less mispelled words etc. Dave -- If you reply via email, try this: scottishmoney(at)REMOVETHISlycos.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 12/5/03 |
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~AZ Rider~ wrote:
bogus??? Yep! I've received at least a dozen of those exact same annoying scams over the past several months. Larry |
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"~AZ Rider~" wrote in message
I received something similar this morning, though it seems to be lacking in the 'requier'd misspelling department. I've left out the un-visited link they sent along just in case. bogus??? My experience has been that eBay and PP will both address their emails to you by name. Also they will direct you to go to your "My eBay" page or PP site to address any concern they might have with your account or to access any promotion/deal they are offering.......... they normally do not embed a link in their email for you to click on. If you get an email addressed to "Dear eBay User", or "Dear PayPal user" etc, it will always be a scam. Both eBay and PP know your name and will use it when sending you email. And obviously they will not/can not send email to an account they don't have in their files. -- Ed Hendricks ANA# R178621 eBay: edh. |
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:03:43 -0500, "Scottishmoney"
wrote: Got this in my old email snip I got it too. Reported it. Deleted it. Steve Buy the book before the coin don't forget to *READ* the book after you've bought it! It doesn't do anything just sitting on the shelf (remove ATTITUDE to replay via e-mail) |
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Yes. The misspellings are a giveaway--one of the major newspapers
reported on this scam, and commented on the irony that such a clever ploy would be riddled with bad spelling and grammar. For the eBay scam, you can forward the e-mail to and ask eBay to authenticate it. Of maybe six I've forwarded, all have come back as spoofs. I've gotten similar e-mails from PayPal imposters, but PayPal doesn't seem to have as simple a method to authenticate as their parent company, eBay. There's purportedly a PayPal web page that permits reporting, but at the time I last tried to use it, it led to a circular series of links that yielded nothing but frustration. --Chris S bassin (~AZ Rider~) wrote: I received something similar this morning, though it seems to be lacking in the 'requier'd misspelling department. I've left out the un-visited link they sent along just in case. bogus??? ................................. From: Date: Sat, Dec 13, 2003, 7:24am (MST+2) To: bassin Subject: Ebay Fraud Verification Process Dear eBay user, As part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website, we are undertaking a period review of our member accounts. You are requested to visit our site by following the link given below Please fill in the required information. This is required for us to continue to offer you a safe and risk free environment to run your auctions, and maintain the eBay Experience. Thank you Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Copyright 2002 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc Announcements | Register | SafeHarbor (Rules & Safety) | Feedback Forum | About eBay Copyright 1995-2001 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User |
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You can report PayPal scams to
"Chris S" wrote in message = om... Yes. The misspellings are a giveaway--one of the major newspapers reported on this scam, and commented on the irony that such a clever ploy would be riddled with bad spelling and grammar. For the eBay scam, you can forward the e-mail to and ask eBay to authenticate it. Of maybe six I've forwarded, all have come back as spoofs. =20 I've gotten similar e-mails from PayPal imposters, but PayPal doesn't seem to have as simple a method to authenticate as their parent company, eBay. There's purportedly a PayPal web page that permits reporting, but at the time I last tried to use it, it led to a circular series of links that yielded nothing but frustration. =20 --Chris S =20 bassin (~AZ Rider~) wrote: I received something similar this morning, though it seems to be = lacking in the 'requier'd misspelling department. I've left out the = un-visited link they sent along just in case. =20 bogus??? =20 ................................. From: Date: Sat, Dec 13, 2003, 7:24am (MST+2) To: bassin Subject: Ebay Fraud Verification Process=20 =20 Dear eBay user,=20 As part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website, we are undertaking a = period review of our member accounts.=20 You are requested to visit our site by following the link given = below=20 =20 Please fill in the required information.=20 This is required for us to continue to offer you a safe and risk = free environment to run your auctions, and maintain the eBay Experience.=20 Thank you=20 Accounts Management=20 As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.=20 Copyright 2002 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.=20 Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their = respective owners.=20 eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc =20 Announcements | Register | SafeHarbor (Rules & Safety) | Feedback = Forum | About eBay=20 Copyright 1995-2001 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.=20 Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their = respective owners.=20 Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User |
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Just to clarify a bit... It is my understanding that when you
"report" a spoof to either ebay or paypal, you don't actually say anything in your forwarded stuff. Just be sure to forward the suspect email WITH full headers, without any comment. HTH Aram. ===================================== On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:32:20 GMT, "Bob Rosenberger" wrote: You can report PayPal scams to "Chris S" wrote in message om... Yes. The misspellings are a giveaway--one of the major newspapers reported on this scam, and commented on the irony that such a clever ploy would be riddled with bad spelling and grammar. For the eBay scam, you can forward the e-mail to and ask eBay to authenticate it. Of maybe six I've forwarded, all have come back as spoofs. I've gotten similar e-mails from PayPal imposters, but PayPal doesn't seem to have as simple a method to authenticate as their parent company, eBay. There's purportedly a PayPal web page that permits reporting, but at the time I last tried to use it, it led to a circular series of links that yielded nothing but frustration. --Chris S bassin (~AZ Rider~) wrote: I received something similar this morning, though it seems to be lacking in the 'requier'd misspelling department. I've left out the un-visited link they sent along just in case. bogus??? ................................. From: Date: Sat, Dec 13, 2003, 7:24am (MST+2) To: bassin Subject: Ebay Fraud Verification Process Dear eBay user, As part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website, we are undertaking a period review of our member accounts. You are requested to visit our site by following the link given below Please fill in the required information. This is required for us to continue to offer you a safe and risk free environment to run your auctions, and maintain the eBay Experience. Thank you Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Copyright 2002 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc Announcements | Register | SafeHarbor (Rules & Safety) | Feedback Forum | About eBay Copyright 1995-2001 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User |
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Scottishmoney wrote:
Looks like they are getting a bit more professional, ie less mispelled words etc. Another scary thing is this "URL spoofing". Under certain circumstances some web browsers display an incomplete URL in the address bar. That is, you may see "http://register.ebay.com" but the actual address is " which means you don't "go" to the eBay site but to that 192... domain. From what I have read, that affects various IE versions. For Mozilla users there is the %00 trick which unfortunately ;-) only works with the status bar at the bottom. People who check links by looking at that bar before they click would see, for example, "http://www.mozilla.org" but the actual link would be ". In this case you would at least notice the difference when you get to the "target" page with the address bar visible. Christian |
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