New Scam EBAY - Phish

[Andy Hamilton]

Here is the email and below it are instructions on what to do if you recieve it.

eBay Member, 45-00-0000043443232-YGTG-00



During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification proced=
ures, we have detected a slight error in your billing information.



This might be due to either of the following reasons:



1. A recent change in your personal information ( i.e. change of address).=


2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.

3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due t=
o an internal error within our processors.



Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:



http://200.42.84.12/ws/ebay.com/Account ... 000_secur=
e128_000/verify.html



If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your abili=
ty to sell or bid on eBay will become restricted.



Sincerely

eBay Safe Harbor Dept.


What to do?


If you receive an e-mail similar to this, do not respond and do not click on the link.  By opening or viewing a preview of the email, or by clicking on the link within the email, your computer may have discretely downloaded a virus or spyware. View our Protection Page for detailed information on what you should do. If you do receive similar emails, or any email that you think may be fraudulent, please forward to FraudWatch International at: scams@fraudwatchinternational.com


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[judyofthewoods]

I've had two suspiceous emails supposedly from ebay, saying there was aproblem with my account, and it would be suspended if I didn't correct it. The link looked identical to the real ebay address(allthough I did not look for the 's' for secure which may have been missing) but I did not click on it, but go to my ebay account, where there was no prblem at all, nor any internal messages saying there was.

[Andy Hamilton]

Yep ypu should be careful. That is why I tend to post a load of the ones I get on this forum. I google search parts of the email and normaly someone has posted it and said if it is a scam or not.

Well 10 times out of 10 it is a scam.

[jema]

Well 10 times out of 10 it is a scam.

That is about the size of it. Unless you get a failed billing email, telling you somehting legit like your credit card has expired, then you should not waste time thinking about it. It is a scam.

[the.fee.fairy]

now, there are messages claiming to be from an ebay member asking a question, usually phrased as:

Is this still available as i would like to purchase it now using moneygram/moneyorder.

The link in the email is NOT a listing you have running, it is usually something expensive (most of mine seem to be for mobile phones) i've forwarded a few of these to ebay, and always been told that they do not originate from ebay.

DO NOT reply to the message, as this means you have to log in, giving them your login details.

Also, i got a few saying that i was being invited to join the 'turbo listers' (or similar) community. These are also phishing emails.

As a general rule, both Ebay and paypal will address you by your real name, or by your user name, not 'Ebay member/paypal member'.

[jema]

Fundermentally though with all email communications, check the address of where you are going to be sent is legit.

Read the url right to left. e.g.

subscribe.ebay.com is legit

ebay.com.mydomain.co.uk is not.

Make sure you look at the address and not the link text though. e.g. a linking saying.

subscribe.ebay.com

will when you move the mouse over it, in a decent email client, show you the actual address of the link.
When and if you open any link in a browser, look at the address bar!

[Shirley]

I've had emails from ebay regarding all sorts of things... I tend to just forward them straight on to spoof@ebay.co.uk... same with paypal. Hadn't heard of the fraudwatchinternational site andy - will have a look at that one - cheers.

Ebay - all genuine emails from them or from ebayers will go through to your ebay page so sign in as you would usually and avoid clicking on links in emails (same goes for any website really unless you are absolutely sure)

Also, ebay are warning about scam second chance offers at the moment... again, just check your ebay sign in page by typing in the address yourself rather than clicking links in the email.

[Millymollymandy]

Am I the only person in the universe who doesn't use ebay? I don't know anything much about it, not interested, and I banned their emails when they started arriving in my email box uninvited. So I still don't know anything about it!

[Martin]

there's loads of these scams about - I keep getting them from "Barclays" - which is a hoot because Barclays is the last bank on earth I'd ever deal with - and a fair few "Halifax" ones too!
Ebay ask that you forward them, as do Barclays and the Halifax - but never thank you for doing so, or even acknowledge it!

[Muddypause]

Am I the only person in the universe who doesn't use ebay?

I do use it, but only very occasionally. There are several things I deplore about eBay (not least that they put the capital letter in the middle of the word).

I deplore the fact that such emphasis is given to the idea of 'winning' - this turns consumerism into a competition.

I deplore the fact that it is so easy to browse through the site and find yourself going 'I want that; and I want that; and I'll have one of them...'

There seem to be a lot of people who see this as a way to make a quick buck by selling crap.

Fewer people are giving their stuff to charity jumble sales. Instead they are 'monetising'* them.

I deplore the fact that an 'end time' can lead you into thinking that you've got to bid on that item right now, or it'll be too late.

Contrary to popular belief, there are very few bargains to be had there (people keep bidding on the bargains, and they become expensive).

It's very difficult to return stuff, even to a 'trader'.

The system of feedback is corrupt, with many people openly stating that a negative recommendation will cause them to give you a negative one back.

They want your credit card details just to open a seller's account.

I can't bring myself to trust their PayPal subsidiary (maybe it's got better, but a while ago the eBay forums were full of people complaining about it - the consumer protection rights were only applicable in America).

In its favour, it is possible to find stuff there that seems impossible to find elsewhere, and I have had some good things from it.

* I really did hear someone on the radio using that word a few days ago.

[jema]

I love ebay, the feedback system does make it a very safe way of buying stuff, there may be people ripped off over ebay but it is a very small number compared to the volume.

no one is forcing you to buy, and you can find many things much much cheaper than you would in the shops, and of course you can find vast numbers of secondhand items, that might otherwise end up as landfill. Anything that encourages more recycling has to be a good thing.