eBayers Be Careful

[Admin]

Every suspicious e-mails you receive, please take extra attention to them.
Report them to the appropriate deparment rather than responding to the e-mail itself.

I think this is fake and my first time receiving it. Just wanted to share. If you received it, let me know.



Account Pre-Suspension Notice

Dear user (my@email.com),

You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your eBay account had been recently compromised used by a third party without your authorization. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay infos by following the link below.

http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?Signln &UserID=username

(To complete the verification process you must fill in all the required fields)
Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.
We apreciate your support and understading, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.
Thank you for your patience and attention in this important matter.

Regards,

Naomi,
Fraud Prevention Group
Do not respond to this e-mail, as your reply will not be received.

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Although the e-mail header shows as:
Subject: **Account Pre-Suspension Notice**
From: suspension@ebay.com

Please be careful as e-mail spoof can easily be done. And links that is contained in a spam email can direct you to a fradulent website although it appears to be real. Be especially careful if you have a Paypal account.

[Admin]

Reponse was very quick at 10:20 p.m. PST.


Hello,

Thank you for contacting eBay's Trust and Safety Department about email
solicitations that are falsely made to appear to have come from eBay.
These emails, commonly referred to as "spoof" messages, are sent in an
attempt to collect sensitive personal information from recipients who
reply to the message or click on a link to a Web page requesting this
information.

The email you reported did not originate from, nor is it endorsed by,
eBay. We are very concerned about this problem and are working
diligently to address the situation. We are currently investigating the
source of this email to take further action. You may rest assured that
your account standing has not changed and that your listings have not
been affected.

We advise you to be very cautious of email messages that ask you to
submit information such as your credit card number or your email
password. eBay will never ask you for sensitive personal information
such as passwords, bank account or credit card numbers, Personal
Identification Numbers (PINs), or Social Security numbers in an email
itself. If you ever need to provide information to eBay please open a
new Web browser, type www.ebay.com, and click on the "site map" link
located at the top of the page to access the eBay page you need.

If you have any doubt about whether an email message is from eBay,
please forward it immediately to spoof@ebay.com and do not respond to it
or click on any of the links in the email message. Please do not change
the subject line or forward the email as an attachment.

If you entered personal information such as your password, social
security number or credit card numbers into a Web site based on a
request from a spoofed email, you need to take immediate action to
protect your identity. We have developed an eBay Help page with valuable
information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself.

To get to the "Protecting Your Identity" Help page from the eBay site,
please click on the "help" link located at the top of most eBay pages
and select the following topics when the "eBay Help Center" window
appears:

Safe Trading > If Something Goes Wrong > Identity Theft

We encourage you to review additional information about protecting your
identity found in the eBay Help system. Please click on the "help" link
located at the top of most eBay pages and select the following topics
when the "eBay Help Center" window appears:

Safe Trading > If Something Goes Wrong& > Account Theft > Account
Protection

Once again, thank you for alerting us to the spoof email you received.
Your vigilance helps us ensure that eBay remains a safe and vibrant
online marketplace.


Regards,

Ian
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team
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eBay
Your Personal Trading Community (tm)

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Important: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information
(such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, Social
Security numbers, etc.) in an email. Learn more account protection tips
at:

http://www.pages.ebay.com/help/account_protection.h tml
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[ak]

Yup, I've been getting a lot of eBay "wannabes" and CitiBank emails. I give them prop on the format, but the URL address gives it away.

[Mike]

Just got one of them e-mails. I knew it was phony right away since the spam had an IP link rather than a real URL.