Ebay spoof email

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Riviera



Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Posts: 159
Location: Sweden

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:45 am    Post subject: Ebay spoof email Reply with quote

Received this email today:

**Account Pre-Suspension Notice**

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.

This is where the link would take me (have not tested it):

http://signin.ebay.com-confirm.us/eBayISAPI.dll?signln&UserID=riv-iera:

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gshv



Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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Location: Fairfax, VA USA

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Ebay spoof email Reply with quote

Riviera wrote:
This is where the link would take me (have not tested it):


It opens a page "http://user-verify.info/eBayISAPI.dll", which in turn uses meta tag "REFRESH" to load "http://user-verify.info/eBayISAPI.php?MfcISAPICommand=SignInUSR&UsingSSL=1". That page has an "encrypted" javascript (looks very lame) that generates or loads eBay-like sign-in page.

Genna
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ahia123



Joined: 25 May 2003
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Location: Stavanger, Norway

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got the same e-mail today and reported it to eBay (forwarded it to spoof@ebay.com).

The reply from eBay was

...
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.
...

Conclusion: This is a "spoof message". DO NOT REPLY TO IT !!!

Bjørn
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