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Scam Report
Date Reported: 11th July 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Billing Issues
Apparent Sender:
 eBay Whats this?
Return Address:
 < support@ebay.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.li-on.com.tw/.eBay/index.htm Whats this?
Location:
 Taiwan Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-836
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at eBay by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • eBay never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll? UPdate".


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual eBay URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"It has come to our attention that your eBay billing informations are out of order."

Dear valued eBay member:
It has come to our attention that your eBay billing informations are out of order. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records by August 30th.

Once you have updated your account records your eBay session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future problems.

To update your eBay records click here:
http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI. dll?UPdate

eBay Update team
http://www.ebay.com
 
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