Security Notice - eBay Safe Harbour Section 9 - eBay Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 21st October 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Security Notice - eBay Safe Harbour Section 9

Apparent Sender:

eBay

Return Address:

!!!ATENTION!!! < aw-confirm@eBay.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

https://secure7.apollohosting.com:8443/sitepreview/ http/barabalaba.com/ws/aw-cgi/SignIn.html

Location:

Scam number:

aa-1451

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://cgi1ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll? UPdate".

The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.

The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual eBay URL.

"It has come to our attention that your eBay billing informations its wrong ."

Dear eBay customer:
It has come to our attention that your eBay billing informations its wrong . Please folow the instructions to update your billing records again ! into any future problems with the online service afther this update. However, failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records in maximum 48 hours

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 billing problems.

To update your eBay Informations click here:
http://cgi1ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI. dll?UPdate

eBay Safe Harbour Departament
http://www.eBay.com

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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