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REPORT SUMMARY

Date Reported
5th January 2004

Apparent Sender
eBay

Subject
eBay Security Test
Check Up !!!

Senders Address
(spoofed)

aw.confirm
@eBay.com

Content
forged eBay
sign in page
(see image)

Spoofed Web page/site?
NO

Web page/site
content

N/A

Web page/site origin
URL
N/A

Identity Theft method
Sign in page data
information
is captured by the
scammers using
an online form to
mail service and
sent to an email
address
(herghelie@
yahoo.com) while
the genuine
ebay.com
sign in page opens
in a new browser

 

   
 

eBay Security Test Check Up !!! - Email Phishing Scam
5th January 2004

This eBay Security Check Up is a scam ...

This spoof email phishing scam takes the form of a fake eBay sign in page (see image below).

The email is very brief, with the bold, red statement that 'this is 'a security check up' and a short 'sign in' form requiring user name and password. Once that information is in hte hands of the scammers, you can expect them to hijack the account. Hijacked eBay accounts have commonly been used to list high value consumer goods (such as digital cameras and televisions) which attract buyers who pay but never receive the goods.

We found that the code behind the email uses a CGI scripted form to mail processing service provided by win.net which sends the user name and password onto a Yahoo email address (herghelie@ yahoo.com).

If you have received this hoax email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

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eBay Security Test Check Up !!! - Email Phishing Scam

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