REPORT SUMMARY
Date Reported
14th January 2004
Apparent Sender
eBay
Subject
eBay Account
Verification
Senders Address
(spoofed)
aw-confirm@
ebay.com
Content
text with a cloaked
link to a forged
eBay web page
(see images)
Spoofed Web page/site?
Yes
Web page/site
content
forged eBay web
page with web form
requiring eBay &
Paypal usernames
& passwords,
name & address
details, credit or
debit card and bank
details, etc
Web page/site origin
URL
http://
www.mhg2k.com/
gccVerify/index.php
Identity Theft method
Web form
information
is captured using
MailBomber
script
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eBay Account Verification - Email Scam
14th January 2004
Is this really a periodic account review? - Not this time, its a scam ...
This email takes the form of a text message with a link (see image below), but the is disguised (cloaked) to look like it will take you to http://www.ebay.com/... However, using that link will open a forged page with the following URL (site address in your browser address bar) ...
http://www.mhg2k.com/gccVerify/index.php
This address resolves to Yahoo web space, and is therefore nothing to do with eBay at all. We also found that the page uses a MailBomber script to capture the data entered and submitted into this fake form.
If you have received this 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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