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eBay.com Notice: Suspension Report!
25th January 2005

please forward any scams you've received to spoof@millersmiles.co.uk

Report Summary
Date Reported
25th January 2005
Apparent Sender
eBay
Return Address
Notice@eBay.com <Notice@eBay.com>
Subject
eBay.com Notice: Suspension Report!
Format
HTML
Method

Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter their details believing the site is genuine. Details are then forwarded to a local script and captured.

Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content

http://ebaysecurity.biz/

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. Email claims to be from eBay asking you to confirm your account data by clicking on the link. You will be taken to a spoof login page where your details will be captured by the phishers.

2. eBay never send users emails requesting details in this way.

3. URL not disguised - relies on similarity to real eBay URL - DO NOT BE FOOLED!

4. Website not online at time of report - URL not valid, but variations likely to resemble real eBay page.

 

" Dear valued eBay member, It has come to our attention that your eBay Billing Information records are out of date. "

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.

 

The Spoof Email ...

Dear valued eBay member,

It has come to our attention that your eBay Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your billing records, you will not run into any future problems with eBay's online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records in maximum 24 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.

Please click below to update your billing records.
http://ebaysecurity.biz/


Thank you for your time!
Stephen Dennis,
eBay Billing Department team.

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The Spoof Website ...

Not online at time of report, but likely to closely resemble the real eBay site.

 

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