eBay Account Restricted- Spoof Email Phishing Scam
21st February 2004

" Dear eBay user, We didn't received your update information. During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we could not verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete. "...

read also our brief guide to Phishing

This spoof eBay email (see image below) is a forgered eBay sign in page.

Supplying your username and password into this fake page will result in your browser opening the genuine ebay.com home page together with a forged web form which opens in a separate window (see image below). The bogus web form window has its tool and address bars removed thereby concealing its true URL, and the genuine ebay.com page adds authenticity to this malicious phishing scam.

The bogus web form goes on to ask for more information including your address, credit/debit card and bank details, etc. It is stored at http://www.jpcustoms.com/store/customer/..... which is hosted by tera-byte.com.

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.

Take a good look at the following images, because this email scam may be coming to an inbox near you!

The Email ...

The Bogus Web Form ...