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Account (eBay)
13th May 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported
13th May 2004
Apparent Sender
eBay
Return Address
eBay <billing@ebay.com>
Subject
Account
Format
HTML
Method
disguised link leads to bogus web content - submitte3d form data is captrued by a local script
Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content
http://verifyinformations.com/eBay_verification/
protected_update.htm resolves to web space provided by dotster.com
RISK LEVEL
Medium
WARNINGS

1. Note the URL of the bogus web page - nothing like a genuine eBay domain.

 

" Dear valued eBay member, It has come to our attention that your eBay Billing Information records are out of date ..."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
Informationrecords are out of date. That requires you
to update the Billing InformationIf you could please
take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and
updateyour 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 beinterrupted and will continue
as normal. Failure to update will result
incancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS)
violations or future billingproblems.

Please click here to update your billing records.
http://www.eBay.com/verification/%?6488820019

Thank you for your time!
Marry Kimmel,
eBay  Billing Department team.

 

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