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Update your account information
6th July 2004

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

 

Report Summary
Date Reported
6th July 2004
Apparent Sender
eBay
Return Address

update@ebay.com < update@ebay.com >

Subject
Update your account information
Format
HTML designed to look like text only (apart from link)
Method
link leads to bogus web content
Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content

http://secureupdates.net/ebay/sign_in.htm

Traced to a server in Sunnyvale, USA

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. Open a bogus eBay login page when opened, where details are captured by a local script.

 

" Dear valued eBay Member, It has come to our attention that your credit card informations are out of order..."

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 credit card informations are out
of order. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online
experience and update your personal records so you will not run into any
future problems with the online service.

To update your eBay records please Click here :
http://secureupdates.net/ebay/sign_in.htm

However, any failure in updating your records will result an account
uspension. Please update your records before the 7th of July, 2004 . Once
you have updated your credit card 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
problems.


Thank you for your time!

Marry Kimmel,
eBay Billing Department team.

 

The bogus web page...

 

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