eBay Bid Cancellation Notice

Another Spoof Email and Phishing Scam report by MillerSmiles.co.uk - click this image to go to our home page.

eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - Item
22nd August 2004

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

Report Summary
Date Reported	22nd August 2004
Apparent Sender	eBay
Return Address	aw-notice@ebay.com < aw-notice@ebay.com >
Subject	eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - Item
Format	HTML
Method	Submitted form data on spoof webpage is forwarded to a local script.
Bogus Web Content?	Yes
URL of web content	http://213.154.112.67/redirectbid.html?_lang=EN&lah=c628c693a7ddf12eb974a635f0870550 &lat=1092481579&hm___action=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3832080778 traced to a server in Brasov, Bucurest.
RISK LEVEL	HIGH
WARNINGS	1. The spoof email pretends to be from eBay notifying the victim of a problem with a bid (uses the item code rather than a description so at a glance it could be anything). Has a 'convienient link' to log into the victims account so they can check what the bid is but in fact the webpage is a spoof and details are then forwarded to a local script. A very clever and deceptively simple scam, effective for the very fact you could follow the link and enter your details without a second thought.

" Dear eBay Community Member, The bid that you entered for the item ( 3832080778 ) has been cancelled. You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the (bid history) link from the individual item page."...

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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eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - Item 22nd August 2004

eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - Item
22nd August 2004