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NOTICE: Prevent your eBay Account Suspension (KMM108275634V12071L0KM)
15th September 2004

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

Report Summary
Date Reported
15th September 2004
Apparent Sender
eBay
Return Address
safeharbor@ebay.com <safeharbor@ebay.com>
Subject
NOTICE: Prevent your eBay Account Suspension (KMM108275634V12071L0KM)
Format
HTML
Method

Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter 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://82.76.97.39:8080/error/pagina1.php?arribada.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?PlaceCCInfo&page=0&adult=0&ru=default&BillingAccountType=default&pass=j1Im

disguised as:

https://arribada.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?PlaceCCInfo&page=0&adult=0&ru=default&BillingAccountType
=default&pass=j1Imdqx.bbDxfw4cdVMuQ/&fromsyi=0

Traced to a server in Bucurest.

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. Email informs victim they need to enter correct details on the eBay site to verify their account. However, the provided link does not lead to eBay but to a spoof webpage where details are captured are forwarded to a local script.

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

3. Disguised link looks secure (https), but is not, so any details you enter will be sent unencrypted over the internet, as well as straight into the hands of the scammers.

 

" Dear eBay Member, This email was send by the eBay's Trust and Safety Department servers to inform you that during our regular update and verification of the accounts we were unable to verify your current information. "...

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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