REPORT SUMMARY
Date Reported
2nd October 2003
Apparent
Sender
eBay
Subject
eBay Security
Measures!
or
Security Test!
Senders Address (spoofed)
ebay188.com
Content
fake eBay web
form
(see image)
Spoofed Web page/site?
Yes
Web page/site
content
forged eBay
sign in page
Web page/site origin
URL
http://
www.aassaa.
mp3update.com/
Identity Theft method
Email form
information
is
sent to scammers via
an account with
mandorg.com
while you are
sent on
to bogus eBay
sign in page
ALSO
user data is
extracted, using
eBay's own javascript,
from a cookie set
on
the bogus sign
in page
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eBay email hoax and web page
2nd October 2003
This hoax eBay email was distributed on 2nd October 2003 and we an image of the hoax email and the bogus web page involved. These are just images of the originals, so there is absolutely no code included and any links, buttons or the form will not work. The images shown have been reduced to 80% of the original size.
The email hoax...
The spoof email states that eBay could 'suspend your account' if you do not resolve some problem (although the actual problem is not clearly stated. The email hoax requests that you use the form provided to verify your information. Any data entered and submitted would be sent on to the scammers via a mail/form processing service operated by mandorg.com.....
PLEASE SEND US YOUR
EMAIL HOAX SCAMS
click here to
use our online
report form
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The spoof web page...
When you press the 'Submit' button in the email, your browser will open at the following bogus eBay sign in page. The hoax web page looks like a genuine eBay sign in page, but it is clearly apparent that the page is spoofed when you see the URL/web address in your browser's address bar...
http://www.aassaa.mp3update.com/
of-course this domain has nothing to do with eBay at all...
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