REPORT SUMMARY
Date Reported
14th October
2003
Apparent
Sender
eBay
Subject
Contact Information
Verification
Senders Address (spoofed)
various but
usually Trust & Safety
Content
text and a cloaked
link to a fake
eBay
web page
(see images)
Spoofed Web page/site?
Yes
Web page/site
content
Web form - eBay user name & password,
credit/debit card, SSN, date of birth, etc
Web page/site origin
URL
http://
http://www.
samafrek.org/
ebayDLLupdate/
update.html
Identity Theft method
Web form information
is captured with PHP
script while you are
sent to eBay.com
services page
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Account Email Scam and fake web page
14th October
2003
This hoax eBay email has
been in distribution from 14th October
2003 and we also have an image of the hoax web page that
it sends you to. These are just images of the originals, so there is
absolutely no code included and none of the links or buttons will now
work. The images shown have been reduced to 80% of the original size
The email scam...
The email scam suggests
that it has been brought to eBay's attention that your user information
may be incorrect and asks that you follow a link to rectify the issue.
The link is disguised to look like a genuine eBay link (a cloaked link),
but when clicked on will lead you to a scam web page...
PLEASE SEND US YOUR
EMAIL HOAX SCAMS
click here to
use our online
report form
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The scam web page...
The web page scam looks like a genuine eBay page. It is clearly apparent that the page is spoofed when you see the URL/web address in your browser's address bar.
http://www.samafrek.org/ebayDLLupdate/update.html
which is a domain hosted by yahoo.com and has nothing to do with eBay.
This scam eBay web page contains
a form for you to provide your eBay user ID and password,
credit card information, etc...
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If you provide this information and submit it, it is captured by the scammers with the use of PHP script (which is a common process in recent hoaxes) while you are sent to the genuine eBay.com services page in an attempt to add greater authenticity to the scam...
