Will Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Today I received an e-mail supposedly from eBay saying that my account with them had been suspended indefinitely. Off course I was very concerned to find out the reasons and I clicked on the link provided in the e-mail. At first, the sign-in page was almost identical to the original, but then comes a series of questions for ID verification, such as your name, address, telephone number, which I entered, and right when I got to the request for my SSN, I got very suspicious and decided to check that validity of the e-mail. Immediately I noticed that the sender did not have a valid eBay domain name: eBay@reply3.ebay.com I also made a comparison of both "sign-in" pages, the one from eBay and the one from the fake link in the e-mail, and the address that displayed my browser showed also an invalid eBay domain name. My first course of action was to change my eBay password since I had entered it to sign in the fake "sing-in" page, and PayPal too, just in case. I reported the "Spoof" e-mail as eBay calls them to eBay, and I got a confirmation 5 minutes later from them agreeing with my suspicions. Be aware of e-mail like the one below: Dear "your eBay account name"We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay community. As we state in the User Agreement, Section 8, we may immediately issue a warning, suspend, or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if you have breached the User Agreement or if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us. If you feel you have been suspended in error or want to appeal this decision by providing additional information, please click here : https://signin.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&UsingSSL=1 Due to the suspension of this account, please note that you are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new account. Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your obligation to pay any fees you may currently owe to eBay. Regards, eBay Trust and Safety May the force be with you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 I haven't gotten one from Ebay, probably because I've never sold on it, but I have gotten several from PayPal saying roughly the same thing. I just ignored them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlures Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 never give them any information. you can forward a copy of the email to ebay and they will email you back telling you it is a fake. I just delete them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 I get at least a couple of these emails every week. If you're suspicious, the best thing to do is send them to spoof@ebay.com. Ebay is very good at getting back to you on this topic. You will know within 24 hours if this is a valid email. So far, mine have all been fake. BTW......I was told that just clicking on the link is sometimes all that is needed for hackers to gain access to your account. Don't know if this is true or not, but I'm not taking any chances! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 I get them from Ebay, Paypal, Regions Bank (don't even have an account with them!!) on a daily basis. The best way you can tell is that you are actually on the right site is 1) the address in your internet browser will start with https://. The "s" is important as this ensure you are on a secure site. 2) the address will be Ebay, paypal, etc. Most of these links redirect you to another website. Also, there will be a little yellow lock down in the lower portion of your screen by the "cookies eye". Best is to just delete tehm but be sure not to block sender as these have a return email address for Ebay. If you block them or bounce the message back, you may not get "real" messages when you need to. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuMMeRBaits Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 From my understanding E-Bay will never send you a message with a link in it also. I got one that was actually from e-bay the other day, without a link in it. The message actually told you to manual goto e-bay and what to do once you were there. Also check the URL (Web Address) if you click on a link in an e-mail from e-bay. The address will not be www.ebay.com it will more than likely come up with just numbers ( i.e. http://143.23.765.34/ ). I think also, from talking with the wife, if e-bay e-mails you they will use your real name in the message and not your signon/screen name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
