posted on September 15, 2003 10:52:45 PM new
Got this tonight. I've checked my ebay account and the phone number is valid, so I'm 99% sure this is another spoof. If you think otherwise, let me know.
We regret to inform you that your home phone number had an error on
Ebay Inc. databases.
We use your phone number for your identification purpose only.
If the requested information is not provided to us then we will regret to
inform you that your account will be suspended from our database until
required information is provided.
* Invalid User Information - Our records show that there are some discrepancies
with the information that you registered with on our service. Due to this
violation your account will be suspended indefinitely from the site until valid
information can be provided.*
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised 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 agreed-upon
obligation to pay any fees you may owe to eBay.
To provide us with your phone number, just click the link below and
Please complete this forum.
posted on September 15, 2003 11:23:06 PM new
Go ahead and click that link. If they want a phone number, give them one. The number for the FBI in Los Angeles would be my first choice. If they ask for a username, type in John Ashcroft. For a password, use "gotcha". Be sure you fill out the "forum" completely.
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posted on September 16, 2003 06:31:51 AM new
I am sure you forwarded it on to spoog@eBay right? If it isn't a spoof, I hope they put "Ian's" head on the chopping block! God forbid eBay would STILL choose to communicate this way!!
posted on September 16, 2003 08:13:57 AM new
I received a strange one last week that looked very convincing. Since it said I was suspended all I did was go to Ebay and click on the sell link. It accepted my password and took me right there.
So, if I had been suspended, I assumed that link would not work and just deleted the email. Since then, I have been both buying and listing so I was correct.
For those who have been suspended by Ebay, what does the "real" thing look like? I remember seeing several threads about people being suspended for one thing or another so maybe you can give us a description of your emails.
I get tooooooo many of these to even forward to spoof anymore
[ edited by lindajean on Sep 16, 2003 08:15 AM ]
posted on September 16, 2003 09:08:45 AM new
I received that one last night too Roadsmith... It looked so real. I was on the phone with DH when it came in and I told him it looks like we forgot to update ebay when we had our phone number changed... but then I checked where that link really goes. I don't remember where, but it wasn't ebay. And the headers came from someone with an email that ended in .kr ... I haven't figured out where that is, but I don't think it's ebay.
posted on September 16, 2003 10:01:42 AM new
They really can not beconvincing if they ask for personal info or to go to a link can they?
The days of the tell-tale Eastern European poor spelling and grammar in the emails may be over and the peofessional looking letters has started.
Ebay has about a one-in-a-thousand chance of catching anyone that sends these letters as most are sent either from Europe of hijacked computers.
The 18 year old 'virus hacker' they caught had his own webpage on a United States ISP that boasted of his virus. Catching him was the easy thing in the world.
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