posted on March 21, 2005 02:34:33 AM new
This is a slightly different one to any i have come across before.
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Costumer Support Notification
Dear eBay User ,
After fraud complaints from the eBay members, the eBay Inc. had developed a security program against the fraudulend attempts of accounts thefts. For that we have to securise all the members informations by updating and checking the registrated informations.
As a part of this upgrade, we will also be making the update and check of all eBay users for starting a new secure SSL encrypted program against the taking off of eBay accounts. For that we have to check all eBay users ownership.
Please confirm your registration information by completing the form from the forwarded link so we can check your account validity and your identity:
This process will take 24 hours, period when you will not be able to acces your eBay account. After this period you will receive instructions to enter and securise your eBay account.
Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us.
We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.
After that you can benefit the secure ownership of your eBay account and also by new features:
Reduce the time you spend searching and looking at items
Simplify running complex search queries
Set up Bid Groups to bid on many similar items from different sellers where you only want to win one
Facilitate cross-border trade, specifically for Canadian buyers
You can now edit Individual item specifics in bulk for multiple items.
PayPal Buyer Credit is now available as an option when creating and editing items.
Settings for Distance Sort and Filter are now available as an option in the item location preferences.
Custom description inserts are also now available.
As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
posted on March 21, 2005 04:49:13 AM new
YUCK! This stuff makes me SO mad! Of ebay wants to restore vibrancy to the site they has best spend our increased fees in getting rid of thise carp and all the spyware and tracking cookies on the site itself. It's getting so bad that if I didn't sell on ebay I don't think I would go there!
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posted on March 21, 2005 06:33:19 AM new
This past week I got emails from both PayPal and eBay telling me that my credit card on file was expiring. They came to the right email address for each account and included the last 4 digits of the number and the right date of expiration. I also just got a receipt of payment from PayPal for an auction. All these emails say to go to the log in page of the site. What bothers me is that all have a clickable link! I am sure all are genuine and I will respond by going to the log in pages but WHY IS THERE A CLICKABLE LINK?
Even if the email says to go to the longin page (and the best made spoofs do also) you know that some people will take the easy way out and click on the link.
Why can't they tell you to login directly and make the information non-clickable?
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posted on March 21, 2005 06:38:35 AM new
I agree Photo! Ebay is perpetuating the scams by still doing business this way! I refuse to click on a link requiring sign in! They should have a pop-up when you sign in to ebay (similar to the UPI pop-ups) for matters needing attention.
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