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Postby Bobtheduck » Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:46 am

There are a series of emails that all have similar ideas... Your Ebay account has been cancelled or will be cancelled if you don't go to a link on the site and update your info...

DO NOT FOLLOW THAT LINK!

Dear eBay customer ,

During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we couldn't verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete.If the account information is not updated to current information within 3 days then, your access to bid or buy on eBay will be restricted .


Note : Ignoring this message will cause the Suspension of your account . To reactivate it you will have to pay a fee of 350 $ .

Please update and verify your information by signing in your account using the link below :
http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?userupdate&Secure;ssPageName=h:h:sin:US

eBay will NOT request personal data (password; credit card/bank numbers, and so on) in email. Do NOT give your information to anyone via email .To protect you against cybercriminals eBay now has encrypted 128 - bit ssl connection.
As outlined in our User Agreement , eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements


Since I just copied the text, this leftout the actual link... The words that show as "Signin.ebay.com..." actually lead to http://mail.sehwa.biz/safeharbor.verify ... index.html

EDIT: Do not follow that link, by the way... Besides being a spoof site to gather info, it may have something less dangerous but still worth avoiding, such as a virus... Sorry for not clarifying that...

These sorts of sites are VERY convincing. They are made to appear like eBay so people will think that's where they are.

Notice that the actual site is mail.sehwa.biz and not an actual ebay domain. This is one of HUNDREDS of spoof sites set up to gather credit card numbers and ebay passwords and paypal accounts... This is a major problem. If you get an email saying your account is going to be cancelled, don't listen to it and don't follow the links. Instead, go to the site itself by entering the URL in the URL bar. http://www.ebay.com for ebay, http://www.paypal.com for paypal. Don't fall for these traps.
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Postby agasfas » Sat Jan 15, 2005 11:07 am

Thanks for the heads up. I've heard a lot about that stuff. I never open email from people I don't know, including ebay and paypal... well, because I know 99% they are spoofed sites trying to get my infromation. Plus, I get like a hundred emails saying both my ebay and paypal accounts will be closed... one year later both are still up an running :P

It's kind of sad people have nothing better to do but try and make an easy dollar. It'll catch up to them one day...
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Sat Jan 15, 2005 11:29 am

this could be a serious identity theft risk...-___- I hope it doesn't affect too many people.
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Postby Jasdero » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:45 pm

- link has been removed *o*/ - doesn't open up for me.. >.o It just automatically closes.... O.O >.> I'm worried now... @_@ I hope I didn't just do something stupid... gyaa!!!! *zooms into a hole*
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Postby shooraijin » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:53 pm

Don't click on those links, please. One never knows what's on the other end.
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Postby Bobtheduck » Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:06 pm

I should remove the "url" tags, I suppose... Sorry... It's just that darn autoformatting that I have taken for granted.
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Postby Jasdero » Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:37 pm

((((((((((( T_T) does this mean I'm in trouble?

*scans for viruses*

.....what's a good program for spyware? I have Norton AntiVirus, and Personal Firewall.. along with Windows XP's SP2.. but uh.. I think I need something for spyware....
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Postby Jman » Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:32 pm

Alright, I'll have to alert my mom as she regularly shops Ebay!

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Postby Mr_Anderson » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:48 pm

well, i think firefox is supposed to have some anti-spyware thing if i'm not mistaken
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Postby Jasdero » Sat Jan 15, 2005 10:16 pm

Mr_Anderson wrote:well, i think firefox is supposed to have some anti-spyware thing if i'm not mistaken

But is that all I need? >.>;;;
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Sat Jan 15, 2005 10:53 pm

At first I tho
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Postby FadedOne » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:28 am

I should remove the "url" tags, I suppose... Sorry... It's just that darn autoformatting that I have taken for granted.

lol...I would appreciate that. some of us are kinda stupid and just click stuff. *points to self*
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Postby Noodles » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:35 am

I don't shop at eBay but I know people who do, I will tell them about it. Thank you for the warning.
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