posted on May 7, 2002 09:03:52 PM
A friend I sell for forwarded me an email he received, here's a copy:
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:32 AM
Subject: eBay Newsflash 25263
> Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
> (TheEbayNewsflash) on Monday, May 6, 2002 at 09:32:36
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> message : <br><br> Dear eBay Member,<br><br>
>
> We regret to inform you that, for security purposes, you must
re-register with eBay.<br><br>
>
> Don't worry! Any items you have bid on, are bidding on, or have
won will be unaffected. You will not need to register a new eBay ID. You
simply must resubmit your information to verify it with our systems.<br><br>
>
> Please visit our eBay re-registration webpage."http://www11.brinkster.com/creditblink/"
>
> We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you in advance for your
cooperation.
>
> Sincerely,<br>
> eBay Member
He tried to reach me to find out what he should do, but before I could get back to him and scream SCAM!!!! he panicked and went to the above site, and gave them his login name and password!!! He has forwarded this to eBay but after 24 hours they still have not responded. He feels like now he needs to cancel and change his login, but is worried that he'll lose his 80 plus positive FB's...anyone know if there is a way to transfer FB's to another user name, especially if fraud is involved????
posted on May 7, 2002 09:16:21 PM
Have him change his password asap. Then I would get a different e-mail address and change it on ebay as well. Then change the user id, but this will take a while for the supersession to quit updating. Then take a whip to your friend and give him 20 lashes for falling for this spam trick.
posted on May 8, 2002 01:15:30 AM
Why would he have to change is user name? As long as he changes his password he will be fine. That much is a no brainer..
posted on May 8, 2002 09:57:13 AM
If he has a credit card registered with eBay he needs to call that credit card company and cancel the account and ask for a new card.
The only reason I can think that someone would want his eBay information is for the credit card information. They've got his name, address, phone number, social security number, credit card number, and expiration date. All the things you need for most credit card transactions, especially on the Internet.
We have signs from God because some of us are too stupid to figure things out for ourselves.
posted on May 8, 2002 09:59:43 AM
BTW, these people have already been shut down; the webpage doesn't load.
However, they also have valuable information on the people who did register at that site.
Credit card and identity theft are real big, so I can only assume that they wanted your friend's information for one or the other.
We have signs from God because some of us are too stupid to figure things out for ourselves.
posted on May 8, 2002 10:38:00 AM
This attempt at fraud is so poor it's laughable. Only the most naive user would even look at it twice. For one thing, the name eBay is spelled two different ways in the email.
posted on May 8, 2002 09:07:09 PM
thanks for the tips, he has been well and truly chastised. I did go to my account pages and tried to access my own CC info so I could walk him thru the process..I had never done it before as I've never had reason to change or update my own info.... and noticed that the CC numbers do not come up, I am given an option to change or add a card, but the card currently on file did not come up...am I missing something?...how anyone could fall for that email is beyond me, seems like even the most casual bidder only user would be suspicious of an ebay mail originating at iafrica.com!!!
