posted on October 14, 2002 11:08:55 AM new
Has anyone else received this e-mail message from eBay support? Subject of the message was, Please confirm FREE membership. I received it last night, and have written support, but still no answer from them. I also clicked on the link in the email, but comes up "Page cannot be found."
I have been, and continue to be a very active member of eBay since 1999, so don't understand what this is all about. Anyone else know???????
Sincerely,
Toni
"Dear eBay member,
Your account has been inactive for a substantial period of time.
Due to our scheduled maintenance we are reviewing the accounts.
If you want to continue using our system please go to the URL below to confirm:
(please use it exactly as is including all trailing fullstops)
Remember: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information (such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, social security number, etc.)
in an email.
Copyright 1995 - 2002 eBay Inc. All rights reserved. Designated
trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners."
posted on October 14, 2002 11:13:16 AM new
I havent gotten any thing like this, but I am d@#@ sure it didn't come from eBay. They don't do this kind of thing. Some one is trying to get your ID. DON'T ANSWER IT.
posted on October 14, 2002 11:17:09 AM new
I did reply to it after I couldn't get into the website, so that is a no no, right!!!
www.tfeeney.esmartbiz.com
posted on October 14, 2002 11:23:30 AM new
So even though I sent a reply to their original e-mail, I'm should be ok, as I didn't give out any information as far as password for eBay?
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posted on October 14, 2002 11:50:26 AM new
Well, it's obviously not from Ebay. If it were then the "cgi3.ebay.com" would be after the "@" and not before it.
posted on October 14, 2002 12:16:21 PM new
I did, finally, find where to send for customer support for some help from eBay about this e-mail and submitted it to them, so I should hear something from them in a day or two about this, I would think?
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posted on October 14, 2002 12:33:15 PM new
Just visiting the site or answering the email is harmless. It's giving them your password that is dangerous.
If you were a crook that type of scheme is the perfect way to obtain ebay passwords as they are hoping that you have an inactive account and up on the latest ebay security warnings. To outfox or not be taken by a crook you first must start to think like them.
posted on October 14, 2002 01:16:18 PM new
No, I didn't give any info in my reply e-mail to them, just asked them to explain in further depth what they were asking? Thank you. Just can't be tooooo careful, I guess, when it comes to anything now a days??!!!
www.tfeeney.esmartbiz.com
posted on October 14, 2002 04:10:34 PM new
I just got one concerning paypal so watch it.It is the same type link as the ebay one,paypal is before the @.
posted on October 14, 2002 04:35:43 PM new
I have recieved confirmation from eBay that they are checking into the e-mail I recieved, but from the sounds of it, you might have recieved a different one than I did, as mine didn't even mention PayPal. If you believe that your e-mail is not legitimate, then please let eBay or PayPal know!!!!!
www.tfeeney.esmartbiz.com
