posted on January 23, 2003 04:34:51 PM new
Hello everyone,
I've just received an email from eBay?.....
"We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Protecting the security of your eBay account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please confirm your account ownership by entering the information below".
When I clicked on the headers I got this (kinda looks suspicious to me)
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from rly-xa03.mx.aol.com (rly-xa03.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.72]) by air-xa01.mail.aol.com (v90.10) with ESMTP id MAILINXA11-0123190500; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:05:00 -0500
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: "Philipbrozovic" <[email protected]>
Subject: Security Check.
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 02:04:24 +0200
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_NextPart_125105544084856"
Is this for real or is someone trying to get information about my account? Anyone else receive this email?
posted on January 23, 2003 07:02:46 PM new
I can't believe that after all of the threads we have had about this, that there are still people who can't get it through their heads that eBay doesn't send out anything like this. GET REAL!!
[ edited by sanmar on Jan 23, 2003 08:26 PM ]
posted on January 23, 2003 07:26:59 PM new
What amazes me more is that people actually respond to these. At least this person had enough sense to ask first. Ebay has NEVER and WILL NEVER ask you to submit secure information like this. If there is a problem or a perceived problem, you know what they do? They block your account. No questions asked, you are just blocked. Then it is up to you to find out what is going on.
posted on January 23, 2003 07:35:15 PM new
Here's a copy of one I received yesterday. Talk about a bunch of rookies. If these guys can't do better than this, they need to take up a honest trade:
Subj: eBay Verification, Case Number: QUN484
Date: 1/22/03 4:32:04 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Below is the result from Historic Tours Request For Brochure form. It was submitted by
([email protected]) on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 07:31:35
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: ^Please Visit our sponsor after verification!^
Dear eBay User,
It has become very noticeable that another party has been corrupting your eBay account and has violated our User Agreement policy listed:
4. Bidding and Buying
You are obligated to complete the transaction with the seller if you purchase an item through one of our fixed price formats or are the highest bidder as described below. If you are the highest bidder at the end of an auction (meeting the applicable minimum bid or reserve requirements) and your bid is accepted by the seller, you are obligated to complete the transaction with the seller, or the transaction is prohibited by law or by this Agreement.
You received this notice from eBay because it has come to our attention that your current account has caused interruptions with other eBay members and eBay requires immediate verification for your account. Please verify your account or the account may become disabled. please Click here to verify
Sincerely,
Devon Marlin
Ebay Fraud Department
Case Number ZSQPP
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From: <[email protected]>To: [email protected]: eBay Verification, Case Number: QUN484
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
ZSQPP