posted on October 4, 2003 06:25:02 AM new
Here is the one I received:
Dear eBay Member,
In a continuing effort to provide our users the best possible online
trading experience, we randomly select registered users, like you, to
participate in a survey.
This survey is aimed at determining how people buy and sell Digital
Cameras on eBay. Your feedback is very important. Please
take a few minutes to respond to our web-based survey.
Before taking the survey, you will need to provide the following
information:
Username: (please enter your email address as your username)
Password: (please enter your email address as your password)
To complete the survey, simply copy the address into your browser:
http://www.insightexpress.com/s/Digi62223
If you experience any technical difficulties while taking this survey,
please contact [email protected]
Your opinion matters! As always, we appreciate your input and
patronage.
Regards,
eBay
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Privacy Policy is designed to protect you and your information.
eBay will not request personal information (password, credit card
numbers, pin numbers, passwords, or Social Security numbers) in an
email or in most cases, our surveys. However, there are rare
exceptions when eBay performs usability surveys that measure
participants' actual use of eBay. In these exceptional cases, personal
information is sometimes needed, and participants are told explicitly
in advance what will be required. Additionally, participants are given
contact information in order to validate that the survey is indeed from
eBay. For more information on how to protect your eBay password and
your account, visit:
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You have received this email because your preferences indicated that
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communicate with you, please visit our Notification Change page:
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(please note that it might take up to 14 days to process your request).
eBay truly respects the opinions of its Members. We are contacting you
for market research purposes only and you will not be re-contacted as a
result of your participation in this study. All information collected
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posted on October 4, 2003 07:33:06 AM new
I Never answer anything that requires a response to eBay. I think that is the safe way to go. I go in periodically and check my personal information to see if everything is correct I just delete those emails. Safe or not we don't know...
posted on October 4, 2003 09:31:16 AM new
oooooo..they're getting trickier. It resembles the ligit surveys ebay does. Bottom line, don't put your password in an email. Any time you get an email that asks for it, it's a spoof.
