posted on October 5, 2003 02:20:03 PM
Got this message today, have done nothing about it. Anyone know if it is authentic?
Check Your Account Now!
Dear eBay Member,
We wish to inform you that for the next two days we shall upgrade our database servers in order to increase our efficiency in managing eBay users accounts and to secure the transactions.
To avoid any possible errors that might occur during this process we advise you to check if your account is active and the registration informations are correct by clicking the following link:
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.
posted on October 5, 2003 03:26:57 PM
Thanks, didn't even notice the spelling mistake. I never respond to those things, I always go to the site, if there is nothing mentioned there, I figure there is a problem, but some of them look so authentic!
posted on October 5, 2003 03:30:21 PM
If they wanted you to check your information, they would have you do it in eBay, not by email. Definitly a spoof.
posted on October 5, 2003 03:53:18 PM
Not sure what the "spoofer" wanted to accomplish here because that (invalid)URL points directly to the Ebay domain.
posted on October 5, 2003 09:28:27 PM
Fill it out, but put in all bogus sware word information. We need to rebel against these criminals trying to get all of our information. Just maybe it will start to discourage them when all they get is bogus information.
posted on October 5, 2003 10:53:21 PM
I would be very tempted to forward the next one of these I receive to John Ashcroft with a side note that I think it is originating with a terrorist group that is trying to torpedo Ebay and cause a stock market crash. Let him click on the link and see what happens.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
