posted on August 2, 2004 06:04:47 PM
got this email last night...spammania?
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From: eBay Contact Information Verification
Subject: FIP Alert: eBay Email Verification Test for xxxxx.
Dear myoldtoy,
Recently it has been brought to our attention that your email address may not be working.
We are sending this message to test your address and to confirm that it is working. If you are reading this message, your email address is valid and no further action is necessary.
Please remember that all of our members must have a valid, working email address registered with us in order to remain active on our site.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this important matter.
Regards
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posted on August 2, 2004 06:16:28 PM
It's probably legit. Someone has tried to email you and it either got misdirected to your spam filters or bounced back and they reported you for invalid contact information. Do you have any Ebay customers whose email addresses you have blocked?
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on August 2, 2004 06:28:24 PM
My old toy, if your a/v or firewall program supports it, you can check those ISP numbers and see if it is indeed from an EBAY server or bounced to look like its from one.
You can even check at samspade.org.
posted on August 2, 2004 09:40:33 PM
The IP addressgiven, 10.247.61.74, comes up as "unknown" on SenderBase.com. Usually with eBay addies, they come up as "eBay".
I would contact eBay & see if it is legit.
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