[HellSpawn]

hey i checked my email today and i got a email from supposably ebay. this is the email.

You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your eBay account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.


https://signin.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&UsingSSL=1
(To complete the verification process you must fill in all the required fields)


Please Note: If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.


We appreciate your support and understanding, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

Thank you for your attention on this serious matter. We apologize for any delay in resolving this situation.


Regards,


Morris Franklin
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team


so i clicked on the link and signed into ebay, but then i got a thing where i have to put in all my credit card info and it also asked for my atm id number. So im wondering is this a scam. it looks like one but it also looks valid.

 

[JRogers]

SCAM! Change your ebay password and don't give them anything. Ebay will not ask for this stuff.

 

[HellSpawn]

thanks a bunch.

 

[s1ngletrack]

That is a scam - absolutely. Do like JRogers says and change your password pronto.

 

[zod]

that IP range that https://signin.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBa...gnIn&UsingSSL=1 exist on is owned by Ebay........however the whole thing still seems fishy...

 

[zod]

Nevermind.......I just read the source code, it's a definite scam............

 

[s1ngletrack]

I've seen a US bank phishing scam that had what appeared to be a valid link to a valid US Bank web address - but which was actually an image created which looked like a link over a US Bank background - the ENTIRE image, however, was the actual link, and was pointed to an IP that was not US Bank - pretty smart really.

 

[HellSpawn]

hey guys i wrote to ebay and got a imidiate response here it is:

Hello,

Thank you for writing to eBay regarding the email you received.

Emails such as this, commonly referred to as "spoof" or "phished"
messages, are sent in an attempt to collect sensitive personal or
financial information from the recipients.

The email you reported was not sent by eBay. We have reported this email
to the appropriate authorities.

In the future, be very cautious of any email that asks you to submit
information such as your credit card number or your email password. eBay
will never ask you for sensitive personal information such as passwords,
bank account or credit card numbers, Personal Identification Numbers
(PINs), or Social Security Numbers in an email. If you ever need to
provide sensitive information to us, please open a new Web browser, type
www.ebay.com into your browser address field, and click on the "site
map" link located at the top the page to access the eBay page you need.

If you have any doubt about whether an email message is from eBay,
please forward it immediately to spoof@ebay.com. Do not respond to it or
click any of the links. Do not remove the original subject line or
change the email in any way when you forward it to us.

If you have already entered sensitive financial information or your
password into a Web site based on a request from a spoofed email, you
should take immediate action to protect your identity and all of your
online accounts. We have developed an eBay Help page with valuable
information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-reporting.html

To review eBay's new tutorial about Spoof Emails, please see the
following Web page:

http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial/

Once again, thank you for alerting us to the spoof email you received.
Your efforts help us ensure that eBay remains a safe and vibrant online
marketplace.

Regards,

Ande
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team
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