[troy-curt]

Be ware, I got this today.

If you get one, do not click n any link, but go to ebay and report it


Date: 11/08/04 13:32:27

Subject: TKO NOTICE: Pay your fees to eBay.com


eBay request: Pay your fees to eBay



Dear eBay customer,
Due to our new services you have to pay your eBay fees.You can pay with your credit/debit card. We will ask for your credit/debit card only once.We will charge your account once per month.However you will receive a confirmation request in about 24 hours after the credit/debit card is authorized.You have 24 hours from the time you'll receive the e-mail to complete this eBay Request.
Note:Ignoring this message will cause eBay TKO Suspension notice.


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To make the funds payable to us please use this link:
http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OneTimePayment&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US


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I got this answer back from ebay within 30 minutes.




From: eBay Customer Support
Date: 11/08/04 17:58:23
To: troy curtsinger
Subject: RE: SP91011 - Your recent report to eBay's Trust and Safety Department . (KMM139933279V58242L0KM)


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
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please forward it immediately to [email protected]. Do not respond to it or
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If you have already entered sensitive financial information or your
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http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-reporting.html

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Your efforts help us ensure that eBay remains a safe and vibrant online
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Regards,

Ande
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team
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[mistermuscles]

Yeah, I got that one today as well. I'll be sure to report it.

 

[akm]

eBay will request personal data(password; credit card/bank numbers, and so on) in this email.

this should be a black flag for anyone with atleast half a brain.

 

[troy-curt]

When I got to that part I knew something was screwy.:nono:

Troy

 

[crazy larry]

i've not yet received one email from paypal or ebay about anything that was actually sent from them. I just delete it anymore..
if you think it might be true, go to your account and see if it's been suspended or whatever.
:mwink:

 

[[email protected]]

I get 2 or 3 of those a month. I am pretty sure it is our Nigerian friends, at least ones that can spell and speak English a little.

 

[Dutchman]

Some others coming around are the e-mails for Citi-Bank and Sun-Trust Banks.

They want you to verify your passwords, accounts and such. Its amazing, I recieved both of the e-mails and don't even have accounts with them. Scams and Scammers:boxing:

Dutch

 

[willowbilly3]

I get that crap all the time when I am ebaying alot. I get paypal ones too. They try and put the squeeze on saying **** like "we need to update your files ot your account will be deleted" I foreward everything to [email protected] and usually within 20 minutes or so they send a reply saying it didn't come from them blah blah blah, but I don't think they actually take any action over them. Just mkore B.S. you have to learn to filter out when you deal with ebay.