Ebay Scam

[rpm07]

I just got a email telling me I needed to update my EBAY account info when you click on the link it brings to a form to fill out. It is not EBAY do not do it if you get this email. It is a scam. They want way to much info from you. If you get this email report it.

[Halliday]

Yep. Seen the PayPal and Citibank versions too. Don't belive the hype!

[Tobe2be]

thanks rpm for the heads up

[barberjohn]

yea, that thanks for bringing that to our attention. i typically get those things all the time, but if they got into my paypal account, man, i would be down quite a bit of money. maybe its time for a switch of passwords.

[swat150]

I tell ya, What is this world comming to. ALAS BABYLON!

[barberjohn]

mmmmmm, right. well, i hope that ebay sends out an email about this, or there will be many very mad customers.

[AcemanPB]

Man I better till my mom *again*, she'd fill those things out and not think twice about it. I need to give her a lesson about internet security

[dinger]

damn... and i was gonna make me an account soon enough.

would it still be safe? :o

[WARPED1]

Old scam, but thanks for the heads up!

[barberjohn]

its still safe to start up a new account with any of the secure things such as paypal and ebay, just you have to look out for scam emails once you do sign up, if you even get any.

[rdb123]

Could you please post the body of that email please? I'm pretty sure you all are being duped.

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83239

Read the last few posts on the first page of that thread.

[rpm07]

This is the SCAM email I got yesterday





Dear Ebay user,
Dear valued eBay member, It has come to our attention that your eBay Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your billing records, you will not run into any future problems with eBay's online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records in maximum 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your eBay session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems.
Please click here to update your billing records.
http://www.ebay.com/verification/%?6488820019

[rpm07]

I sent a copy to EBAY this is the email I got from them today

Hello,

Thank you for contacting eBay's Trust and Safety Department about email
solicitations that are falsely made to appear to have come from eBay.
These emails, commonly referred to as "spoof" messages, are sent in an
attempt to collect sensitive personal information from recipients who
reply to the message or click on a link to a Web page requesting this
information.

The email you reported did not originate from, nor is it endorsed by,
eBay. We are very concerned about this problem and are working
diligently to address the situation. We have investigated the source of
this email and have taken appropriate action. You may rest assured that
your account standing has not changed and that your listings have not
been affected.

We advise you to be very cautious of email messages that ask 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
itself. If you ever need to provide information to eBay please open a
new Web browser, type www.ebay.com, 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 [email protected] and do not respond to it
or click on any of the links in the email message. Please do not change
the subject line or forward the email as an attachment.

If you entered personal information such as your password, social
security number or credit card numbers into a Website based on a request
from a spoofed email, you need to take immediate action to protect your
identity. We have developed an eBay Help page with valuable information
regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself.

To get to the "Protecting Your Identity" Help page from the eBay site,
please click on the "help" link located at the top of most eBay pages
and select the following topics when the "eBay Help Center" window
appears:

Safe Trading > If Something Goes Wrong > Identity Theft

We encourage you to review additional information about protecting your
identity found in the eBay Help system. Please click on the "help" link
located at the top of most eBay pages and select the following topics
when the "eBay Help Center" window appears:

Safe Trading > If Something Goes Wrong& > Account Theft > Account
Protection

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

Ian
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team
______________________________
eBay
Your Personal Trading Community (tm)

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Important: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information
(such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, Social
Security numbers, etc.) in an email. Learn more account protection tips
at:

http://www.pages.ebay.com/help/account_protection.html

_____________________________________________

For our latest announcements, please check:

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml

_____________________________________________

In order to better serve you, we'd like to occasionally
request feedback on our service. If you would rather
not participate, please click on the link below and send
us an email with the word "REMOVE" in the subject line.
If that does not work, please send an email to the
email address below. Your request will be processed
within 5 days.

mailto:[email protected]

*******************************************

[rdb123]

RPM, that's an actual part of eBay and the response you received was automated.

In another thread on AO here, cphillip determined that he got that email because he was the seller of an auction and after the auction ended, eBay tried charging the selling fee to his account. Since his account info was old, they were unable to charge him. So, they email him telling him they wanted him to update it.

[1ofkind]

DAmn 30yr old virgins see what theey do allday!