Phony Ebay Notice

[Michael H.]

(I just got this in my email. They ask you to sign in with your user name and password. The link they provide goes to some other country. All looks very official and just like ebay)

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From: "suspension@ebay.com" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - User Agreement - Abusing eBay - Suspension Notice
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:51:30 -0500

Dear Member,

We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due
to
concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay community.

"Abusing eBay" of the eBay User Agreement states, in part:

"...we may limit, suspend, or terminate our service and user accounts,
prohibit
access to our website, remove hosted content, and take technical and
legal steps
to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems,
possible
legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit
of our
policies."

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from
using eBay in any way.

Please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become
due and
payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously disputed
to the
billing method currently on file.

To be considered for reinstatement of this account, sign in to your
account
and provide us additional information.

Sing to your eBay account at:
http://signin.ebay.com/aw- cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US

If you do not have internet access or have forgotten your password,
please mail
with a copy of this notice to:

eBay Inc.
2145 Hamilton Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
Attn: Collections Department

Thank you for using eBay!

http://www.ebay.com

[Clem Z.]

same thing with pay pal

i get all kinds of e mails from pay pal and i do not even have a pay pal account

[Roy B.]

Re: same thing with pay pal

Never answer them , but if you think you need to, GO to E-bay sight ONLY using your pass word and from there click ACCOUNTS and check it out that way.
I never answer E-mail from e-bay only IN e-bay when I'm there.

[Rick A.]

Re: Phony Ebay Notice

make sure you FORWARD the entire message to eBay as you received it - they do go after SPAMMERS!

[Michael H.]

Re: same thing with pay pal

The email address in the original email is much longer than jst the underlined part that is in my post. When I roll my mouse over the original email address, the actual email address appears at the bottom of the page, totally different than what shows on the page. Looks like a different language and some of the words apear to indicate it's from some prison? Crimei? Organizate? Incearca?

I guess they have nothing better to do and I'm sure it pays off at least occasionally.

[Michael H.]

Re: same thing with pay pal

I just changed my password, just to be sure.....

I get the phony PayPal deals all the time but there are usually so many words misspelled that it's obviously a scam from abroad.

[Michael H.]

Re: Phony Ebay Notice

Good idea. Now, all I have to do is figure out how to do that. Is it just me or is their site more confusing by the month? Every time I get it figured out, they change the entire system.

[Jim W.]

I agree with Rick. You should.....

without opening the e-mail, forward it to spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com and they will reply informing you that it will be investigated. Jim

[Michael H.]

Re: I agree with Rick. You should.....

Thanks Jim. Just did that and already received the reply from ebay. I have to wonder how many times these weisels are successful. Bet the percentage is high.

[Jim W.]

Re: I agree with Rick. You should.....

Mike, I imagine they must do pretty well with these scams. They don't stop.

[Roy B.]

Re: same thing with pay pal

If you ever replied to a e-mail that said it will be secured ,once you click on look to see if the http:/ address at the top corner changed to https://
The "S" is saying it's a secure sight, a scam sight will not show that.

[Tom R.]

Re: same thing with pay pal

I use a second email account solely for financial stuff and so what I get that spam on the primary...I know its fake. I've forwarded them before but never hear anything back

[John O.]

Re: Phony Ebay Notice

Hi Mike and everyone else.

A few months ago I also recieved e-mails from E-bay and Paypal saying your account has been suspended or it would say we need to update your information.Please provide information. Credit card number, 3 digit number and pin number. I contacted both e-bay and paypal and they said they NEVER ask you for that information.They asked me to forward the e-mails. They said it's someone out there trying to get your money etc. Everything on the screen looked official.If anyone gets this type of e-mail, contact e-bay at spoof@ebay.com

John

[Gerard F.]

Re: I agree with Rick. You should.....

They are looking to get your email password, ebay or paypal password. Once they have your email password, they can log on to your email account, send a "forgot my password" message to various accounts your may have(even outside of ebay or paypal), read the return message and go from there. It's like identity theft.

I stupidly answered one once, and then had to change all my passwords.

Just forward all requests to log on and give information to spoof@ebay or spoof @paypal.

Jerry Fuccillo
#42179

[Hal J.]

Re: Phony Ebay Notice

People. Please pass this on to everyone you know.

NO financial institution, NO established business of any kind will ever request any personal information from any customer via e-mail with out you FIRST initiating the contact. As a former bank examiner and long time CEO of a financial institution, I can respond to this board with some knowledge (I know much more about financial institutions than vettes). This is area where the word never should be used. Hal James