Ebay SCAM !!!

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Just got this email from "Ebay", don't answer or click the button to this types of emails, because it will mean that you will give others access to your Ebay account and possible financial information.

greetz

Dear eBay Member


For the User Agreement, Section
9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely
suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our
services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial
loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also
take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate
any information you provide to us.


We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended
if you don't re-update your account information. To resolve this
problems please use the link below and re-enter your account information.
If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended
for a period of 24 hours, after this period your account will
be terminated.


Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering
of a new account. Please note that this suspension does not relieve
you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe
to eBay.


To update your record please click here:



Details for security number: 7719958985


After some research it seems that these scammers operate thru "www.ebay-centr.com" and "www.ebay-accountholder.com" both have nothing to do with Ebay whatsoever. The owners of this website are

Unasi Inc. (EBAY-CENTR-COM-DOM)
Galerias 3
Zona 5, Panama 5235
Panama
+1.3094067818
+1.3094067818

they have their server on U.S. soil

California - San Pedro - Interserver Inc
 
Any time you get a request to update an account, any account online, do not click on the link provided in the email notice. Go to your regular account URL and check with them.

They will undoubtedly tell you to forward the (fraudulent) email requesting you update your account to them.

Don't count on clues in the email to tip you off. Many of these are now excellent reproductions of legitimate businesses' style, both logos and terminology.

But no legitimate business asks you to reply through an email to verify your personal data. You have to access your account normally to do that.
 
E-Bay "phishing" scams are really common now. I took a report from a student here who had her bank account cleaned out by responding to one of these things.
And these are supposed to be intelligent, computer-literate kids.
 
Educated, computer-literate kids. Nobody said they had to be intelligent, too. :)

One problem is, if you pop one of these up late at night, tired, trying to run through your email one last time before you go to bed ... I've caught myself staring at some email sender's name and wondering why it's unfamiliar and the subject line doesn't seem to mean anything. :rolleyes:
 
The same also applies to unsolicited phone calls, I always politely thank the person then call the company's customer service centre.
 
Related: Live calls from VISA or Mastercard "security." They already have your card number. After a good "tale," they ask for the three "security" numbers off the back of your card. Fraud. :mad:
 
For the record, any time eBay sends you an email, it includes your eBay user name in the body of the email. It will never just say "Dear eBay Member", it will always say "Dear SuperClam" or whatever your eBay name happens to be. And, to make the decision as to whether or not to reply even easier, any time they email you, the also post a copy to your eBay "Messages" folder. So, if you are the least bit uncertain, ignore the email, log onto eBay normally, and check your messages. In the unlikely event a response is needed, you can respond from the copy in your message folder.

Legitimate messages from PayPal will address you personally, by your real name, in the email body. No "fail-safe" system there, at least not yet. But I think eBay's solution, with the "message box" is the wave of the future and will, eventually be adopted by many other businesses as it provides a darn near bulletproof defense against phishing.
 
Got them from ebay, paypal, and even a bank that I don't even have an account with. They are fishing for someone who does. You can always right click on the link and select properties. You will note that the real url is different. Usually has .ru in it which is in Russia.
 
Yes, I am an active eBay seller. I get at least one of these "phishing" emails every week, it seems. Often the Windows ledger at the top of the email says Cyrillic Windows which means it is in Russian.

Check your eBay messages, if you are not certain. Sign into your eBay account and go to your messages. If the message is not there (it never is), it AIN'T from eBay.

After awhile you either delete these or respond with something rude and obscene.....just for some self satisfaction. These creeps are annoying and many unsuspecting eBayers have been caught and lost a lot by responding to them. I know people that even had their eBay stores hijacked by these crooks.

Bob
 
I get these from ebay, paypal, and assorted banks every week. If it isn't addressed directly to you, as in Dear Your first and last name, it is a scam. Never answer.
Regards,
Rich
 
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