Is this a SCAM attempting to get my eBay password????

coingame2000

I seem to recall a thread addressing this issue. I just received the following email and want to know if it's a scammer attempting to get my eBay password, etc? Thanks for you help...Mike


SafeHarbor Pre-Suspension

Dear customer,

We regret to inform you that your eBay account will be suspended due to the violation of our site policy below:

* Misrepresentation of Identity (User) - Representing yourself as another eBay user or registering using the identity of another.

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.

According to our site policy you will have to confirm that you are the real owner of the eBay account by completing the following form or else your account will be deleted.


http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?SecureConfirmation&bpuser=1


Our apologies for this unconvenience.

!
Thank you for using eBay!

http://www.ebay.com
s this a scam attempting to get my eBay password, etc?

airplanenut

Yes it is- that link won't take you where it says it does...

ConstellatioCollector

First time I've seen that message. You must be a bad person!!! LOL

satootoko

forward it to the spoof desk at E-Bay. They will reply within a fairly short time and let you know if it is genuine, which it almost certainly is not!. Unlike fraudulent seller complaints, they hop on this kind of stuff pretty quickly.

TWODOGS

That URL does actually take you to an ebay page. An input error page, apparently after a form that needs to be filled out. The input error due to missing info.

Russ

<< <i>That URL does actually take you to an ebay page. >>



That's probably not the actual URL, though. It's more likely the hyperlink that appeared in his eMail, and the underlying URL is different.

Mike,

Do you use eMail that is html enabled? If so, check the coding and see where the link really goes.

Russ, NCNE

Conder101

It is a scam. Ebay tells you over and over that they will NEVER ask you for your password of confidential information to be entered into an email link. In the rare cases where they do need info or suggest that you change your password or anything like that they always just tell you to go to the ebay website to do it. They do NOT provide a link to take you there. That way when you enter ebay by the way you normally would or by typing the website address into your browser you know that you are going to the proper place and you are not being redirected to a false site.

No legitimate site is going to send you an email asking for confidential information to be entered into the e-mail, as a response to the e-mail or in a form linked to by the email.

PaulS

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http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?SecureConfirmation&bpuser=1

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hmm not so sure, that is definately an address on ebay's site (generally they will try and send you off to another site using a confusing url if its a scam).

nwcs

They use that ebay link as the text of the link to make it look more legitimate. All of these are scams.

prooflike

Also, the "unconvenience" instead of "inconvenience"