Ebay Scam - Details

TheRoach

This is what one of them looks like for all of you who may not have come across one yet. Be careful! Everything looks legit when it comes into your email. The scammer manages to get your info once you follow these steps.


suspend@ebay.com" <suspend@ebay.com> Add to Address Book
To: pedroks20@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Your eBay account could be suspended !
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:11:49 +0300




We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended if
you don't resolve your problems.
To resolve this please download this attachment and login to eBay in
order to resolve your account problems.After you login once the
informations will be redirected to us.
If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended
for a period of 3-4 days, after that it will be again operational.
Per 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.
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.


Regards,Safeharbor Department


eBay, Inc.



TheRoach

phreakydancin

I received something similar about a month ago... be sure to forward the note to spoof@ebay.com. They take this stuff pretty seriously.

EagleEyeKid

I get that same kind of email several times a month. I've forwarded to spoof@ebay, but I don't know if it ever gets taken care of. Can't they track it to the source and get these scumbags?

envoy98

yes they can, and in fact they do. I don't have the article handy but there was a news note a few weeks back about a guy that was doing this with ebay and paypal. I believe he was in Houston, TX. He was busted and faced some pretty hefty criminal charges. They said he had swindled more than $250,000. I'll see if I can find the article again.

<EDITED TO INCLUDE LINK>
Ebay Shuts Down Phishing Scam

Another crook busted.
The Register - Phishing Scam

wick70

This was one I recently received....







This email confirms that you have received $222.00 USD from donnpaulj
(donnpaulj@hotmail.com).

View the details of this transaction here: 96870005SH559783P



Payment Details


Payment for Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
eBay Goods Mickey Mantle Patch Cards 10 $210.00 USD $210.00 USD

Shipping & Handling: $12.00 USD
Shipping Insurance: (not offered) : --

Total: $222.00 USD
Shipping Information


Address: Shannon Davis
Po Bx 782
410 W. B
Plains, KS 67869
United States


Address Status: Confirmed


Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

In order to operate the PayPal service and to reduce the risk of fraud, PayPal Corp. ("PayPal" or "we") must ask you to provide us information about yourself and your credit card and/or bank account.

We collect the Internet address (IP address) of the computer or device you use to access your PayPal account, in order to help detect possible instances of unauthorized transactions.





Looked just like an actual paypal notification e-mail, however, I don't remember selling any Mantle cards.

Wick