New Ebay Spoof that almost got me and I spot them all...
KurtHorn
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This one nearly got me. I spot fake and spoof emails by the dozens every day. But this one was really good. Got an email that appears to be a "Question from eBay member"... first, I do very little business on ebay at this time of year, but it seemed normal except the person seemed upset with me... stated: "Why dont you answer to my emails!!! If you dont Respond Now I will contact ebay safeharbor and report you ! Lett me know, I am not a fool ! Thank you ! ! "
This email looks just like one of the new "sent through eBay" emails. I decided to check on ebay to see if it had actually come through ebay. It had not. Plus I checked on the id of the sender. The email says she's a power seller: stefanie4218 with a feedback of 15044 I ran this id through toolhaus and it came back with a feedback rating of -1. These people went a whole other step...
I forwarded the email to spoof@ebay.com and got back this response...
Hello,
You may have received a message attempting to solicit a transaction
outside of eBay or a message sent in an attempt to obtain your account
password or other sensitive information.
We recommend that you ignore all offers received through email that ask
you to complete a transaction outside of eBay. Please make sure that you
are the confirmed winning bidder on a listing before sending money to
anyone and make certain that you are dealing with the actual seller and
not someone else. eBay only recognizes the seller and the winning bidder
that appear on the listing page at the end of the listing.
Do not use instant cash wire transfer services such as Western Union and
MoneyGram when paying someone you don't know and decline sending payment
in cases where these are the only methods of payment offered by the
seller. Generally, if payment is sent using an instant cash wire
transfer service and the item is not delivered as promised, no recourse
is available for recovering funds. More information on the benefits and
risks of individual payment methods can be found at:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/payment.html
More information on Spoof and Phishing emails:
Messages known as "spoof" or "phishing" emails are sent by third parties
in an attempt to obtain your account password or other sensitive
information such as credit card numbers. If you receive an email about
your account that appears to be from eBay, check My Messages in My eBay.
If the same email is not in My Messages, its fake. Do not respond to
the sender.
To learn more, take the Spoof Tutorial at:
http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial
Additionally, you can help protect yourself from fake eBay and PayPal
Web sites by downloading the eBay Toolbar with Account Guard. The eBay
Toolbar with Account Guard is free and offers the following benefits:
1. An indicator that shows when you are on an eBay or PayPal Web site or
a known spoof (or "phishing") site.
2. Buttons to report fake eBay Web sites to us.
3. A password notification feature that warns you when you may be
entering your eBay password on an unverified site.
To learn more about the eBay Toolbar with Account Guard go to
www.ebay.com, and click on the "eBay Toolbar" link at the bottom of the
page.
Regards,
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team
This email looks just like one of the new "sent through eBay" emails. I decided to check on ebay to see if it had actually come through ebay. It had not. Plus I checked on the id of the sender. The email says she's a power seller: stefanie4218 with a feedback of 15044 I ran this id through toolhaus and it came back with a feedback rating of -1. These people went a whole other step...
I forwarded the email to spoof@ebay.com and got back this response...
Hello,
You may have received a message attempting to solicit a transaction
outside of eBay or a message sent in an attempt to obtain your account
password or other sensitive information.
We recommend that you ignore all offers received through email that ask
you to complete a transaction outside of eBay. Please make sure that you
are the confirmed winning bidder on a listing before sending money to
anyone and make certain that you are dealing with the actual seller and
not someone else. eBay only recognizes the seller and the winning bidder
that appear on the listing page at the end of the listing.
Do not use instant cash wire transfer services such as Western Union and
MoneyGram when paying someone you don't know and decline sending payment
in cases where these are the only methods of payment offered by the
seller. Generally, if payment is sent using an instant cash wire
transfer service and the item is not delivered as promised, no recourse
is available for recovering funds. More information on the benefits and
risks of individual payment methods can be found at:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/payment.html
More information on Spoof and Phishing emails:
Messages known as "spoof" or "phishing" emails are sent by third parties
in an attempt to obtain your account password or other sensitive
information such as credit card numbers. If you receive an email about
your account that appears to be from eBay, check My Messages in My eBay.
If the same email is not in My Messages, its fake. Do not respond to
the sender.
To learn more, take the Spoof Tutorial at:
http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial
Additionally, you can help protect yourself from fake eBay and PayPal
Web sites by downloading the eBay Toolbar with Account Guard. The eBay
Toolbar with Account Guard is free and offers the following benefits:
1. An indicator that shows when you are on an eBay or PayPal Web site or
a known spoof (or "phishing") site.
2. Buttons to report fake eBay Web sites to us.
3. A password notification feature that warns you when you may be
entering your eBay password on an unverified site.
To learn more about the eBay Toolbar with Account Guard go to
www.ebay.com, and click on the "eBay Toolbar" link at the bottom of the
page.
Regards,
eBay SafeHarbor
Investigations Team
"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." - William Faulkner
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<< <i>Just run your mouse over the URL to expose the spoofer. >>
how does that work? ....i mean what does that show?
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<< <i>Just run your mouse over the URL to expose the spoofer. >>
how does that work? ....i mean what does that show? >>
In most cases it will show the link in a little box, frequently the link is not to an ebay address. Although sometimes even that is tricked. The advice to seperately log onto ebay and check messages is good advice.
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<< <i>The vast majority of these spoofs are sent as HTML. I have my eBay eMail preferences set to text only, so the spoofs are immediately apparent.
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I like Russ's idea. I use gmail and they have caught 99% of the spam for me. I get about 1 or 2 a month aside from the hundreds that go in to the spam folder automatically. I check the spam folder often just in case and about 1 ever 3 or 4 months is not spam. Not bad.