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has any one else received this from ebay

fountainheadgoldfountainheadgold Posts: 2,467 ✭
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Is it legit, also the same message for paypal came. this is the from line "eBay Customer Support" <customer@ebay.com>

Dear eBay Customer,

This is an important message you have to read immediately after you get it. In the past 3 months, hackers tried to steal our users accounts with trivial procedures and use them for fraud. We worked with the FBI to ensure that those evil persons were caught. Unfortunately,some of the information in our system was compromised. Because of that, all users must log in and check if nothing in their accounts was modified. With this occasion we will log all ip addresses when users log in to eBay and store them in a database. When an unknown ip address is trying to login into your account, we will know that it's not you, and start the legal procedures.
Please click this link to login to eBay. Please note that after you click this link, only the user and password and IP address will be logged, and you will be redirected to the main eBay page. If you want to use the services at eBay you have to login again from the home page.
Michael

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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    It's fake.



    << <i>We worked with the FBI to ensure that those evil persons were caught. >>



    image Did a 12 year old write the e-mail?

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    PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Nope don't use that link. Go to ebay direct as usual and check your account if eveything is ok forget about that e-mail.
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    fountainheadgoldfountainheadgold Posts: 2,467 ✭
    Thanksimage
    Michael
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    baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    "Evil persons" LOL. Yeah, that sounds like a corporate PR.
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    artdecoartdeco Posts: 74
    When you sign up for eBay they inform you they will NEVER contact you in this method. Period. It is very simple for someone to copy a web page and give it a link. When you go there to login instead of eBay, they have your password and user id. Never use another link to login- EVER.
    And everyone has already pointed out the childish language used.
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    frm2003frm2003 Posts: 28
    It is a fraud. Do not click on any of the links. Forward e-mail to : Spoof@ebay.com
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    LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One of the main points to take away here, is the grammar and composition of the message that is sent out. Professional companies spend a significant amount of time, effort and money to get a message across. You generally won't see one that poorly written, unless it's from Joe-Bob moron trying to steal some account information.
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    GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,856 ✭✭✭✭
    I received about 6 of em in one night and 3 from paypal.........


    I think I received so many cause I replied to to the first one using every expletive in the english language and the few german and french ones I knew. The I forwarded one of em to the FBI just for kicks.
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    DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭
    I used to get them all the time.

    Then I started answering them with an ID of "you're a scumbag" and a password of "you've just been reported to eBay".

    I haven't gotten one in months now.
    "Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose."
    John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I believe that any email from either eBay or PayPal that does not address you BY NAME can be considered a fake. I don't believe they ever send "Dear Ebay (or PayPal) customer (user)" emails.

    I sure would like to know what eBay and PayPal are doing to find and prosecute these scammers.
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    razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    "Evil persons" LOL. Yeah, that sounds like a corporate PR.

    Why not, our illustrious C.E.O, C.C., the big mahoff, by the name of Geo. W. Bushwacker used it. "The AXIS of EVIL!"... image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
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    MikeyMikey Posts: 477
    It's an attempt at fraud. You can forward it to spoof@ebay.com.
    When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
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    aRabidChipmunkaRabidChipmunk Posts: 196
    Another dead giveaway (for those who know a little bit about computers and the internet) is that there is no way Ebay would limit any of their users to only accessing their accounts through one IP address.

    Many people end up getting assigned dynamic IP addresses and do not keep the same one. Also, this would mean that users could only access their account from wherever they "verified" their information from...at least until their dynamic IP changed and then they are up the proverbial creek without a paddle and cannot access anything.

    Needless to say, this won't ever happen.
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    KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is one that I just got:

    "Dear eBay Member,
    During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we are unable to verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete. If the account information is not updated to current information within 5 days then, your access to bid or buy on eBay will be restricted. Go to this link below to update your account information

    http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn

    ***Please Do Not Reply To This E-Mail As You Will Not Receive A Response***

    Thank you
    Accounts Management


    As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.

    Copyright 2003 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc. Text "



    What so ironic is it was sent to an ebay account that is "frozen"....by you guessed it, EBAY.
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    stampsncoinsstampsncoins Posts: 20
    About 7 months ago I had my ebay password and my yahoo mail password stolen by somebody like this. Changed my ID and everything was fine until last month I got one of those fake emails pretending to be ebay and wanting me "to re-enter my information" I smelled a rat and forwarded it to ebay, they confirmed it was a fake. Ebay nevers sends emails asking for account info or password. Don't fall for it!:image
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    andre46andre46 Posts: 23
    I just got the same message as KollectorKing. I was tempted to respond untill I remembered reading something on this forum about it being fake so I just checked the forum again and saw this post. Thanks!

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