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TrinkettsTrinketts Posts: 1,699 ✭
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I just got this very odd email supposedly from ebay. Is this yet another scam.... If you move your cursor over the link it is a google redirect.
I went to ebay myself and my account is fine there.



<< <i>We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due
to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay community.

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.

Please update your billing information by clicking the link below :


https://billing.ebay.com/

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 any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become
due and payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously
disputed to the billing method currently on file.


Regards,

Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc. >>

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. -Benjamin Franklin-

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Damn, I hope that's not a scam! That's what I get for clicking before thinking.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    Sounds like the old scam.image Contact Ebay Safe Harbor through your regular account and provide the info they want.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • TrinkettsTrinketts Posts: 1,699 ✭


    << <i>Damn, I hope that's not a scam! That's what I get for clicking before thinking.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    Did you get it too Russ?

    I reported it.. it is definately fake, because the sender is from suspension.ebay.com
    Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. -Benjamin Franklin-
  • ddinkddink Posts: 2,748


    << <i>Please update your billing information by clicking the link below : >>



    If I just got banned, WHY would I update my billing information? LOL!
    I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."
  • OldUncleUhUhOldUncleUhUh Posts: 66
    image Advice to all! This is a scam, 100%, make no mistakes about it. In the future, any such message you get should note at the bottom that "ebay will not ask you for sensitive info such as credit card numbers, blah, blah, blah..." If this is not at the bottom, then you are about to be victimized, plain and simple! Forward these things immediately to "spoof@ebay.com" without opening any attachments! I do biz on eBay as "wharptones" and have gotten these messages frequently. I not only forward them immediately to "spoof" but I don't respond to ebay's answer email either, regardless of what it says at the bottom! Better safe than sorry in this bright 21st century we live in!
    The Deacon Moves In!
  • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
    Don't EVER use a link from an email to adjust or update any account. Any real correspondence would just ask you to log in on your own. They will NOT ask you to use a link.
  • slothman2000slothman2000 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭
    forward that puppy to spoof@ebay.com....they will respond if its legit or not...
  • jeffatbeachjeffatbeach Posts: 83
    I get a couple of these every month, Here's what you are supposed to do when you get those emails. Foward it to , spoof@ebay.com , They will handle it and notify you .
    PCGS member for 4 years, Coin collector for 36 years.
  • MJPHELANMJPHELAN Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
    I used to reply to those scams that wanted my user name and password with Username: "kiss my", Password "(you can guess)".

    It made me feel better.
    Mark
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I get a couple of these every month >>



    Every month? Hell, I get a couple every HOUR.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭


    << <i>In the future, any such message you get should note at the bottom that "ebay will not ask you for sensitive info such as credit card numbers, blah, blah, blah..." If this is not at the bottom, then you are about to be victimized, plain and simple! >>


    A lot of the scam emails DO contain that same warning at the bottom. (They give you a link in the message and then at the bottom warn you not to follow links in emails but to go to the website yourself. Funny.




    << <i>I went to ebay myself and my account is fine there. >>


    And you had to ask then if it is a scam?
  • WekarWekar Posts: 470
    For those that haven't heard this a thousand times, don't even click on the links to see where it takes you. Even if you don't enter any info on the linked page, you probably just downloaded spyware or a virus and/or had all your cookies read simply by visiting the page. If you do click on the link, you'll want to spend a few hours deleting all temporary internet files, running spyware and virus checks, going to eBay and paypal and changing your passwords.
    Varieties are the spice of a Type Set.

    Need more $$$ for coins?
  • ddinkddink Posts: 2,748
    And by visiting the page or responding to the email, you give away your IP address too, which could be bad.
    I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."

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