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| From | Michael KROPP <mkropp@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: ebay scam |
| Date | Tue, 04 Feb 2003 17:35:33 -0500 |
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I also received this and forwarded it to spoof@ebay.com. Ebay has
something set up to try and track this stuff. So send it to them if
you still have it?
----- Original Message -----
From: marmil@MUZE.com
Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2003 1:27 pm
Subject: Re: ebay scam
> Ken -
>
> Yeah, I got that too, and was suspicious. It said that my account
> had been
> suspended because they didn't have a current credit card #, and I
> wouldn'tbe able to bid until they received one. So I bid on
> something, with no
> problem. Be VERY VERY careful, because it really looks official!
>
> Marc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken West [ken@powerpop.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:20 PM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: ebay scam
>
>
> Up until today, I've only read of such scams happening but today I
> was an
> intended victim and thought I'd share this. I was sent an email
> that looked
> pretty official and sent me to a web site
> (http://ebay.interpool.us/) that
> looks pretty damned official. It all looked pretty legit until I
> got to the
> part where they asked for my ATM pin#, SS# and drivers license.
> Here's the
> text of the email.
>
> Dear valued ebay member ken :
>
> It has come to our attention that your ebay Billing information's
> records are out of date. thats require update your billing
> information'sIf you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your
> online experience and
> update.
> Your billing records you will not run into any future problems
> with the
> problems with the online service. However, failure to update your
> recordswill result in
> account termination. Please update your records by tomorrow.
>
> Once you have updated your account records your ebay session will
> not be
> interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will
> result in
> cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or
> future billing
> problems.
>
> Please click here to update your billing records.
>
> Thank you for your time.
> Marry Kimmel
> ebay Billing Dept team.
>
>
> Be carefull out there kids!!!!
>
> Ken
>
>
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