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 records are out of date.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
> 
>