[Full-Disclosure] Would you trust these Emails (EBAY & PAYPAL)

From: Harald Dumdey (dumdey_at_yahoo.de)
Date: 02/21/04 

To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, harald.dumdey@nexgo.de
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:54:51 +0100

Hi,

i've received these two emails, and i dont know why....

What do you think about this?

regards,

Harald Dumdey

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The EBAY-Mail was sent by in-187-185.dhcp-149-166.iupui.edu

WHOIS-Output

   Search results for: 149.166.187.185

OrgName: Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
OrgID: IUUAI
Address: University Information Technology Services
Address: ET 012
Address: 799 West Michigan Street
City: Indianapolis
StateProv: IN
PostalCode: 46202
Country: US

NetRange: 149.166.0.0 - 149.166.255.255
CIDR: 149.166.0.0/16
NetName: IUPUI-NET2
NetHandle: NET-149-166-0-0-1
Parent: NET-149-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: DNS1.IU.EDU
NameServer: DNS2.IU.EDU
Comment:
RegDate: 1991-05-06
Updated: 2003-12-22

TechHandle: ON6-ORG-ARIN
TechName: INDIANA UNIVERSITY COMPUTING SERVICES
TechPhone: +1-317-274-7788
TechEmail: oitnoc@iupui.edu

OrgTechHandle: DBE43-ARIN
OrgTechName: Beals, Damon
OrgTechPhone: +1-317-274-7946
OrgTechEmail: dbeals@iupui.edu

OrgTechHandle: DNSAD60-ARIN
OrgTechName: DNS Administrator
OrgTechPhone: +1-317-274-0707
OrgTechEmail: dns-admin@iupui.edu

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-02-20 19:15
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

The PAYPAL-Email shows a link to 210.78.22.113

WHOIS-Output

% [whois.apnic.net node-1]
% Whois data copyright terms http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html

inetnum: 210.78.22.64 - 210.78.22.128
netname: SHJITONG-CN
descr: JiTong Shanghai Communications Co.,Ltd
country: CN
admin-c: ZQ15-AP
tech-c: ZQ15-AP
mnt-by: MAINT-CHINAGBN-AP
changed: kevin@gb.com.cn 19990826
status: ASSIGNED NON-PORTABLE
source: APNIC
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20020827

person: Zhongbao Qian
address: Room 1001,Lekai Builing,Shangcheng Road,
address: Pudong Xin district,Shanghai
country: CN
phone: +86-021-58313170
fax-no: +86-021-58312630
nic-hdl: ZQ15-AP
mnt-by: MAINT-CHINAGBN-AP
changed: kevin@gb.com.cn 19990826
source: APNIC

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