Re: eBay confirms apparent phishing email as valid
pete_at_nospam.demon.co.uk
Date: 03/16/05
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:49:03 +0000 (UTC)
In article <mckenzie-CB1E3F.18083316032005@news.aaisp.net.uk>
mckenzie@despammed.com "Alec McKenzie" writes:
> Today I received what appears to be a phishing email, purporting
> to be from eBay. It contains the usual sort of thing:
>
> > we regret to inform you that if you did not re-update your
> > account information your ebay account will be suspended
> > for a period of 3-4 days and as result it will be terminated.
> > and we also regret to inform you that if you don't re-update
> > your account you have to register a new one and this will
> > require a new registration fee.
>
> Moreover the URL given in order to 're-update' my account is at
> www.cba.or.th which doesn't look much like a real eBay address.
>
> I forwarded the email to the address given by eBay's (real) site
> for reporting phishing scams (spoof@ebay.com).
>
> To my surprise I received a reply from eBay Customer Support
> saying:
>
> > I can confirm that the message you received was an official email
> > message sent on behalf of eBay.
Either the phishers are _very_ sophisticated or ebay deserve all
they get for being so inept. IMHO of course, and not being an
ebay customer.
> I queried this with eBay Customer Support over four hours ago,
> but have received no reply so far.
>
> In fact I do not even have an account with ebay.com, though I do
> have one with ebay.co.uk.
>
> Any thoughts?
Maybe worth looking into their "privacy" policy?
Pete
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