I received this email today and knew straight away it was fake:

http://www.yoliverpool.com/ebay%20blag2.gif

I all looks legit doesnt it? When you click on the link however, its a different story. The link looks ok, but when you click on it, it takes you to an obscure web address and asks you for your details:

http://www.yoliverpool.com/ebay%20blag.gif

Look at the web address, very dodgy, not even an Ebay address. Now you may wonder how they know you have an account with Ebay, don't worry. They send out millions of these out at a time, sooner or later someone will fall for the scam, its called phishing (http://www.antiphishing.org/).

I have also received emails from banks and Pay Pal asking for the same info.

Ignore them and delete them on site!

EBay, Pay Pal etc will never ask you to do this.

I presume you've reported this to ebay, Kev? Any response?

I know someone who received this email too, Ebay have a similar reply to all cases, they stress the importnce that they will never ask you to confirm your details like this. No I have not reported it yet.

Here's another one...

A COUPLE were jailed yesterday after conning thousands of eBay customers around the world out of £300,000 over two years.

Nicolae Cretanu, 30, and his wife Adriana, 23, Romanians living in East London, got people to send money for fictitious goods including cars, electrical items, tickets to sporting events and even parachute trousers.

The “well planned and sophisticated fraud” that involved the use of multiple bogus identities is the biggest yet committed on eBay.

Victims who bid for the goods advertised, half of whom were from America, were contacted by e-mail and told that they had been outbid for their desired item.

They were then offered a “second chance” to obtain a similar or identical item and told that if they were interested they should wire the money.

However, they never received the goods they had paid for and the couple were able to buy a BMW and a house with the money. The couple, who used a variety of aliases, sent the rest of the money back to their accomplices in Romania.

Cretanu was jailed for three and-a-half years and his wife for two-and-a-half years.

Judge Duncan Matheson, QC, ordered that they should be deported at the end of their sentences.

The couple and their accomplice, George Titar, 26, who picked up the cash from Western Union counters in East London, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain property by deception and money laundering between July 1, 2003 and May 31, 2005 at an earlier hearing. Titar was also sentenced to 30 months.

The fraud was uncovered by Scotland Yard’s economic crime unit after suspicious officials from the money transfer company Western Union contacted the police.

Source (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1847827,00.html)

Warning! If you pay by Western Union, once the cash is drawn it is untraceable!

Nearly fell for one trying to look like PayPay the other day. Was in a rush, and it was first thing in the morning, so didn't really pay too much attention.

Just before I hit the log in button, I had a second thought. Typed in a made up email addy and password, and the site didn't nothing. Reported it to PayPal who came back very quickly saying that it was a dodgy email, and that my account was ok.

Up to then, I've always been very careful - guess I need to slow down a little, especially when half asleep! :)

I recently got an Email claiming to be off Ebay it said that due to lack of activity on my part my Ebay account would be closed if I didn't respond to the email within 3 days by clicking on the link in the email
I had bought something only days earlier so I knew it had to be a spoof Email
I sent the email to Ebay & they confirmed they never sent it & if they do send Emails they will also send a message to your message box on Ebay

Mandy

Sorry but i deleted the emails i got this morning.

1 Appearing to be from Amazon wanting me to update my account details.

Also got one from a friend of some African bloke thats been arrested and who wants to hide his £10m in my bank account.

I did what all sane people would do, i closed my account with Amazon coz they will be giving me them books when i get that £10m.

1 Appearing to be from Amazon wanting me to update my account details.

i got that this morningh tooo, activate your account it said!

Police have issued a fresh warning to people using the internet to beware of fraudsters.

It comes as thousands of people are expected to go online to trade their unwanted Christmas gifts.

The Metropolitan police say a growing number of people are falling victim to rogue traders on websites such as eBay.

In the last 18 months they have recorded 2,330 reported offences in the London area alone.

Scams include sending out fraudulent emails impersonating eBay to lure victims into disclosing their account details.

Police has set up a website with advice on the main do and don'ts.

(http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert)

Detective chief inspector Stuart Dark said: "If you do win the auction, stop and start asking questions as to who you're going to send your cash to."

There are already guidelines to protect customers from online fraud on eBay.

The company says the vast majority of fraud concerns people who have traded outside its environment, buying from sellers directly.

Found this cool item on Ebay.:cool:

How long doyou reckon you'd have to work in the mines for to pay for it?:shock:

Is worth it though for a lonsdale belt.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BBC-LORD-LONSDALE-CHALLENGE-BELT-ORIGINAL-SOLID-GOLD_W0QQitemZ8740987982QQcategoryZ1227QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

How much would you pay for a 42in Panasonic plasma TV worth more than £3,000? A thousand quid? It's an absolute snip down at eBay, where one lucky punter is about to secure himself said item at a never-to-be-repeated price

Caveat emptor (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/05/ebay_plasma_scam/)

more money than sense :sad:

or just no sense - good lad though for terminating the bid and outbidding the rest of the bidders, he couldnt live with himself:p

More fraudulent Emails :rolleyes:

Reminder: Confirm Your Credit or Debit Card

Dear Customer,

This is a reminder that we need you to confirm your Credit or Debit Card.

PayPal will never reveal any of your financial information. From industry-leading security to extensive protection programs, PayPal is always working to safeguard you and your account. Only you can initiate transactions using your bank account, and PayPal will remind you via email whenever there is a fund transfer from your account.
How To Confirm Your Credit or Debit Card
PayPal has made two small deposits into the bank account you registered. These deposits should appear on your Account Statement.http://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifhttp://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/card2.gifhttp://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifhttp://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifhttp://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifLog in (http://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/index.html) to your PayPal account and enter the exact financial information required.http://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifhttp://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifhttp://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifhttp://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifWhy Confirm Your Credit or Debit Card?
It increases security
When you enter your exact financial information, you confirm that you are the owner of this bank account. This is because only you as the owner would have access to the exact amounts of the 2 deposits PayPal sent. This process increases the safety of the entire PayPal payments network.http://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifYour PayPal account will become verified
Your PayPal account becomes verified once you confirm your financial information. With a verified account, there is no limit on the amount of money you can send through PayPal when you choose to make these payments using funds from your bank account.
http://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/files/pixel.gifWhen you confirm your financial information:
You will improve your reputation by letting others know you're a confirmed, Verfied member of the PayPal community
Your sending limit will be removed
You will be able to fund purchases directly from your checking or savings account, in addition to using credit cards
You will be able to add funds to your PayPal account directly from your bank account
You will be able to send money to friends, family, and PayPal Personal Account holdersThank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in (http://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/index.html) to your PayPal account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here (http://219.84.96.66/www.paypal.comWBSRLoginSubmit/SecurityModuleVerify/index.html).



PayPal Email ID PP432

If youre not sure if it's a spoof or not, the quickest thing to do is click on forward or reply and it'll tell you in the return path that photoshop was used to create it and usually a good idea of where it originated from.

I got FIVE emails from this 'company' yesterday, all were headed 'Chargeback-not confirmed'. Each had a different email address in the header, yet all the 'account details' were exactly the same! All the addresses in this case were Blueyonder.co but if you get one DON'T open the attachment, DUMP IT!

Have members had emails the say ********confirm account details ? (the **** has been Nationwide BS, Barclays or a number of other companies that I have no dealings with)

Have members had emails the say ********confirm account details ? (the **** has been Nationwide BS, Barclays or a number of other companies that I have no dealings with)

Yeah, I've started to get them galore on my 'dodgy' hotmail account. Its the one I use when subscribing to stuff and not sure of how much junk I'll get. Obviously its ended up on some mailing list or something. Fortunately the junk filter appears to be working well.

Anything to do with Banks via email I just ignore. The bank I'm with are generally quite good at getting touch via phone or snail-mail if anythings up...

I received another one this morning, porporting to be from paypal.

Dear PayPal customer!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the
PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your
account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

We recently received a report of credit card use
associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited access to your
PayPal account in order to protect against future unauthorized
transactions.You can check your transaction details in attachment.

Case ID Number: TT-022-421-683

If, after reviewing your transaction info.....BLAH...BLAH...BLAH...

Contacted paypal, YES IT'S A SPOOF!

I reckon they must have a list of blueyonder addresses! :disgust:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Barclays Bank PLC. always look forward for the high security of our clients. Some customers have been receiving an email claiming to be from Barclays advising them to follow a link to what appear to be a Barclays web site, where they are prompted to enter their personal Online Banking details. Barclays is in no way involved with this email and the web site does not belong to us.

Barclays is proud to announce about their new updated secure system. We updated our new SSL servers to give our customers a better, fast and secure online banking service.

Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested to please update your account info at the following link.

https://update.barclays.co.uk/olb/p/LoginMember.do

*Important*
We have asked few additional information which is going to be the part of secure login process. These additional information will be asked during your future login security so, please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.



J. S. Smith
Security Advisor
Barclays Bank PLC.

The weird thing is I am not with Barclays, the list of people hit with this email is huge, so the odds on someone replying is high

I've had loads of these, ignore. Been getting them off Ebay too

Here's todays email:

From: paypal.feedback@Blah blah blah
Subject: PayPal - Phone Handling Opinion Needed
Date: August 26, 2006 12:38:30 pm BST
To:

Dear

On 08/24/2006, I spoke to you regarding your PayPal account. As part of PayPal's commitment to excellence, I want to make sure I met your needs in my response.
Would you please take a minute to answer a few questions to let me know how I did?

http.//

To respond to our survey, please click on the web address above. If that does
not work, please cut and paste the entire web address into the address field
of our browser.

NOTE: Please respond within five days so that you can provide timely feedback to me. AFTER 5 DAYS, THIS INVITATION WILL EXPIRE.

If you wish to take the survey anonymously, click the link below:

http.//

Thank you for your help!

PayPal Customer Support

BLAH BLAH BLAH ...

__________________________________________________ ______________


I again reported this to paypal and was given this advice:-

We can confirm that the email you received was not sent by PayPal. Any website which may be linked to this email is not authorized or used by
PayPal.

Our fraud prevention team is working to disable any website linked to
this email. In the meantime, please do not enter any information into
this website. If you have already done so, you should immediately log
into your PayPal account and change your password, as well as your
security questions and answers. We also recommend that you contact your
bank and credit card company immediately.

I ignore everythin like that now.

What is a fraudulent email?

A fraudulent (spoof) email pretends to be from a well-known company, such as PayPal or eBay, in an attempt to get personal information from you. People who send spoof emails hope to use your information - such as credit and debit card numbers or account passwords - to commit identity theft.

You can prevent spoof from affecting you

Spoof, or "phishing," emails - and the spoof websites often associated with them - are deceptive in appearance. However, they contain content that reveals they're fake. The most important thing to do to protect yourself is be able to spot this misleading content. https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif What to watch out for
Generic greetings. Many spoof emails begin with a general greeting, such as: "Dear PayPal member."
A false sense of urgency. Most spoof emails try to deceive you with the threat that your account is in jeopardy if you don't update it ASAP.
Fake links. The text in a link may attempt to look valid, then send you to a spoof address. Always check where a link is going before you click. Move your mouse over it and look at the URL in your browser or email status bar. If the link looks suspicious, don't click on it. And be aware that a fake link may even have the word "PayPal" in it.Learn more ways to spot spoof

Read PayPal's 10 ways to recognise fake (spoof) emails (https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/general/SecuritySpoof-outside#) now.

Questions PayPal will never ask you in an email

To help you better identify fake emails, we follow strict rules. We will never ask for the following personal information in emails:
Credit and debit card numbers
Bank account numbers
Driver's License numbers
Email addresses
Passwords
Your full nameWays to fight spoof
Report it. Forward the entire email - including the header information - or the site's URL to spoof@paypal.com We investigate every spoof reported. Please note that the automatic response you get from us may not address you by name.
Use Account Guard on the eBay toolbar. If you use Internet Explorer, download the eBay toolbar. Account Guard helps ensure you are on PayPal or eBay. Download the eBay toolbar now (http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebay_toolbar/index.html)
Use the SafetyBar. Email security provider Cloudmark has engineered a toolbar for Microsoft Outlook that you can use to report spoof emails. Should you receive a spoof, click the SafetyBar's "Block Fraud" button to report it to us automatically. Download the Cloudmark SafetyBar now (https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/SafetyBarLanding-outside)
We're dedicated to protecting you

PayPal works hard to educate you on the best ways to recognise and fight spoof. Learn more about how PayPal fights fraud (https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/SecurityFraud-outside) for you around the clock.

Steps to take to prevent spoof from affecting you
Keep your security software current. Update your firewalls and security patches frequently. Consider using software from companies like McAfee and Symantec.
Monitor your account. Check your account periodically to see if there is any suspicious activity.
Change your password often. And, if you think your security may have been breached, create a new password immediately.
Use a unique password. Your PayPal password should be one-of-a-kind, and not used on any of your other accounts. A good password contains letters and numbers. This makes it more difficult for people to guess it.
Take action. If your information is compromised, get a fraud alert placed on your credit report.Get more information on how to prevent fraud

To download security tools, report fraud, and learn more about how we protect you, visit the PayPal Security Centre (https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_security-center-outside) today.

Here's todays email:

From: paypal.feedback@Blah blah blah
Subject: PayPal - Phone Handling Opinion Needed
Date: August 26, 2006 12:38:30 pm BST
To:

Dear

On 08/24/2006, I spoke to you regarding your PayPal account. BLAH BLAH BLAH ...
I believe the above is a genuine request from PayPal, but you are right to be suspicious and it is always better to be safe than sorry.

I hope you never get one of these spoofs… or have you already replied?!!!

I suggest you read the bottom bit again!

I again reported this to paypal and was given this advice:-

We can confirm that the email you received was not sent by PayPal. Any website which may be linked to this email is not authorized or used by PayPal.

I hope you never get one of these spoofs… [i]or have you already replied?!!!Already replied, on 13/08/2006 but I did forward the whole e-mail to spoof@paypal.com and received a reply from them saying everything was legit. I have also checked my Paypal account and nothing is amiss. But thanks to your reply I will certainly monitor my PP account to see that there is no unusual or unauthorised activity.
Thanks again.

THE EBAY STING

Student held at gunpoint as mum hands over £5k she saved for car

By Emily Nash

A TERRIFIED student last night told how a ruthless eBay crime gang lured him and his mum into an ambush where they were robbed of more than £5,500 at gunpoint.

Unsuspecting Shahzad Ali Shah, 23, agreed to meet a seller to pay for a sports car after successfully setting up a deal on the website.

But when he turned up with relatives, four thugs surrounded their car, pointed a gun at him and threatened to murder him unless his mum Shahnaz gave them the cash.

Shaken Shahzad revealed: "One said, 'I'll count to three and if you don't hand over the money I'm going to do something'.

"He started counting and got to two and I shouted at my mum to hand it over. It was a terrifying ordeal."

Shahnaz, 42 - buying the car as a gift for her son - added: "I saw them point the gun at him, the man started counting and I was so scared something would happen to him. I'm relieved my son was unhurt but I'm still having flashbacks now. I'm still scared."

The raiders also grabbed her phone but accidentally hit a button and dialled her daughter Zohar, 14 - meaning the girl listened in on the nightmare hold-up.

It is thought to be the first time armed gangs have targeted UK users of the online auction house.

Shahzad decided to search for a motor there after two pals bought cars from the website.

He saw a Mercedes Benz Kompressor C180 before it had received any offers and emailed the seller directly to grab it before anyone else.

He felt assured as the vendor's eBay profile showed 92.3 per cent approval from other users.

But the conman appears to have rigged the rating by making several cheap purchases.

Crucially, although his ad claimed he would accept payment via the usual means - cheques or online system PayPal - he told Shahzad to settle in notes. The student, of Crawley, West Sussex, explained: "The man said if I paid in cash he would not offer it to anyone else.

"He said if I had the cash, the car was available and we could do the deal straight away. I put in an offer for £5,500 and he accepted."

Later that day brother-in-law Shaharayar Talpur drove Shahzad and his mum to the meeting point in Dagenham, East London.

Catering assistant Shahnaz had saved up for 15 months to buy her son the car as a gift for graduating from university this summer.

Shahzad first grew suspicious when he phoned the seller and was redirected to another Dagenham location.

He added: "While waiting, two youths came towards us as if checking who was in the car.

"We moved to the main road as something didn't feel right, but when we parked there, the two guys and two others got out of a Vauxhall Corsa behind and approached us.

"An Asian guy told my brother-in-law to open the window and when he refused he pulled a gun from his fleece. He ordered him to open the door and took the keys so we couldn't drive off. He kept saying, 'You're here for the Merc - where's the money?'

"I said we didn't know anything and didn't have any money, but he just walked over and pointed the gun at me. Mum was terrified."

The gang snatched £5,580 and Shahnaz's purse, phone and credit cards.

When Zohar got the call from her mum's mobile she phoned sister Jabeen in panic.

Jabeen, 24, said: "When Zohar answered all she could hear was Mum screaming and the man shouting at her to give him her money.

"She was so worried she called me to say, 'Mum's in trouble'. She's still upset now."

Police confirm they are probing the August 20 robbery. Shahzad said they have told him data protection laws governing eBay and the fact the gang's car reg plates were fake have hampered their hunt.

But eBay insisted: "We've an excellent relationship with police and always provide information and assistance when requested."

source (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17642153%26method=full%26siteid=94762% 26headline=exclusive%2d%2dthe%2debay%2dsting-name_page.html)

Already replied, on 13/08/2006 but I did forward the whole e-mail to spoof@paypal.com and received a reply from them saying everything was legit. I have also checked my Paypal account and nothing is amiss. But thanks to your reply I will certainly monitor my PP account to see that there is no unusual or unauthorised activity.
Thanks again.

I don't wish to worry you but HERE (https://www.paypal.com/ewf/f=pps_spf) is where you report/enquire about dodgy emails, it's within the paypal site! To be on the safe side you'd be well advised to change your password and your security Q's/A's anyway!

I had a fraudulent email claiming to be the seller of an item I was the under-bidder for. It claimed the winning bidder had dropped out, and wanted me to provide information so I could complete the purchase. It was obviously fake, I've had "second chance" offers before (usually when the person had more than one of the thing anyway), but I stupidly - don't ask me why - clicked on the "report this email" button. Not gaining an acknowledgement email from ebay I realised after a couple of days that I'd actually just pressed a link to heaven's knows what in the spoof email. When I eventually forwarded it to ebay, they confirmed it was a fake. I've changed my password, but I didnt realise my paypal account was so vulnerable so I'd better change that as well.

It is very rare if ever you will get an email from Ebay or Paypal or even your
bank. My advice is to set up filters to delete them ie *.*@paypal.com same for Ebay and your bank. I get requests to update my info from banks etc
even though Iam not a customer. I use spaminhilator which is a free prog
and lets you zap all this stuff

I had a fraudulent email claiming to be the seller of an item I was the under-bidder for. It claimed the winning bidder had dropped out, and wanted me to provide information so I could complete the purchase. It was obviously fake, I've had "second chance" offers before (usually when the person had more than one of the thing anyway), but I stupidly - don't ask me why - clicked on the "report this email" button. Not gaining an acknowledgement email from ebay I realised after a couple of days that I'd actually just pressed a link to heaven's knows what in the spoof email. When I eventually forwarded it to ebay, they confirmed it was a fake. I've changed my password, but I didnt realise my paypal account was so vulnerable so I'd better change that as well.


Hello Liverpolitan.
ALWAYS check your Ebay Message "Inbox" before you click on anything thats Dodgy looking from Ebay in your Email account..If its in there then Its Genuine..

Download this "Mailwasher" its Free and acts like a Seperate Email account that you can Filter what you want and Dont want to get through to your Email account..Its Great..


http://www.mailwasher.net/

Thanks for all the advice. I checked my paypal account and nothing untoward had taken place, but it's terrible seeing the evidence of how much I have spent! I never trust filters completely. My hotmail one is good but once filtered out an email about a job interview. My yahoo one has started directing anything from my ebay account into junk (ie when I click "send a copy to my email), which is bloody cheeky of it. I think checking on ebay sounds like a good idea, Iand Ive got a new "phising" button that came with windows xp Ive been trying out.

Thanks for all the advice. I checked my paypal account and nothing untoward had taken place, but it's terrible seeing the evidence of how much I have spent! I never trust filters completely. My hotmail one is good but once filtered out an email about a job interview. My yahoo one has started directing anything from my ebay account into junk (ie when I click "send a copy to my email), which is bloody cheeky of it. I think checking on ebay sounds like a good idea, Iand Ive got a new "phising" button that came with windows xp Ive been trying out.

mailwasher, then free one, will only handle one email account. I block all
mail from hotmail,earthlink and msn as I find a lot of spam comes via these
free services.

I teach people how to spot these emails, using genuine fake ones (if that makes sense!)

First off, if an Email from Ebay or Paypal asks to to click a link to log in, DON'T. simple as that. Theres no hardship in typing their very short URLs into the address bar, and its safer!

If you aren't sure, just hover the cursor over the blue 'link' (but don't click). Then look at what the actual link is in the grey 'status' area at the bottom left of your browser. If it doesn't match, it's fake.

Another thing to check: when you get to the login page, you will have a yellow padlock icon at the end of the address bar (after the URL) in your browser, to indicate its a secure site. No Padlock, then its dodgy!

Main point is, these (and banks) won't ask you to log in from a link in an Email.

Ive had 2 emails recently about this ....but the ones I got said something different..

AUTOMATIC UPDATE

This email was sent automatically by eBay. During the start of each new year we ask our members to update their account information including contact information. This is done for your protection, the purpose of our yearly account renewal update is to ensure your account information, and contact details are up to date, and to ensure no third party has accessed or has access to your account and data. We strongly advise in updating your account information.

To update your account information please view the link below.

1.Click on the link below to login.

The link will take you to our eBay site where you will be able to confirm your account.

2. Fill in the appropriate fields to confirm your account and click Submit. You will then be able to access your account, and view our latest user agreement and privacy policy.


When do the changes come into effect?
The revised User Agreement and Privacy Policy are valid from January 7th 2008.

Please note that if you sign up for site features between today and January 7th 2008, and are asked to re-accept the existing User Agreement, we will not re-notify you of the changes to the User Agreement but those changes will still take effect on August 26th.

---------------------------------------
If you do not want to continue using eBay under the new User Agreement, please inform us of this before January 7th. In this case we will cancel your eBay registration..

Regards,


eBay International AG


The email address it came from is..
eBay-INTL@reply3.ebay.com

Is this genuine or fake???

Lainey

The clue is in the e-mail address they use, Lainey. It's a fake and I personally would send it to e-bay via the following link - spoof@ebay.co.uk

If you are ever unsure log onto ebay and check the messages from there. Chances are (99% of the time) that it won't be in your ebay messages, therefore as fake as Jimmy Tarbuck being a comedian.

i keep getting one of an ebay seller saying (why are you telling the buyers that you are selling the item)

You know you havent bought or sold anything. Their trick is to anger or panic you into clicking the attached link to 'log in'....

Same scam, different dress.

The clue is in the e-mail address they use, Lainey. It's a fake and I personally would send it to e-bay via the following link - spoof@ebay.co.uk
No, not always. It's not hard to fake the sender address of an email. Even I can do it. So just because an email adress comes from @ebay.co.uk it doesn't mean it is genuine.

I'm really surprised that people actually fall for this. Trust nothing that comes in to your e-mail box, whether genuine looking or not.

You wouldn't go and jump off Beachy Head because someone has sent you a letter saying you'll bounce when you get to the bottom?

Data Account Update Request.
From: PayPal. (services@paypal.com)
This message may be a phishing scam. Learn more
Sent:21 January 2008 14:41:21
To: [email]bridgenetemple









Dear custmer , Due to the large fraud activity monitored in 2008 and many custmers registerd screen names with fake information and so fraud billing information,Paypal is taking an action against those activity through new billing system co-operating with members bank issuers. this message has been sent to all Paypal members to go through this checking if you still want your screen name

Yes, I still need my screen name please keep me registerd

No, iam not pleased with Paypal service and i am not in need for my screen name any more .

Once the process is complete, you will then be able to keep your current Paypal Network Screen Name to access Paypal Web products, including Ebay and the new Ebay Products.


As a security precaution you will not be able to obtain or change your password or update your e-mail address until you confirm your proccess. Upon confirmation you will receive a welcome message with helpful information.


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I just got this one this morning so its still doing its rounds.

i get a few most days from banks etc.. all over the world, even the building society i had my mortgage with in england, i just bin them straight away.

I never respond to these e-mails. If i am concerned i can contact the companies myself.