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Lone_Monster
03-17-2004, 06:16 PM
Yesp I got one too. The E-mail address looked real, but I knew it wasn't. The e-mail did look athentic too. This is what it said,
We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended if you don't login into your account. If the security issue could not be solved your account will be suspended for a period of 3-4 days, after that it will be again operational.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new account.

Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your
agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to ebay.

Regards,

Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc.

Then it had where you put personal information and stuff.

Anyone else get this?

jonjandran
03-17-2004, 06:47 PM
I get 5 or more of these per week.

I just delete them and forget them now. :o

mr_nihilism
03-17-2004, 08:01 PM
Let's have a moment of silence for the innocents that have fallen prey to such scams.

..........

Back to business !

baby_bytes
03-17-2004, 11:59 PM
well for those who have fallen into those scams...i mean COMMON SENSE...then again most are newbies...

spoon
03-18-2004, 12:23 AM
I get these same e-mails from Pay-Pal almost every other week.

Phosphor Dot Fossils
03-18-2004, 12:39 AM
I get them from both of the above. Plus "Citibank"...where I have neither an account nor a card. :roll: