Duncan
05-23-2004, 02:38 AM
Be warned that someone's having a little too much hack-happy fun at the moment...
Just checked my Yahoo e-mail account and found, in my "Bulk" folder, the following two messages from eBay (using the usual "aw-confirm@ebay.com" address):
Dear [email address],
During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we could not verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete.
As a result, your access to bid or buy on eBay has been restricted.
According to our site policy you will have to confirm that you are the real owner of the eBay account by log in and verify your identity or else your account will be suspended without the right to register again with eBay.
Click on the link below in order to login and verify your information:
http://signin.ebay.com//aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US
Thank you
eBay Customer Support
I found this funny for two reasons. One, I'd just logged onto eBay no more than two minutes before I checked my mail, and had no problem making a bid on an item or logging into My eBay. Two, whenever, I get an e-mail from eBay, it always uses my actual name and not my e-mail address at the top of the document. (The fact that it arrived in my Bulk folder as well, and not in my normal In-box, was also interesting.)
My scam suspicions were basically confirmed, then, when this e-mail appeared right next to the first one (again, same "aw-confirm" address):
Please Sign In Need Help?
For security reasons please re-enter your user ID and password.
eBay User ID
Forgot your User ID?
Password
Forgot your password?
(All this was presented in the standard eBay sign-in graphics, complete with text boxes and a "Submit" button on the bottom.)
Ha-fucking-ha. No way in hell. :hmm:
Watch out, boys and girls.
Just checked my Yahoo e-mail account and found, in my "Bulk" folder, the following two messages from eBay (using the usual "aw-confirm@ebay.com" address):
Dear [email address],
During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we could not verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete.
As a result, your access to bid or buy on eBay has been restricted.
According to our site policy you will have to confirm that you are the real owner of the eBay account by log in and verify your identity or else your account will be suspended without the right to register again with eBay.
Click on the link below in order to login and verify your information:
http://signin.ebay.com//aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US
Thank you
eBay Customer Support
I found this funny for two reasons. One, I'd just logged onto eBay no more than two minutes before I checked my mail, and had no problem making a bid on an item or logging into My eBay. Two, whenever, I get an e-mail from eBay, it always uses my actual name and not my e-mail address at the top of the document. (The fact that it arrived in my Bulk folder as well, and not in my normal In-box, was also interesting.)
My scam suspicions were basically confirmed, then, when this e-mail appeared right next to the first one (again, same "aw-confirm" address):
Please Sign In Need Help?
For security reasons please re-enter your user ID and password.
eBay User ID
Forgot your User ID?
Password
Forgot your password?
(All this was presented in the standard eBay sign-in graphics, complete with text boxes and a "Submit" button on the bottom.)
Ha-fucking-ha. No way in hell. :hmm:
Watch out, boys and girls.