HELP ME PLEASE I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS IS!!!

[nathanray]

Today i received a email

Dear eBay user,



eBay Fraud Mediation Request
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2004

You have recieved this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids at eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

THE FRAUD ALERT ID CODE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ATTACHED IN OUR FRAUD MEDIATION REQUEST FORM, IN ORDER TO VERIFY YOUR EBAY ACCOUNT REGISTRATION INFORMATIONS.

Fraud Alert ID CODE:
(Please save this Fraud Alert ID Code for your reference.)

To help speed up this process, please access the following form to complete the verification of your eBay account registration informations:

[Gamereviewgod]

It's a fake. DO NOT give them any information at that link.

[Funk Buddy]

BS... don't do it. Forward the email to: spoof@ebay.com, they will let you know if it's legit or not.

[nathanray]

are you positive i already did but after words i changed my password am i safe now i hope your right im just worried i dont want to be in trouble or anything im not a fraud

[nathanray]

Thanks for your help i shall do that

[nathanray]

Can i ask you guys how you know its a fake

[Ninja Blacksox]

Dear eBay user,



eBay Fraud Mediation Request
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2004

You have recieved this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids at eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

THE FRAUD ALERT ID CODE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ATTACHED IN OUR FRAUD MEDIATION REQUEST FORM, IN ORDER TO VERIFY YOUR EBAY ACCOUNT REGISTRATION INFORMATIONS.

Fraud Alert ID CODE:
(Please save this Fraud Alert ID Code for your reference.)

To help speed up this process, please access the following form to complete the verification of your eBay account registration informations:

First off, they didn't use your real name. Possible emails from Ebay should begin "Dear John Doe," I believe.

They have all that stuff on file. The bastards trying to take advantage of you do not.

Can anybody else offer any other suggestions as to how to spot this as a fake? I would say the begining is a dead give-away.

-A Boy

[nathanray]

what im worried about is after i op[ened the email i clicked the link and gave them my account user name and password but shortly after that i changed all my sccount information im just worried about my stuff being stolen

[fahrvergnugen]

Take this test. It'll help you learn how to spot a fake.

[Funk Buddy]

http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidenc...reporting.html

http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial/

check this thread too

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36406

[AnAngel]

I can guarantee you it's fake and that you submitted information to some person trying to steal your information. Others who have posted here are correct, however, there is also 1 golden word which is always spelled wrong and is always a giveaway:

They spelled "received" wrong.

[nathanray]

well there we go now i know its fake guess ill just have to watch my account like a hawk but moments after i submitted my info to them i chanegd it all so i should be safe Thank you all for your help in figuring this out i now declare free video games for all day well i would if i had the power

[portnoyd]

Best rule of thumb when getting suspicious emails: take a look at the link you're being referred to. Pretty easy to see it's fake when the mail links you to an unlinked IP, and not, say, https://www.paypal.com.

dave

[nathanray]

whats weird is it came from aw-notice@ebay.com is that even a actually a email from ebay

[nathanray]

ok that is a fake email



http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/identi..._suspended.php

[Funk Buddy]

Like I said, when in doubt just forward to them and they'll let you know. The first time I got one of these I knew something was up because it was sent to my buying id and mentioned selling items.

Heck, I get them from Citi Bank all the time and I don't even bank there. Stupid a**holes.

[scorch56]

I get these all the time. They're just "blanket" e-mails mailed out to ALL hotmail/Yahoo users.. hoping they reach someone who has an actual account.

Another dead giveaway: They sometimes say they are going to suspend your account (i.e. no bidding or selling activities allowed) UNTIL you answer them. Just go to your "My eBay" page and see if you can still bid.. I always can.

[Azazel]

I've gotten about 5 of those in last 6 months.

[portnoyd]

whats weird is it came from aw-notice@ebay.com is that even a actually a email from ebay

I've gotten spam from myself. Spoofing an email address isn't hard.

dave

[Ninja Blacksox]

They spelled "received" wrong.

Dammit.

I totally should've spotted that.

I am a disgrace to higher education.

-A Boy