Alert- eBay eMail Scam

Alert - eBay FPA Notice eMail Scam

You may have received an email that appears to be from eBay indicating that you have not paid for an item you purchased from an eBay Seller. Unfortunately this email is a good example of a 'phishing email.' Learn more about how to not get hooked by a phishing email at SecurePCNews.com.

The links in the email take you to a 'spoofed' (fraudulent) website setup to look like eBay. Any information you enter on that website will be used by the fraudsters to access your eBay account and possibly used to steal your Identity. Learn how to protect yourself from Identity Theft.

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Additionally, spoofed websites like this often are used to place viruses, spyware or other harmful malware on your PC that can steal information directly from your PC or turn it into a 'bot' that is used to attack other PC. Unfortunately, just opening emails like this can put your PC at risk. You should immediately scan your PC for viruses or spyware if you opened this or other suspicious emails. Consider using a free scanning service like McAfee offers.

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Following is the text from the eBay email scam
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From: eBay [mailto:member@ebay.com]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: FPA NOTICE: Unpaid Item Strike - Please act now

eBay sent this message to your email address
You can be sure this message originated from eBay. Learn more.

FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration - Unpaid Item Strike - Additional Verification Required

Please respond to this message. All eBay members are required to supply complete and correct contact information. This is to allow us to contact members and buyers and sellers to get in touch with one another. Learn more.

User Details:

From User:
best.cds( 95 )

100% Positive Feedback

Member since Nov-13-00 in United States

Activity with best.cds (last 90 days): I have bid on 0 items from best.cds.
Activity with best.cds (last 90 days): best.cds has bid on 0 of my items.

I have contacted eBay Trust and Safety Department and made a complaint to them becuase you did not paid the items you bought from me. As you can see i will have my money from you even if i have to go to the authorities.

- best.cds

Responses will not include your email address.

Marketplace Safety Tip

Second Chance Offer emails with the subject of “Message from eBay Member” are fake. Real Second Chance Offers come directly from eBay and appear in My Messages with a blue background and subject stating, “eBay Second Chance Offer for Item...".

Never pay for your eBay item using instant cash wire transfer services through Western Union or MoneyGram. These payment methods are unsafe when paying someone you don’t know.

Learn more about sending payments.
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Learn how you can protect yourself from spoof (fake) emails at:
http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial

This administrative email was sent from eBay Europe S.à r.l.. Your account is registered on www.ebay.com. As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. If you would like to receive this email in text format, change your notification preferences.

See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have questions about eBay's communication policies.
Privacy Policy: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-policy.html
User Agreement: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/user-agreement.html

Copyright © 2006-2007 eBay, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.
eBay and the eBay logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of eBay, Inc.
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