Is this a real email from eBay?

KaedesBlade · Aug 10, 2004

I got one of these today. With all the fake emails stealing accounts, I'm not sure about this one. I haven't bidded on anything in a long time. But couple months ago, I retracted a bid, and ebay sent me a email saying it could be a possible fraudulent bid. Could that be it?

If says something like: "I or someone is used your account to make fake bids on eBay."

So is this email real?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/kaedesblade/ebaything.jpg

When I click on the link, I get to this page:

http://safetrust-ebay.com/eBayISAPI.php?MfcISAPICommand=SignInFPP&UsingSSL=1&email=&userid=

Phoenix Down · Aug 10, 2004

I'm going with fake on this. The kicker is to see what that link points to, a lot of times it will point to something that looks like an ebay site but has extra characters meaning it's a bogus site (ebay-en-secure.ru, etc.).

Pink Spider · Aug 10, 2004

This might be of some help in the future.

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

You can count on the fact that a Spoof email will take you to a fake Web site.

Take a look at the example on the right. Often, the link in the email will not match up with the URL of the site it takes you to.

KaedesBlade · Aug 10, 2004

Thanks Phoenix Down and Ron McRae. I read the spoof email tuturial from Ebay, and reported the email. Ebay says it fake.

Electroman · Aug 10, 2004

I've gotten 2 of these in the last month. The first time I got brave and clicked on the link anyway. Popup's galore!

Fake as fake is.

dullbuoy · Aug 10, 2004

i've gotten about a dozen please send and additional $6 for shipping BS.

to spot it's a fake, the text at the bottom has spelling errors (design was mispelled) and if you do a view source of the entire email the ebay link is bogus.

Benimaru · Aug 10, 2004

You have to be extra careful with these emails especially if you are vulnerable to the DOS exploit. Even if it has ebay in the address bar it doesn't necessarely mean it is.

chris1 · Aug 10, 2004

fakes...

I have it written somewhere by them that Ebay will not ask you for information through emails..

I get them all the time and the Pay Pal ones..and I don't have Paypay..

How do I verify my Paypay account info when I don't even have one.. :loco:

Arcademan · Aug 10, 2004

chris1 said:
fakes...

I have it written somewhere by them that Ebay will not ask you for information through emails..

I get them all the time and the Pay Pal ones..and I don't have Paypay..

How do I verify my Paypay account info when I don't even have one..

I get them on a constant basis...delete them all. If you need info on eBay or PayPal, go to their websites, not the other way around

Is this a real email from eBay?

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Phoenix Down

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KaedesBlade

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chris1

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Arcademan

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