Re: Ebay card scam

Forward all e-mails like this to
spoof@xxxxxxxxxx
They will follow it up and confrim to you in an e-mail that the original was
indeed a scam.

"nosferatu" <bluesplayer59@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1138207837.431950.235980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sorry guys , this ain't Guitar related but i think its slightly
> relevant cause i know a lot of you guys use Ebay . Yesterday when i
> checked my email i received a strange alarming message from Ebay , it
> asked me to send my details ( account number etc ) to verify who i was
> , because they said somebody had tried several times to access my
> account ! , it even gave me this ip address of the alleged hacker , it
> then said if i have been on a foreign holiday recently that would
> explain the affair , however it went on to say that indeed it had been
> accessed and Ebay temporally closed the Account . So they sent me this
> letter telling me unless i sent off my personal details to verify who i
> was to them , then my account would be locked permanently .
> On checking my bank statements and Ebay accounts everything was as
> perfectly as it should be ?, could i just point out that everything
> about this was totally convincing , the link sent me to an Ebay log in
> page , i looked in disbelief , the only possible giveaway was 2
> spelling mistakes on the page . I would love to know if anybody else
> has received such a message as this was very worrying .
>


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