hifive Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I just receieved an email from: aw-confirm@ebay.com They said that my personal information is incomplete or has changed and is requesting me to give them my name, address, ebay passwords, credit card number, and everything else. There's blanks for me to fill in in the email. I'm afraid to do this. They referred to me as "ebay user." Shouldn't they refer to me by using my name? Does this look legitimate, or is it a fraud? Thanks. --EDIT-- They threaten to close my account if I don't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted June 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2004 Fraud. They will never ask for information by email or IM. Edit- Infact I'd email ebay customer support and ask how they want to procede. They may want you to give them the header of the message and the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGVL Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Definitely Fraud. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|distortion| Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Dont do it. Find a 1-800 number on ebay and call... Generally speaking....they NEVER ask for that kind of information in an unsolicited email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 actually they might ask for such info, but they will never threaten to kill your account becuase of that. post full header from that email msg just to be sure, manually go to ebay and update your account info. DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN THE EMAIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifive Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 eMail Title: eBay (SafeHarbor) TKO NOTICE - Please verify your identity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted June 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2004 That's not the header. To see the header in OE right click the message and choose properties, then choose the details tab. All the info in the box is the header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifive Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Received: from smtp.excite.com (nat26.excitenetwork.com[63.236.75.74](untrusted sender)) by rwcrmxc18.comcast.net (rwcrmxc18) with ESMTP id <20040618213510r1800rpk51e>; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:35:10 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [63.236.75.74] Received: from produse_no3@excite.com (dsl-213-023-152-143.arcor-ip.net [213.23.152.143]) by smtp.excite.com (Postfix) with SMTP id B223619144 for <.............@comcast.net>; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:35:02 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "aw-confirm@ebay.com" <awconfirm@ebay.com> From: "aw-confirm@ebay.com" <aw-confirm@ebay.com> To: <..............@comcast.net> Subject: eBay (SafeHarbor) TKO NOTICE: Please verify your identity Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:35:37 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-Id: <20040618213502.B223619144@smtp.excite.com> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted June 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2004 Definately not real. Again I'd contact Ebay support and give them that info, maybe they can bust the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
area91 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Its 100% fraud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifive Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Thanks! I'll be emailing comcast about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Received: from produse_no3@excite.com (dsl-213-023-152-143.arcor-ip.net [213.23.152.143]) They wouldnt mal from excite they would mail from ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifive Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Email has been sent to email with header and body information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Thanks! I'll be emailing comcast about this. don't bother. they won't do anything about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifive Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Ugh. Screwed up. I meant ebay. An email has been sent to email's fraud/scam center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsJim89 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Very smart. Don't ever fall for that old "we need your password, credit card number..etc" trick. A bunch of idiots your dealing with and I doubt your account will get deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 forward any of that stuff to spoof@ebay.com. there are also paypal scams...forward them to spoof@paypal.com i've been getting a lot of emails from usbank concerning my acct and how they need info...i don't even have an acct with them :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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