 Ebay Spoof/phishing Attacks., fake ebay email detection. |
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  Sep 1 2005, 04:51 PM
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Member [Level 3]  Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Dotian.com Member No.: 3,085  |
Currnetly there are several jokers out there who try to send fake emails pretending to be from eBay itself.
Such emails may be used to steel personal as well as financial data is the user recieving the mail clicks on the links. After contacting the ebay Support via email I've got following tips: I am posting the mail I got from eBay as it is so that the users of Trap17 can also detact an fake email and maintain their privacy. From: eBay Customer Support <spoof@ebay.com> To: Cyber Mitra < cyber . mitra @gmail.com> CODE Hello, Thank you for writing to eBay regarding the email you received. Emails such as this, commonly referred to as "spoof" or "phished" messages, are sent in an attempt to collect sensitive personal or financial information from the recipients. The email you reported was not sent by eBay. We have reported this email to the appropriate authorities. In the future, be very cautious of any email that asks you to submit information such as your credit card numbers or passwords. If you are ever concerned about an email you receive from eBay, simply follow these steps: 1. Open a new Web browser and type www.ebay.com into your browser address field to go directly to the eBay site. 2. On eBay, click on the "My eBay" link at the top of the page and sign into your account. 3. Check the "My Messages" link located on the left side of the My eBay page. If an email affects your eBay account, it's now in "My Messages." Any email sent to your registered eBay email address from eBay or from another eBay member via eBay's member-to-member communication system will also appear in "My Messages." Just remember, if you get an email regarding a problem with your account or that is requesting personal information, and the email looks like it is from eBay, please check My Messages first. If it's not there, it's a fake email. If you still have any doubt about whether an email message is from eBay, please forward it to spoof@ebay.com immediately. Do not respond to it or click any of the links. Do not remove the original subject line or change the email in any way when you forward it to eBay. If you have already entered sensitive personal information, financial information, or your password into a Web site based on a request from a spoofed email, you should take immediate action to protect your identity and all of your online accounts. We have developed an eBay Help page with valuable information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself. http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/isgw-account...-reporting.html To review eBay's new tutorial about Spoof Emails, please see the following Web page: http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial/ To help you better protect yourself from fake eBay and PayPal Web sites, we have developed a feature for the eBay Toolbar called "Account Guard." Account Guard includes an indicator of when you are on an eBay or PayPal Web site or a known spoof (or "phishing") site, buttons to report fake eBay Web sites, and a password notification feature that warns you when you may be entering your eBay password on an unverified site. To learn more about the eBay Toolbar with Account Guard, please go to www.ebay.com, click on "Downloads" at the bottom of the page, and then click on the "eBay Toolbar" link. We also recommend that you keep your browser, operating system, and virus protection software up to date. Check for updates at the "Windows Update" link on www.microsoft.com and scan your computer for viruses often. Once again, thank you for alerting us to the spoof email you received. Your efforts help keep eBay a safe and fair place to trade. Regards, Ande eBay SafeHarbor Investigations Team ______________________________ eBay The World's Online Marketplace! ® ******************************************* Important: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information (such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, etc.) in an email. Learn more account protection tips at: http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw...protection.html _____________________________________________ For our latest announcements, please check: http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml _____________________________________________ In order to better serve you, we'd like to occasionally request feedback on our service. If you would rather not participate, please click on the link below and send us an email with the word "REMOVE" in the subject line. If that does not work, please send an email to the email address below. Your request will be processed within 5 days. mailto:cssremove@ebay.com |
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Sep 1 2005, 05:21 PM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 28-August 05 Member No.: 11,210 |
Thats good to know.
 I once in my hotmail account recieved over 214 emails in my junk folder, all of the addresses were random (ebay...google...others...) and all contained the same virus infected attachment.I hate spoof emails. |
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Sep 1 2005, 05:44 PM
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King of My WOrld Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 11-October 04 Member No.: 1,665 |
i always received this kinda spoof emails ... some of them are banks and some of them are ebays ... but it's very easy to detect .... firstly .. the email address is a good thing to spot a spoof ... secondly .. all of these spoofs doesnt use words ... they tend to use an image for it ... that is the whole email is an image ... wherever you click on the letter .. it will bring you to the targetted url .. so be alert when u received these kinda spoof emails ...
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Sep 1 2005, 06:21 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 623 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 11,160 |
thanks man this is very good to no. i did not no to much about this so thanks for warining ppl about it
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Sep 1 2005, 07:13 PM
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Mankie Group: Members Posts: 761 Joined: 22-July 05 From: New Delhi, India Member No.: 9,746 |
well that's right there are some people who send these kind of emails...now, either you have to be very carefull about these emails or what you can do is you can use a toolbar from Netcraft and it tells you all those websites which are fake or in other words keeps you safe from phishing
 The website's address is www.netcraft.com, I hope this tool will help Trap17 members.
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Sep 1 2005, 11:45 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 25-August 05 Member No.: 11,104 |
 i dont really know what are spoof mails but good think i dint get some (dont know but similar descriptions above tell me a bit) i dont want to get one
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Sep 1 2005, 11:47 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-July 05 From: AUSTRALINDIA Member No.: 9,896 |
I have also recieved one email for Ebay.
Yes, it is image too. It is regarding updating the account information or they will suspend my account. I found by looking at from address as it is from ""eBay" <custservice_id_155002@ebay.com>" Good, that i am using firefox. It has detected the link, when i cliked on image by mistake. It is always good to have precautions... |
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Sep 1 2005, 11:55 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-July 05 From: AUSTRALINDIA Member No.: 9,896 |
QUOTE(mayank @ Sep 2 2005, 06:13 AM) what you can do is you can use a toolbar from Netcraft and it tells you all those websites which are fake or in other words keeps you safe from phishing The website's address is www.netcraft.com, I hope this tool will help Trap17 members.  Thanks for this toolbar. It is great way to prevent phising... It even works with firefox too.... Cool. Thank You. |
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Sep 2 2005, 06:10 AM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members |