i hope this is the correct place... i got this email today....they're getting smarter ------------------------------------------------------- Account Update with eBay Auction Community !!! Sign In Need Help? Verify your e-bay account now! Already an eBay user? Update Your Account Information Within 48 Hours Dear Valued Member, We are moving to better servers so that better services can be provided. Due to our migration, it is necessary to update our database and backup our customer's data. In order for us to accomplish that, you need to enter the below information. ATTENTION! We will use this information only to update your eBay account to our new servers but if provide incompl! ete or wrong information your account will be automatically deleted! All fields below are required. Please double check before you Submit Enter Credit Card/Debit Card Information Card Type: CreditDebit Credit card/debit card number Credit Card: Visa, MasterCard Debit Card: Visa, MasterCard Expiration date Month: Year: CVV2 Code 3 Digit code at the back of your card; next to signature (Am! erican Express need 4 digits) Debit card PIN/PIC The ultimate measure of eBay update security Social Security Number Birthdate --Month-- --Day-- --Year-- Name of Cardholder Please enter billing address as it appears on your credit card bill statement: Billing address Primary Phone ( ) City State/province Zip/postal code ! Country Enter Bank Account Information Account owner First name Last name Country of ! account Bank name Checking account # Enter Ebay Information Username Password Email -------------------------------------------------- the random exclamation marks were in the email.
This has been making the rounds for the past six months. I certainly hope you forwarded the complete email to "spoof@ ebay.com" Any request for any of that private info is certainly a scam, not because a word was misspelled.
I got the same email and spoofed it and indeed it was a fake email i just dont know how they get the adress that says awconfirm@ebay or whatever it is!!
its been "spoofed" In the IT industry, "spoofing" has long been adopted as a technical term indicating someone has altered the "sender" information to hide an emails origins. Anything from who the email is from to the nitty-gritty (and boring to most) details can be faked if someone is smart and/or evil enough to do it. So what better way to make a scam email seem more authentic than to fake that it is from ebay. Not quite a "coin" topic answer, but I guess I can't help it if from time to time my means to purchase coins blurs into my discussions of coins. DOH!
