EBAY SPOOF EMAILS !!!

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Paul Henry

Guest

• Jul 19, 2004

• #1

Hi all

I know im going to be flamed for this one but to hell with it you have
helped me out so don't want you to get stung

there is an email supposedly from eBay billing wanting you to confirm all
your details even asks for you pin no and driver licence no how stupid do
they think we are.

I know allot of you guys buy and sell on eBay so just a quick one to give
you the heads up.

All the best gang

Paul

109" S3 project on the go

 

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Max Wilkinson

Guest

• Jul 19, 2004

• #2

Yea I wondered for awhile if those were actually from ebay but like you said
asking for unrelated details kinda gives the game away .
I get the same suposidly from alot of the major banks asking me to confirm
my account details and my online password ! lol
Oh and then theres the Nigerian buisnessman who needs to stash a couple of
mil in my account ! I had him on for quite awhile !

Max


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Richard

Guest

• Jul 19, 2004

• #3

forward any ebay emails you are unsure about to [email protected]

they will tell you if its come from them or not. more likely not!
Richard


"Paul Henry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all
>
> I know im going to be flamed for this one but to hell with it you have
> helped me out so don't want you to get stung
>
> there is an email supposedly from eBay billing wanting you to confirm all
> your details even asks for you pin no and driver licence no how stupid do
> they think we are.
>
> I know allot of you guys buy and sell on eBay so just a quick one to give
> you the heads up.
>
> All the best gang
>
> Paul
>
> 109" S3 project on the go
>
>
>

 

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Paul Henry

Guest

• Jul 19, 2004

• #4

> Oh and then theres the Nigerian buisnessman who needs to stash a couple of
> mil in my account ! I had him on for quite awhile !

Bugger thought I was going to get the odd million for a sec oh well

Glad the first reply wasnt a flaming war starting out lol

All the best

 

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Derry Argue

Guest

• Jul 19, 2004

• #5

"Paul Henry" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Hi all
>
> I know im going to be flamed for this one but to hell with
> it you have helped me out so don't want you to get stung
>
> there is an email supposedly from eBay billing wanting you
> to confirm all your details even asks for you pin no and
> driver licence no how stupid do they think we are.
>
> I know allot of you guys buy and sell on eBay so just a
> quick one to give you the heads up.
>
> All the best gang
>
> Paul
>
> 109" S3 project on the go
>
>
>
>

I'm currently selling a 200Tdi
online (http://www.4x4web.co.uk/4sale.html and Autotrader) and
I'm amazed at the number of scammers who've contacted me by
email or phone either claiming they want to buy it (unseen) for
export or expecting me to pay them an agency fee for introducing
their "buyer"!

As the saying goes, if they are expecting to find a fool in the
country, it's a good thing they brought their own!<G>

Derry

 

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Alistair Bell

Guest

• Jul 20, 2004

• #6

Max Wilkinson wrote:
> Yea I wondered for awhile if those were actually from ebay but like you said
> asking for unrelated details kinda gives the game away .

Interestingly this ebay one had actually bothered to make the link text
read the actual ebay credit card page, just the link sent you to a
spoof. Nice to see that the scammers are actually having to bother
trying to disguise what they are doing.

Alistair

 

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Badger

Guest

• Jul 20, 2004

• #7

"Richard" <richardsemail [email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> forward any ebay emails you are unsure about to [email protected]
>

Tried this, but ebay bounced the email back as it had an executable command
within it!!! Decided to ignore it instead and funnily enough, nothing
further heard.
Badger.

 

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David G. Bell

Guest

• Jul 20, 2004

• #8

On Monday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Paul Henry" wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I know im going to be flamed for this one but to hell with it you have
> helped me out so don't want you to get stung
>
> there is an email supposedly from eBay billing wanting you to confirm all
> your details even asks for you pin no and driver licence no how stupid do
> they think we are.
>
> I know allot of you guys buy and sell on eBay so just a quick one to give
> you the heads up.
>
> All the best gang

Yes, they keep coming in, eBay and banks the same. It's rather a
giveaway when you don't have a Barclays account.


--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"History shows that the Singularity started when Sir Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."

 

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Paul - xxx

Guest

• Jul 20, 2004

• #9

"David G. Bell" typed:

> It's rather a giveaway when you don't have a Barclays account.

Heheheh ..

--
Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

 

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Paul Henry

Guest

• Jul 19, 2004

• #10

> Oh and then theres the Nigerian buisnessman who needs to stash a couple of
> mil in my account ! I had him on for quite awhile !

Bugger thought I was going to get the odd million for a sec oh well

Glad the first reply wasnt a flaming war starting out lol

All the best

 

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Richard

Guest

• Jul 19, 2004

• #11

forward any ebay emails you are unsure about to [email protected]

they will tell you if its come from them or not. more likely not!
Richard


"Paul Henry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all
>
> I know im going to be flamed for this one but to hell with it you have
> helped me out so don't want you to get stung
>
> there is an email supposedly from eBay billing wanting you to confirm all
> your details even asks for you pin no and driver licence no how stupid do
> they think we are.
>
> I know allot of you guys buy and sell on eBay so just a quick one to give
> you the heads up.
>
> All the best gang
>
> Paul
>
> 109" S3 project on the go
>
>
>

 

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Alistair Bell

Guest

• Jul 20, 2004

• #12

Max Wilkinson wrote:
> Yea I wondered for awhile if those were actually from ebay but like you said
> asking for unrelated details kinda gives the game away .

Interestingly this ebay one had actually bothered to make the link text
read the actual ebay credit card page, just the link sent you to a
spoof. Nice to see that the scammers are actually having to bother
trying to disguise what they are doing.

Alistair

 

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Paul - xxx

Guest

• Jul 20, 2004

• #13

"David G. Bell" typed:

> It's rather a giveaway when you don't have a Barclays account.

Heheheh ..

--
Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks