EBay Scam Alert
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Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Lenoir City Tennessee
Ci 6, 8 & 10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
EBay Scam Alert
Just got this email and I will not touch it with a ten foot pole. Funny thing is, Ebay sent an email right after this scam. Some of the email that is quoted here was not viewable until I highlighted the email to copy it. Then all of the "grapevine meting lined remorseful Judith" stuff showed up.
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Technical services are being carried out on a planned software upgrade. quagmire hungry sixties Habib fixers
We earnestly ask you to visit the following link to start the procedure chubbiness silky terrorism straggled threat
of confirmation of your personal data. dearths Armageddon cortex Slesinger deadline
follow this link to update account information. boycotted disdaining realizes broaches bountiful
However, failure to update your billing information record reposing blooms lexicon boast captor
will result in account termination. impaction subsidizes rankle Helsinki Islandia
We present our apologies and thank you for your cooperation. exiled austerely economic Samuelson subtractor
***EBay Billing Departemnt team. diluted consisting indenture biscuit Atlantis preserve sleeves
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 19,659
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From: Lenoir City Tennessee
Ci 6, 8 & 10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
How the scam email really looked. Please don't fall for this BS.
Dear eBay member,
Technical services are being carried out on a planned software upgrade.
We earnestly ask you to visit the following link to start the procedure
of confirmation of your personal data.
follow this link to update account information.
http://department-ebay.net/
However, failure to update your billing information record
will result in account termination.
We present our apologies and thank you for your cooperation.
***EBay Billing Departemnt team.
Technical services are being carried out on a planned software upgrade.
We earnestly ask you to visit the following link to start the procedure
of confirmation of your personal data.
follow this link to update account information.
http://department-ebay.net/
However, failure to update your billing information record
will result in account termination.
We present our apologies and thank you for your cooperation.
***EBay Billing Departemnt team.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,763
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From: Fayetteville NC
I've gotten emails from ebay similar to this, but even more so from Paypal. They keep telling me a new email address has been added to my profile and I must go to a website and verify, giving lots of personal information in the process. I called paypal the first time I received it and was told "It wasn't us". So I ignore and delete all correspondence from both if it involves the possbility of my account being closed out. They can call me if they really need me for something. I must admit, it's getting hard to figure out what is real and what isn't.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,216
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From: Blue Springs Missouri
St. Jude Donor '06
I got this from paypal
[B]Dear PayPal valued member,
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for
its community of buyers and sellers.
To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world
and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal
system for unusual activity.
Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual
activity in your account.
In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure
that your account has not been compromised, access to
your account was limited.
To restore your account please click on the link bellow:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
If you fail to restore your account access by the date
shown below, your account will be closed.
This notification expires on the 3rd of March, 2005.
My account is still open....
[B]Dear PayPal valued member,
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for
its community of buyers and sellers.
To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world
and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal
system for unusual activity.
Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual
activity in your account.
In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure
that your account has not been compromised, access to
your account was limited.
To restore your account please click on the link bellow:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
If you fail to restore your account access by the date
shown below, your account will be closed.
This notification expires on the 3rd of March, 2005.
My account is still open....
Advanced
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 88
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From: Bangor Pa
E-bay and paypal always address you by your user name in liget e-mails if it starts out with dear paypal / e-bay user then it is a scam deleate it and run. This info came directly from e-bay a friend of mine fell for the scam and put all his credit card and bank info onto the scammers form then he called e-bay then he spent the next two days closing out and reopening all his accounts.
Dave
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From: Huntersville NC
I got a little snailmail postcard from my credit card company yesterday. Card said URGENT my account # had been compromised and I had to cancel my account. I called the phone# on the card, gave him my acct#, gave him my ss#, he asked for my mother's maiden name... I said, "wait a sec, how do I know you are who you say you are? I am giving you all this info and you have told me nothing!" I called back on the phone# listed on the back of my cc#. It was legit. 
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