Be a pain to the scammers

rolfw

This is the Ebay infomining scam, it isn't from Ebay, but from chancers who hope that people will give them their credit card details. Go to the link and enter loads of spurious information, make it look real, do it several times, make them work for their money, it'll make it more difficult for them to separate the wheat from the chaf.

http://61.109.238.29:2501/%64%6C%6C/...78%2E%68%74%6D

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Rob

You have my full support Rolf.

rolfw

I've done a dozen of them so far, will knock it up to 20 by the end of tonight.

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jimbo

And my support too

Jimbo

Channel Hopper

The originator IP address is

http://www.checkdomain.com/cgi-bin/c...=61.109.238.29

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

waverider

Heh Heh! I'll give em some sh*t too

waverider

LOL....just done a beauty! ...also you can press back button and keep sending the same form over!

psats

its still live the link so it gets some daily poo

russquk

hi,i just got a email subject "Ebay regular maintenance" it is apparently from Ebay but with all these bogus emails going round im not sure has anyone else had this email,it says if i dont follow the link my account may act unnormally!! and with errors sounds very odd.

russquk

just checked it is from a Ebay email address i have had before so looks alright still seems like a strange email though lol (paranoid me!!!)

rolfw

Sounds fishy to me, what they always say is type in the link Ebay.co.uk" target="_blank">www.Ebay.co.uk and then run through the login process, if they need you to confirm anything it will be asked there.

Never follow any links into the service, then you can't be caught out. E-mail addresses and links can be spoofed.

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russquk

yeah i will post what it says word for word in a min,

russquk

ok here is the email i got,it is in red text and thats odd for a start and no small print at the bottom of the email which there is usually when Ebay send emails.
from Ebay.com">aw-confirm@Ebay.com
we are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures,your account has been selected for this maintenance.
protecting the security of your Ebay account is our primary concern,and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause,
comments are welcomed!
in order to update your account information,you need to complete the following process! if not,your account may behave unnormally and errors may occour without notification.
in order to complete the maintenance process press the following button:
it then has a "start" link button
kind regards
Ebay technical team.

rolfw

Can you post the link? The wording is definitely wrong, "unnormally" is not a word and they do not ask yo to follow links as a rule, particularly on security issues.

As I said earlier, if in doubt, don't do it, just log in in your normal way and you will read all of the information you need to know.

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russquk

i put the cursor over the start link button but no link address came up,took a chance and pressed it and it just went back to the email!

russquk

im 99% sure this is not from Ebay having read the email a few times,it might have been my firewall stopping the link not sure?

Channel Hopper

Ebay will send emails addressed to the individual by name, not 'customer'

Its a fake (phish) send it onto Ebay.com">spoof@Ebay.com

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

russquk

cheers,just going to send it.

russquk

a quick update i had a email from Ebay confirming that the email is a fake,so if you get it delete it!!!