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cookiegirl
12-28-2004, 12:56 PM
Has anyone ever rec'd an email like this from ebay before. It just does not look right to me. I contacted ebay yesterday have not heard back yet.
I am not a seller, that is why it looks fake. I did not click on the link because at the bottom it states requires info update, including credit card number??

Due to recent activity, including possible unauthorized listings placed on your account, we will require a second confirmation of your identity with us in order to allow us to investigate this matter further.Your account is not suspended, but if in 48 hours after you receive this message your account is not confirmed we reserve the right to suspend your eBay registration. If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of eBay policy to represent oneself as another eBay user. Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law. eBay is committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.



To confirm your identity with us click here:
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eBay will request personal data (password, credit card/bank numbers, and so on) in this email.

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Would ebay ask for this. I am not comfortable with this. And if it is ebay, they can kick me off, I am not giving out my password or credit card info.

Thanks for your help

*lilo*
12-28-2004, 01:00 PM
forward it to ebay, i had this issue a while back and it was a fradulent email.

mizzy62
12-28-2004, 01:02 PM
I would bet my last dollar that is a scam. Ebay never asks for such things through an email. Do NOT do anything, until they contact you, and do NOT contact them with any links in that email. Go to ebay directly, and find the people to contact on the website, not through the email you got.
HTH

navywife
12-28-2004, 01:02 PM
It is a fake....please DO NOT reply to it, forward it to spoof@ebay.com

Aloha from paradise
12-28-2004, 01:02 PM
I think it's fake :eek: :eek: E bay say's on it's real site that you should never give that info out. The fake one was going around awhile back. I didn't get a letter from e bay and I'm registered so DO NOT give them the info. Did you send a copy of this e mail to e bay? If not I think you should.

cookiegirl
12-28-2004, 06:07 PM
thank you all so much. I really had a bad feeling about it. I did foward it to ebay.
Good thing we have each other. Can you imagine people who do not and get these types of emails and possibly respond.

Barbi_Route66
12-28-2004, 08:55 PM
It sounds like a scam to me. I don't think that Ebay would send out an email asking for your credit card number.

A while back I got an email from Citibank & it asked for my social security number so that they could verify my account. I reported it to Yahoo as spam.

CAMSmama
12-28-2004, 09:13 PM
A while back I got an email from Citibank & it asked for my social security number so that they could verify my account..


I got this too, I knew it was fake because I don't even have an account with citibank.

miralys
12-29-2004, 10:04 AM
I always foward any emails like that I get. If it is for real then they can CALL ME or send a letter. They have my info.