Below are
examples of 'phishing' scams. The target company is EBay. You
may receive an e-mail which looks like one or more of these samples.
If you do receive one, do *NOT* click any links in the message or reply to
them. Simply forward it to Report@doshelp.com and also send a copy to
spoof@ebay.com. When you
forward your message, be sure you make the 'Subject' line to be "Ebay Fraud Website Report". This will
help route your report to allow us to process it faster.
I'd like to take this opportunity to
appeal to the users who report fraudulent, scam & Phishing
e-mails here, as well as the owners/officers of the targeted
companies/Institutions listed in this site.
Alot of work goes into collecting,
identifying the fraud sites, sharing them with the
security/privacy community to assist in making up-to-date
protection available for everyone. Most of all
reporting the fraud sites to the ISP's who host them in a
genuine effort to get the resource closed as quickly as
possible.
In all the years I have performed this
service for the internet public on my own, not once has a
person, company or financial institution step up and offer
any monetary 'thanks' for efforts to save them or their
customers the embarrassment of being defrauded. Today, I'd
like to offer that opportunity to anyone who would like to
show their appreciation.
Regardless of this message's impact on
you, rest assured that I will continue to seek out and shut
down these fraudulent sites.
If you have questions, prior to submitting a report of a
suspected phishing/fraud site, you can
contact us and we'll be glad to help you. When
reporting phishing e-mails it's important to forward the original e-mail
rather than copy/pasting it, this preserves the hidden link information
that will identify the 'true' source of the fraudulent website.
You can enhance your Ebay experience as well as protect
yourself from fraud/phishing sites by downloading and installing the E-Bay Tool Bar. [Download it
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From: ebay@user.com [mailto:ebay]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:41 AM Subject: You're A Silver PowerSeller Now!
Dear eBay Member,
You've been on a super sales streak and since
you've done so well, it's time to recognize you
for your efforts. You are PowerSeller Silver!
Congratulations! joining the eBay Silver
PowerSeller Program. Come and join us. When you
join the PowerSeller program, you'll be able to
receive more of the support you'll need for
continued success. So, why wait?
Join now!
PowerSeller icon
next to your User ID in recognition of
your hard work.
PowerSeller Priority Support via email
webform and phone support at Silver
level and above.
Exclusive offerings on the PowerSeller
portal--check in frequently to see
updated program benefits and special
offers!
Discussion Board for you to network with
other PowerSellers.
Free PowerSeller Business Templates for
business cards and letterhead.
Membership to the PowerSeller program
is FREE.
Again, congratulations and best wishes for your
continued success!
From: eBay [mailto:aw-confirm@ebay.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:24 PM To:user@isp.com Subject: A26 TKO NOTICE: Keep your e-mail up to date
Please note that this is a
system generated email. Please do not reply to this email. If
you have questions, please click the following link or paste it
in your browser.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/index.html
This is a routine email verification process, meant
only to keep in touch with our customers and to verify
user status.
We were unable to process your most recent payment. Did you recently
change your bank, phone number or credit card?.
To ensure that your service is not interrupted, please visit
http://www.doshelp.com/scams-fraud and
update your billing information, or contact eBay Member Services Team.
We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you have recently updated your billing information, please
disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.
• Current
status: Payment pending.Purchase protection granted.
Dear
<your
name>, thank you for your purchase.
After
verifying the trustworthiness of the seller and the
availability
of the merchandise for immediate shipping, we have approved
your buy it
now transaction and offered you, as the buyer, full purchase
protection
for the amount you agreed on with the seller.
When you accepted this
transaction, be assured that the member is a qualified
seller and you can feel assured that your transaction will
go smoothly and that you are dealing with one who has
consistently met the requirements established by eBay.
Complete your eBay transaction in 5
easy steps:
Buyer and seller agree on the transaction terms and a
selling price.
Seller contacts eBay with the transaction details;
eBay accepts the transaction and offers purchase protection
to the
buyer (if the transaction is declined, no further action is
required from either the buyer or the seller);
The buyer sends payment and the seller receives it. After
the payment
cleared, the seller must notify eBay. Buyer will send the
payment
details directly to the seller e-mail address. The seller
has three
business days to send to the buyer and eBay the tracking
number of the
shipment. If no tracking number is provided, a full refund
is
immediately sent to the buyer;
Buyer receives the merchandise and has five days to inspect
it.
If it is complete and as described, the buyer should accept
the merchandise.
If he refuses the merchandise, the buyer must ship the
merchandise
back to the seller within three business days.
After the inspection period is over, the buyer must contact
eBay with
the result of the inspection. If the buyer refuses the
merchandise,
the refund will be sent to the buyer after the tracking
number for the
returned shipment is verified.
To enjoy the purchase protection, you must send the payment
by the
insured payment method below. Attention: Sending the payment
by any
other method will avoid this transaction and your right to
refund.
•
Details and instructions of
this transaction:
The following item is
protected in this eBay transaction:
Item
Title
Qty.
Price
2 x Apple Powerbook G4
2
US
$800.00
Item
price:
US $800.00/ Amount
insured
Shipping:
Ready to
ship / Delivery and insurance
included
Payment:
Pending
•
Seller's
verified payment address:
Name:
BUTNARU Marian
Address:
STR.Nicolae Iorga Nr1
Braila
6100
Romania
• Complete your eBay
transaction.Payment instructions:
• Payment must be sent
by Western Union Wire Transfer
To submit the payment with Western Union Money Transfer, you have
the next
option:
Pay for the transfer with cash at a local Western Union agent.
Click here to locate the agents in your area
Western Union Money Transfer is the only service that has ultimate
authentication of the identity of the receiver of funds. Several IDs
and utility bills are required before the funds are paid. Therefore,
no
one else but your seller can pick up the money. Your payments cannot
be
lost in the mail, like money orders or checks.
Sellers from Romania are not yet eligible for the PayPal Buyer
Protection, which
means you are not protected against fraud if you pay this seller by
PayPal.
However, Western Union Money Transfer is designed mainly for sending
cash to friends and family in need, so telling them you are sending
the
money to an eBay seller will prevent your money transfer to go
through
and you will be unable to complete this transaction.
• Once the
payment is sent, e-mail the seller the following information:
1) Money Transfer Control Number (10
digit control number):
2) Exact sender's name on file with Western Union:
3) Your street address on file with Western Union:
4) City and country where you sent the money from:
5) Amount sent:
6)Your complet name and address for shipping.
7)Scaned Paper from the Western Union office
Then wait for the confirmation the payment was received. Within 3
business days, you will receive the tracking number for your
merchandise.
• Purchase
protection and refund:
Currently, this seller has a US$
5,000.00 deposit in an eBay managed
purchase protection account. Transactions with this eBay seller are
covered by purchase protection against fraud and description errors.
For your safety, this account was locked today, for 30 days time.
The
seller is unable to withdraw any money from it, within this period.
Should you need a refund for this transaction, the insured amount
will
be taken from the seller's purchase protection account and sent to
you.
The refund is sent to your bank account, or by check or money order.
The way you are refunded is at your choice. You have 30 days from
the
above verification date to request a refund. Refund requests are
processed within 3 days.
CONDITIONS TO BE MET BEFORE YOU MAY ASK FOR A REFUND
Here are the situations suitable for a
refund request:
1) If the item doesn't arrive and/or the seller stops communications
after the payment was received;
2) If the merchandise you receive has different specifications than
the
ones you agreed on;
3) If your merchandise arrives in a much longer period than the one
you agreed on (more than 15 days from the payment clearance day);
For cases 2) and 3) you have to send back the merchandise to the
seller
prior to ask for your refund. If you did not pay the seller by the
required payment method, your refund request would be declined.
Important Usage Guidelines: 1. The contact information should only be used for
resolving matters
related to eBay. Any other use is strictly prohibited.
2. This transaction is protected by eBay services such as insurance,
feedback and dispute resolution.
3. You may buy and sell with confidence in all transactions with
this
eBay member.
4. If you need to dispute this transaction, keep the transaction
number
at hand when contacting eBay. Any complaints must be filed within 30
days from the verification date.
The insurer of this transaction is
eBay Inc., located at 2145 Hamilton
Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125, United States of America.
The account is managed by eBay's Square Trade center.
.
Who
is SquareTrade?
SquareTrade is eBay's preferred Transaction Resolution provider. We
resolve thousands of disputes each month from eBay and other
marketplaces.
This transaction is supervised by
eBay's Safe Harbor team.
To ask for a refund, simply reply to
this notification and enter in
the subject line:
Refund request for eBay Transaction Helpful links Leave feedback - Tell us how the sale went
My eBay - Track your buying and selling activity
Discussion boards - Get help from other eBay members
Learn more: Looking for a hard-to-find item? Use favorite searches
to
find out when matching items appear on eBay.
Account Protection
Protect your eBay account - eBay will not ask you for sensitive
personal information (such as your password, credit card, bank
account numbers, etc.) in an email.
From: eBay Safe Harbour [mailto:service@ebay.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:05 AM To:user@isp.com Subject: eBay Account - Ubdate Importance: High
It has come to our attention that your eBay
billing updates are out of order. If you could
please take 1-2 minutes out of your online
experience and update your billing records you will
not run into any future problems with the online
service. However, failure to update your records
will result in account termination. Please update
your records.
Once you have updated your account records your
eBay session will not be interrupted and will
continue as normal. Failure to update will result in
cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS)
violations or future billing problems.
eBay sent this e-mail to you because your Notification
Preferences
indicate that you want to receive information about your
eBay Credit Card Statement.
To change your communication preferences,
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with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Please note that it
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User Agreement if you have any questions.
From: eBay [mailto:service@ebay.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:26 PM To:user@isp.com Subject: SECURITY NOTICE: Restore your account
Dear eBay Member,
This email was sent automatically by the eBay server because
your eBay account can be deactivated.
We have detected a fraud complaints from the eBay Members.
We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your eBay account
may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the
security of your account and of the eBay network is our primary concern.
This is a prevention measure, we have temporarily limited access to
sensitive
eBay account features.
To reactivate and access your account, follow these steps:
1. Click on the link below. If nothing happens when you click on
the link (or if you use AOL), copy and paste the link into the
address bar of your web browser.
The link will take you to our Verify Your Identity page.
2. On the Verify Your Identity page, please fill the all fields in.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you
will not
receive a response. For assistance, log in to your eBay account and
click the
Help link located in the top right corner of any eBay page.
From: support@eBay.com [mailto:support@eBay.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:28 AM To:user@isp.com Subject: Password Change Required
Password change required!
Dear sir,
We recently have determined that different computers
have logged onto your eBay account, and multiple
password failures were present before the logons. We
strongly advice CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD.
If this is not completed by March 27, 2006,
we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely,
as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. Thank
you for your cooperation.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you for using eBay!
Please do not reply to
this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered.
From: eBay Security Center [mailto:aw-confirm@ebay.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:24 AM To: iconcepts@cfl.rr.com Subject: Password Change Required Importance: High
Password change required!
Dear sir,
We recently have determined that different computers
have logged onto your eBay account, and multiple
password failures were present before the logons. We
strongly advice CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD.
If this is not completed by March 16, 2006,
we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely,
as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. Thank
you for your cooperation.
You
have received this email because you or
someone had used your account to make
fake bids at eBay. For security
purposes, we are required to open an
investigation into this matter.To help
speed up this process, please access the
following form to complete the
verification of your eBay account
registration informations:
To
update your eBay records on file now
click here:
From: support@ebay.com [mailto:support@ebay.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:04 PM
To: iconcepts@cfl.rr.com
Subject: Billing Issues
Update
Your Account Information Within 24 Hours
Valued
eBay Member,
According to our site policy you will have to confirm that
you are the real owner of the eBay account by completing the
following form or else your account will be suspended within 24
hours for investigations.
Never
share your eBay password to anyone!
Establish your
proof of identity with ID Verify (free of charge) - an easy way
to help others trust you as their trading partner. The process
takes about 5 minutes to complete and involves updating your
eBay information. When you're successfully verified, you will
receive an ID Verify icon
in your feedback profile. Currently, the service is only
available to residents of the United States and U.S. territories
(Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Guam.)
We were unable to process your most
recent payment. Did you recently change
your bank, phone number or credit card?.
To ensure that your service is not
interrupted, please update your billing
information today
by clicking here.
Or contact eBay Member
Services Team. We're available 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week.
If you have recently updated your
billing information, please disregard
this message as we are processing the
changes you have made.
Regards,
eBay
Member S
If this email is
inappropriate or in any way violates
eBay policy, please help protect other
eBay community members by
reporting it to us immediately.
eBay
treats your personal information with the utmost
care, and our Privacy Policy is designed to
protect you and your information. eBay will
never ask their users for personal information,
such as bank account numbers, credit card
numbers, pin numbers, passwords, or Social
Security numbers in an email. For more
information on how to protect your eBay password
and your account, please visit
User Account Protection.
This
eBay notice was sent to you based on your eBay
account preferences and in accordance with our
Privacy Policy. To change your notification
preferences,
click here. If you would like to receive
this email in text format,
click here.
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No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264
- Release Date: 2/17/2006
We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended
due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay
community.
Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a
warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your
membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that
your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our
users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify
or authenticate any information you provide to us.
To speed up this process, you are required to verify your personal
information against the account registration data we have on file by
signing into your ebay account.
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of
a new account.
Please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become
due and payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously
disputed to the billing method currently on file.
Regards,
Sefehaebor Department eBay, Inc.
From: eBay [mailto:service@ebay.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:29 AM
To: iconcepts@cfl.rr.com
Subject: TKO NOTICE: Warning - Unauthorized Access Report
Importance: High
Security
Validation -- Respond Now
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this message on behalf of an eBay member
services. Responses sent using email will go to
the eBay member services directly and will
include your email address. Click the Respond
To This Notification button below to send
your response via E-Mail (your email address
will not be included).
During our regular
update and verification
of the accounts, we
could not verify your
current
information.Either your
information has changed
or it is incomplete.
As a result, your access
to bid or buy on eBay
has been restricted. To
start using fully your
eBay account, please
update and verify your
information by
responding this
notification.
If you do not respond by
February 19 2006 your
account may be suspended
for security reasons.
Note: If this is the
second time you
receiving this notice,
it might be because you
have made a mistake when
you entered your details
or the account was not
updated.
Regards,
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From: aw-confirm@ebay.com [mailto:aw-confirm@ebay.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:45 PM
To: <e-mail@isp.com>
Subject: Security Notification
Place or Update Credit Card on File
According to our site policy you will have to place or update
your credit card on file by completing the following form.
Placing your credit card on file for the automatic payment of
your eBay fees is an easy and worry free way to always keep your
account current. You can also choose to make one time payments
using your credit card.
Automatically Pay Your eBay Seller Fees with Your
Credit Card
Depending on when you created your eBay account, your invoice
date is either the 15th of the month or the last day of the
month. Your invoice will include your previous month's account
activity as well as any past due amounts. You will receive your
invoice by email within five days of the invoice date and your
card will be charged approximately 5 to 7 days after you receive
your invoice.
Billing Cycle
Date
On which day
will I receive my invoice?
On which day
will my credit card be charged?
15th of the month
Between the 16th and 20th of the
month
Between the 21st and 26th of the
month
Last day of the month
Between the 1st and 5th
Between the 6th and 12th
Make a One-Time Payment of Your Seller Fees with Your
Credit Card
Even if you do not place your credit card information on file
for automa
next to your User ID in recognition of
your hard work.
Update
Your Account Information Within 24 Hours
in your feedback profile. Currently, the service is only
available to residents of the United States and U.S. territories
(Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Guam.) 
Place or Update Credit Card on File