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Ebay fraud email a fake?

Old Sep 12, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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I got this in my "trash", do you think it's real?

Alert ID : 0262341143

You have received this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids on eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To help speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.

http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=02626454

Please save this fraud alert id for your reference

Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used to combat fraud.

We appreciate your support and understating, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc.

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification message.

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Ever heard of such?
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 01:15 PM
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if it asks for your password don't do it.
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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Fraudulent
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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Fraud

do not comply
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverKnight,Sep 12 2004, 02:15 PM
if it asks for your password don't do it.
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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You did a quick copy and paste with that email. If you view the source of the email, you'll see the link does not go to where the link reads. Yes, fraud. Don't do it. Anytime you get an email from a company, be sure to go and log into the site through a browser that you open and NOT from an email link
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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Thanks guys, I knew I'd get the straight-up here .
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 08:48 PM
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yeah, those aI get those so often it's riduculous. Report it to ebay.
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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If you want to do something fun, what I did was put in 666 and names such as devil, bill gates, etc.
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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Whenever I get emails like that I forward them to spoof@ebay.com.

If you get emails from people posing as PayPal, you can forward them to spoof@paypal.com.
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