I got an email that looked so REAL for a second I thought it was.

Check it:

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eBay Safeharbor Department Notice

Fraud Alert ID : 00626654


Dear eBay member,

You have received this email because you or someone else had used your identity to make false purchases on eBay. For security reasons, we are required to open an investigation on this matter. We treat online fraud seriously and all cases which cannot be resolved between eBay and the other involved party are forwarded for further investigations to the proper authorities. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your personal information against the eBay account registration data we have on file by following the link below.

https:/secure.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?action=verify&id=00626654&user=

Please save this fraud alert id for your reference.

When submitting sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL.

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

We apreciate your support and understanding, 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 mail sent to this address and can not be replied to.

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eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc. which is located on Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125

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Note the link looks REAL, BUT when I click on it:

https://security.ebay-clients.com/ebay.com/...ion/SignIn.html?

Note how the domain is "ebay-clients.com"?

And when you go to the root of it, it sends you to eBay. Note that eBay would never ask you for your username and account password, so I logged in using some real nasty words, filled out everything with 666 and such, and forwarded the email to eBay

If you want to play with this fool, go ahead and log in

 

The crooks are getting smarter amd smarter. That does look real. Its a good thing you noticed the address. I hope they catch these people and kill them.

 

LOL, they spelled "appreciate" wrong. Also, the writing style is not becoming of a professional site.

 

These scammers are getting more and more convincing, but it's clues like those that are a dead giveaway. I always forward those emails to ebay and let them sort it out.

 

I have received a couple of fake ebay e-mails. one just straight up asked for my credit card number. lol

 

my mom showed me this very convincing letter from ebay, but I told myself and her that it had to be a scam. i started looking for clues. so i hovered over the http://www.ebay.com link and low and behold it was a different web-address.

 

No one will ever ask you for credit card information ever, unless you are buying something. If in doubt call the 800 number on the real site and ask about it.