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I received an email from what looked like ebay. It ended up in my bulk folder, so I was highly suspicious.
(SecurityCheck@eBay.com)

Here is the heading and content:

A very vague, open email about fraud on my account. The addy in the new window (from clicking the link) does not match the one given in the email. In this post, however, it will take you to eBay, but it doesn't from the email.
It asks for ebay account ID & password, along with email address and password.
Here is the actual link it took me to:
http://www.hform.com/form.cgi?1472541

Just want to warn you fellow eBayers out there. I reported it to eBay.

Fearless_Hyena

The bad english is hilarious!! Thanks for the heads-up, too

Lebell

I just deleted an even worse email from my junk folder, supposedly from Citibank, but it looked like it was made by a 6 yearold.

First, to get around the filters, the header was like

C_i_T_i_B_a_N_k

and then the inside wasn't much better.

Definitely thieves with English as a second language.

I suspect the boys from Lagos are branching out.

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Jam

my brother got a different email supposedly from ebay it says his credit card info was wrong and he needed to enter new credit card info.. even said his account was disabled but it wasnt at ebay so yeah ..

SecretMethod70

I have some oceanfront property in Montana if anyone's interested

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hu-man

Just spend half an hour submitting bogus account information... they'll have to wade through all the fake ones and they'll be so very annoyed...

bernadette

ALL EMAIL *if* it is from a sender that i do NOT recognize or has any with a subject that means nothing to me PROMPTLY HITS THE TRASH BIN


spam is easily identifiable by:
- receipt from unknown users
- subjects that mean squawt to you
- body text that it in en<b>g</b>rish

of course you know to NEVER click on any link these spammers send, open any attachments or reply to these losers, right?
yes, you know!

mark this kind of email as spam/junk.

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Asuka{eve}

I am the king of Prussia. I was wrongly dethroned. I have a bank account with 20 million dollars. The government has took my rightful money and I need your help and in doing so I will give you 5 million.

Crack

I just did the same...

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santafe5000

Yea, I got the one from Bogus-Bay asking me to reenter my credit card info. It also said they needed my bank acct and password. Since I have never had an Ebay acct, i knew it was a fraud and reported it to Ebay. Strange tho, how many people would just click on the link and give them all they ask for. Can you spell "SUCKER".

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animosity

i dont even open legit email. but thnx fir the heads up.

Lebell

Oh yeah?

PM me...

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Asuka{eve}

Im sure you already get bunches of those scam-mails.

:::OshnSoul:::

All of those automatically go straight to the junk mail bin for me. I just went to clear it out and I noticed it- found it suspicious.

Jam

hey now.. its not always the spammers fault... as far as i can tell spam is being sent out as if its from me cause i keep getting bounce backs and emails from virus sites saying i sent a virus (no its not spam it has no attachment or anything it is actualy from norton/ mcafee or whoever) so yeah somehow im contributing to this shit... sorry guys but to make you feel better i get 100 spams a day

brandon11983

Awesome! PM me! Does it have room for a unicorn?

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p0thead

No! that waterfront in Montana is mine.... as soon as I get my 3 million that was promised to me by this Nigerian...

merkerguitars

Hmm another scam one..you should of seen the fake one i got from paypal regarding me receiving $200 for mickey mantle cards....

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SVT01Cobra

This guy is pure genius right here.

CSflim

Ok. Here's the deal. Someone I know fell for this, and now she cannot sign into her ebay account. What should she do?

EDIT: It seems that she did not supply credit card details, only username and password. Why would a fraudster want a whole load of ebay passwords?

EDIT AGAIN: Forget it. Its all sorted out now!

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Fenton-J-Cool

Gotta love the incredibly crude grammar that seems to come prepackaged with all spam. You think they'd get someone to proofread it!
You can practically gauge based solely on the language whether or not its spam.

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Ilow

nice one, score one for the good guys.
I personally think the people who start these scams should have their hands cut off so they have to do their programming with their noses. f'n nuisances!

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joshibahn

" If-a yous-a don't like give us yours E-Bay, uhm address, wes will close it"

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Peetster

It would be interesting to see that email's headers.

Drider_it

would it be wrong to take down those sites? dos or such? we do it all the time with those lame diablo 2 item sites.

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