Wedger Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 I was informed today that an email link back to an alleged eBay account update site is believed to be a spoof. AOL are blocking this site but other SPs might not. The email invites you to use the link where you can update your account details. If this is bogus , guess what happens next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 I was informed today that an email link back to an alleged eBay account update site is believed to be a spoof. AOL are blocking this site but other SPs might not. The email invites you to use the link where you can update your account details. If this is bogus , guess what happens next! Trevor mate, these things are common and stopped by any spam stopper system one uses, I use Spamjab. If one thinks a mail purporting to come from ebay is spoof just forward it to < spoof@ebay.com > and they will very quickly tell you if it is real or not. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Mike, Many of the e-mails won't be stopped by a Spam stopper program. It is quite easy to write a fake e-mail that will not appear as SPAM. However, it is easy to spot them as well. In the case of ebay of the URL does not end in ebay.co.uk or ebay.com then it is most probably fake. ( eg. Spoofers will use something like ebay-eur.com or whatever ). The source address ( ie. The senders address ) is easily spoofed and you can send e-mail which appears to come from anyone. If you receive an e-mail asking you to update account details then it is 99.99999% sure to be fake. I have yet to see a company request this genuinely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Quote.......Many of the e-mails won't be stopped by a Spam stopper program. It is quite easy to write a fake e-mail that will not appear as SPAM. I don't know about others Paul but as I said I use Spamjab and have found them 100% at picking up not only pure spam but also the very realistic fake ones. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 i seem to get my ebay accound suspended every other week, from these garbage emails that i pick up.......it defo not suspended though........ I also had an idiot bidding up everythoing that i was trying to sell a year or so ago. The small boat Sweaty Pollocks that i sold had a top bid of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 i seem to get my ebay accound suspended every other week, from these garbage emails that i pick up.......it defo not suspended though........ I also had an idiot bidding up everythoing that i was trying to sell a year or so ago. The small boat Sweaty Pollocks that i sold had a top bid of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 As a long time e-bay buyer and seller,I am sure I have seen them all. My advice,and e-bays too. disregard ANYTHING connected,or perported to be from e-bay,which arrives via your e-mail address.[ other than straightforeward aknowledgements etc. ] If it is anything you need to know.it will be listed on "my messages" on your personal e-bay account page...safe buying/selling... jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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