I've recieved such messages from eBay itself and from PayPall After writing a letter, when attached such message, to the eBay support staff, i've recieved an information mail that when eBay or PayPall is writing you an email, they NEVER start with "Dear user" or "Dear sir/madam" !!! They always use your first and the last name ! Thats how you can know if it's a fake or it's a real email. Also, when you are clicking on such link, look at the address line.. if you see some strange IP adress instead of a full DNS name (like www.ebay.com), it's A FAKE.. thats how i've got on it... Hope this info helps somebody
On 6/16/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last week I received what looked like, at first glance, an e-mail message > from PayPal informing me of a problem with my account. It had the PayPal > logo, etc. It asked me to click on a link to correct some problems with my > account. I was then expected to fill out a form of personal information > containing among other things, SSN, credit card number, PIN, which I did not > do. > > This was obviously an identity theft attempt. It was also obviously sent by > a person(s) whose first language was not English. I immediately went to > PayPal and found no evidence of problems whatsoever. A PayPal link also > indicated they always use a member's first or last name in e-mails (of > little comfort). > > Text of the message read (including misspacing and grammatical errors): > > Dear valued customer > We regret to inform you that your PayPal account could be suspended if you > don't resolve your problems. To resolve this problems please click here and > login to your account in order resolve your account problems. If your > problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a period > of 3-4 days, after that it will be terminated. > > For 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. > > Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited > from using PayPal in any way. This includes the registering of a new > account.Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your > agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to PayPal. > > Regards,Safeharbor Department PayPal, Inc > The PayPal team. > This is an automatic message. Please do not reply. > > Tom C. > > >
