Just received the following email: (layout is a little messed up after copy paste but you get the idea) [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]eBay sent this message to port187@bla.com[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Your registered eMail is included to show this message originated from eBay. Learn more. [/FONT] Response to Question about Item -- Respond Now [FONT=Arial, Verdana]eBay sent this message on behalf of an eBay member via My Messages. Responses sent using email will go to the eBay member directly and will include your email address. Click the Respond Now button below to send your response via My Messages .[/FONT] Question from seller [FONT=Arial, Verdana]Item: (697500343)[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]This message was sent while the listing was Ended.[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]Michael is a potential buyer.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Verdana][FONT=Arial, Verdana]i will report you to eBay this licence is not valid. please reply asap or i will make a complaint[/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Verdana][FONT=Arial, Verdana] [/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]Respond to this question in My Messages.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Verdana]Item Details[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Verdana]Itemmber:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]697500343[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Verdana]Ended:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]September-03-2007 11:19:00 PST[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Verdana]View item description:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=697500343&sspagename=ADME:B:RTQ:US:1[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]Thank you for using eBay![/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]http://www.ebay.com/[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Marketplace Safety Tip[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Verdana]Always remember to complete your transaction on eBay - it's the safer way to buy. Please do not offer to buy or sell this item through this form without completing the transaction on eBay. If you receive a response inviting you to transact outside of eBay, you should decline -- such transactions may be unsafe and are against eBay policy. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]Is this email inappropriate? Does it violate eBay policy? Help protect the community by reporting it. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]Learn how you can protect yourself from spoof (fake) emails at: http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]This eBay notice was sent to holimgineru8976@yahoo.com on behalf of another eBay member through the eBay platform and in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you would like to receive this email in text format, change your notification preferences. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have questions about eBay's communication policies. Privacy Policy: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-policy.html User Agreement: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/user-agreement.html [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]Copyright ? 2007 eBay, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. eBay and the eBay logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of eBay, Inc. eBay is located at 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. [/FONT] Anyway don't respond as this is clearly a Phishing scam mail, I checked the item number first and it was not listed anymore and the link in the respond now button links to some weird domain (something like http://signin.ebay.com.697500.g3h8ajil82s7.comXXXXX/sc/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll/index.php?&ref=msgrunameruparamsruproducsidfavoritenavmigrateVisitor/index.html?r=2778 < added some XXXXX after the .com so nobody accidently clicks on it here) probably some dodgy signin/mail form page of the scammer to obtain your password. Just FYI so non of you accidently click on it thinking somebody is complaining about a game you sold or whatever!
Thanks for the heads up, although the mess-up of the formatting made it a little unclear: Question from seller [FONT=Arial, Verdana]Item: (697500343)[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana] This message was sent while the listing was Ended.[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]Michael is a potential buyer.[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana][FONT=Arial, Verdana]i will report you to eBay this licence is not valid. please reply asap or i will make a complaint Note that all the links lead to a phishing domain - so remember guys, always take the effort to go through the real eBay page rather than clicking links. On a side note: Firefox 2 picked up on the scamness immediately as soon as I followed the link - oh the wonders of technology. [/FONT][/FONT]
I tried to fix the layout a little so the message becomes a little more clear, the thing that almost worked here was the message from the buyer: [FONT=Arial, Verdana][FONT=Arial, Verdana]i will report you to eBay this licence is not valid. please reply asap or i will make a complaint[/FONT][/FONT] As I usually sell & buy games or consoles on ebay this message pissed me off and the first reaction/thoughed I had was to respond to this person with a WTF are you talking about message.. but first I copy pasted the item number to see what's up and noticed something was wrong.. luckally I didn't respond too soon in a pissed off mood!
I'd be tempted to post: "Why certainly, if you are prepared to pay the additional carriage on the item I shall send your item to you...." then look up Anus Laptops scam and do a "one of them" on this a$sh#le
I don't really think this guy would care, they probably just want your password to abuse your account. Sadly enough the domain is registered anonymously (discreet) otherwise I would report him somehow.. allthough I did mail abuse @ ebay about it.
