July 10, 2006
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Some of the eBay phishing messages are better than others, no doubt about it. I just this minute received one that must have taken maybe three minutes of someone's time, if that. Mercy Maud, *I* could do a better job trying to con someone!
First off, the return address is definitely phishy: eBay-US.484004608.611871.3@ebay.ca
Oh yeah. That looks legit.
Dear Value Customer,
There is a problem with the card you used while bidding at one of our auctions.
A communication problem with the bank server might have caused that problem too
but we are unable to collect our commission.Until the problem is solved you would need to use a different card so, please,
log into your account and enter the new card details.Sincerely,
Sherrie Beard
eBay inc - Security.I regret to say Ms. Beard will receive no 'good co-operation' from me, 'value customer' though I am.
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Umm Anne? You might want to disable the link in the post: "Billing Service". No telling where it goes, although it looks like a site in Germany. Wouldn't want anybody to accidently be a phish.
Yikes! Didn't know it was 'live'. Thanks for the heads up.
The really, really sad thing is that some people will fall for it.
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