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The email message received is reproduced in full below (minus all the
HTML encapsulation).
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From nobody@polite.elkhost.com Mon Mar 1 09:27:56 2004 Return-Path: <nobody@polite.elkhost.com> X-Original-To: cd@lios.apana.org.au Delivered-To: cd@lios.apana.org.au Received: by lios.apana.org.au (Postfix, from userid 23) id F0F30384B1; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:27:55 +1100 (EST) Received: from polite.elkhost.com (unknown [64.246.38.48]) by lios.apana.org.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A04D3848B for <cd@lios.apana.org.au>; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:27:34 +1100 (EST) Received: from nobody by polite.elkhost.com with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AxZPF-0006vw-H0 for cd@lios.apana.org.au; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:27:29 -0600 To: cd@lios.apana.org.au Subject: Ebay Fraud Verification Process From: support@ebay.com <support@eBay.com> Message-Id: <E1AxZPF-0006vw-H0@polite.elkhost.com> Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:27:29 -0600 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - polite.elkhost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lios.apana.org.au X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [99 99] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - polite.elkhost.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_60_70,HTML_FONTCOLOR_BLUE, HTML_MESSAGE,HTML_TITLE_EMPTY,MIME_HTML_ONLY,RISK_FREE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Sanitizer: Advosys mail filter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: Dear eBay user, As part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website, we are undertaking a period review of our member accounts. You are requested to visit our site by following the link given below http://www.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?verification/%?7088080019 Please fill in the required information. This is required for us to continue to offer you a safe and risk free environment to run your auctions, and maintain the eBay Experience. Thank you Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Copyright 2002 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. eBay and the eBay logo are trademarks of eBay Inc Announcement | Register | SafeHarbor (Rules & Safety) | Feedback Forum | About eBay Copyright © 1995-2001 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User |
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Now that you've read the email text, what do you think? This is just
one example of the massive number of scams trying to steal login information
for online banking, auction, and other financial transaction sites... As you can see from the headers, the email didn't come from Ebay at all, and the URL which the email asks you to go to doesn't exist at Ebay's site! In the actual email, the URL which shows up in the text is fake and the real URL (which is hidden in the HTML encapsulation) is: You can also read the complete email with the full HTML-encoded content that was embedded in it.
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