Phishing Scam E-Mails: E-Bay (3)

During the past year, I received many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use "official" looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a website such as EBay, Paypal, America Online, banks, financial institutions. They generally imply that your account will be suspended or deactivated unless you click the link to the webpage that is linked from the e-mail. Sometimes they say that someone is trying to use your account or this is done for "security" purposes. Once you are at the site, they will ask for personal information. You may be asked to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are still not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact the company directly and explain the e-mail you received.

Dear Member,

We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due
to
concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay community.

"Abusing eBay" of the eBay User Agreement states, in part:

"...we may limit, suspend, or terminate our service and user accounts,
prohibit
access to our website, remove hosted content, and take technical and
legal steps
to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems,
possible
legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit
of our
policies."

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from
using eBay in any way.

Please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become
due and
payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously disputed
to the
billing method currently on file.

To be considered for reinstatement of this account, sign in to your
account
and provide us additional information.

Sing to your eBay account at:
http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US

If you do not have internet access or have forgotten your password,
please mail
with a copy of this notice to:

eBay Inc.
2145 Hamilton Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
Attn: Collections Department

Thank you for using eBay!
http://www.ebay.com/

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owners.

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The information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice.

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From:	"eBay" <suspension@ebay.com>
Subject:	FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - User Agreement - Abusing eBay - Suspension Notice
Date:	Fri, 6 Jan 2006 05:11:10 +0200