Phishing Scam E-Mails: eBay (8)

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Phishing Scam E-mails

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.

eBay (8)

From:	"eBay Member Services" <aw-confirm@ebay.com.inc>
Subject:	eBay Accounts Update.
Date:	Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:42:54 +0200

Important Alert

Hello Sir/Madam,

eBay always look forward for the security purpose of their clients.
Therefore, eBay is proud to announce about their new updated secure
system. We updated are new SSL servers to give our customers a better,
fast and secure service.

Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested to please
update your account info at the following link.

Click here to update your account.

Edward A. Wrick
Security Advisor
eBay.com

Thank you for using eBay!
The eBay Team

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