Date Reported 7th February 2005
Apparent Sender eBay
Return Address eBay Contact Information Verification <validation@ebay.com>
Subject FIP ALERT: eBay Contact Information Verification
Format HTML
Method Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter their details believing the site is genuine. Details are then forwarded to a local script and captured.
Bogus Web Content? Yes
URL of web content http://signin.ebay.com-ws2.org/DLLupdate/eBayISAPI/login.html
RISK LEVEL MEDIUM
WARNINGS 1. Email claims to be from eBay asking you to confirm your account data by clicking on the link. You will be taken to a spoof login page where your details will be captured by the phishers.
2. eBay never send users emails requesting details in this way.
3. URL of spoof website disguised as http://signin.ebay.com//ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US
4. Real URL looks genuine at a glance as it includes 'ebay.com', but is NOT! THe actual domain is com-ws2.org...
5. Website traced to Montana, USA.
" It has been brought to our attention that the contact information we have on file for you may be incorrect and may need to be updated. Please take a moment to check your records by following the link below: "
If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.
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