‘Your eBay Account Has Been Suspended’
April 22, 2008
A few minutes ago, I cleaned up my inbox and found the following warning email from “eBay” threatening me that my “eBay account has been suspended.”
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from: eBay <eBay@account.com>
subject: Your eBay Account Has Been Suspended
Hello Member,
Your monthly eBay Invoice is now available for online viewing.
Invoice Date: Mar 25, 2008
Amount Due: $47.34
You can review your current Invoice details and Account Status at any time by clicking this link:
View Invoice –> links to http:// signin.cg5il.com/ ~cg5il/images
/.s/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3fSignIn&ru=http%253A/
For future reference, you can access your invoice by following these steps:
1. Go to the eBay Home page.
2. Click My eBay at the top of the page, and sign in with your eBay User ID and password.
3. Click the “Seller
Account” link (below My Account in the left navigation menu).
4. Click the “Invoice” link.
Regards,
2008 eBay, Inc.
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If, after seeing this email you immediately clicked the link and tried to log in to your eBay account, congratulations! You’ve been officially victimized by an email phisher!
A phishing email, just like the one above, usually looks like an official letter from a trusted source, such as a bank, credit card company, payment processor, or online merchant designed to steal one’s personal data such as credit card numbers, passwords, account login information, etc.
It usually bears cloaked links that do not actually lead to the official website. In the case of the eBay phishing email above, the embedded link in “View Invoice” is NOT an eBay site but a fake site: http:// signin.cg5il.com/ ~cg5il/images/.s/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3fSignIn&ru=http%253A/
Phishing emails normally contain a sense of urgency too that threatens the recipient that something worse might happen if he does not act immediately. The worst happens, however, the moment the recipient falls for the trick. His credit cards could be used to make unauthorized purchases and his identity stolen and used to scam other people.
So before you click on the links of those weird emails, think twice. The email you are dealing with might not really be an official email, but rather a phishing email.
Browse to the other articles below to learn more about phishing and how to protect yourself against this threat:
April 23rd, 2008 at %I:%M %p
Kaya mas okay talaga pag inbox sa ‘my ebay’ mismo yung oopen, sure na galing sa ebay.
August 16th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
There is a forum I found on the internet that is free, and helps with Ebay, PayPal, business and the law. Just post any question, the experts will answer it if it has not already been answered!
The forum has a lot of expert advice on it. http://www.modeeworld.com/forums I found advice there about how to avoid EBAY suspensions, get past PayPal limitations, also lots of detailed help on creating your own business, getting past trademark violations, VERO and lots more. Plus general advice on how best to sell on EBAY, what sells the best, how to get the best price for your product, really everything related to EBAY and internet business.
Also advice about how EBAY really works and how PayPal really works. The inside scoop.
Beautiful forum. I was made a moderator of the forum and I love it!