ebay email: legit? (1 Viewer)

[tooheyz]

hey guys

i just got an email from ebay

heres what it says:

We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures.
Your account has been selected for this maintenance.

Protecting the security of your eBay auction account is our primary concern,
and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Comments are welcomed!

In order to update your account information, you need to complete the following process!
If not, your account may behave unnormally and errors may occur without notification.

and it asks for username and id, and password...plus name and address blah blah blah blah

the email address is from aw-confirm@ebay.com which is a true ebay address thingy...

but i dunno, i just feel iffy about the whole thing... coz they should never ask for passwords and stuff yeah?

what should i do?

cheers.

 

[mr_speedy]

nah i dont think you should reply to it. cos i remember there was something on the news about internet banking, and email was sent out asking for details about there account and stuff, and it looked legit. and they stole money from peoples ho responded to the email.

 

[freaking_out]

well u shuldn't reply coz, the staff will never ask for passwords u know.

 

[tooheyz]

yeah i know thats what i was thinking

i almost did sent it in aAaagGghhh!!

but yeah, i forwarded the email to ebay.com.au
letting them know that i think this is a 'spoof' email

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by mr_speedy
nah i dont think you should reply to it. cos i remember there was something on the news about internet banking, and email was sent out asking for details about there account and stuff, and it looked legit. and they stole money from peoples ho responded to the email.

LoL, yeah, and also everytime when u sign up- they mention to u that they'll never ask for ya password...i mean, why shuld they anyway? if they want ya password- they've got it in their comps.

 

[tooheyz]

hahah yeah thats true

yeah i just got an email from ebay.com.au
and they said that that email is a spoof
and yeah, for security reasons, i gotta change my passowrd and secuirty question thingy

why, what was a quick reply.. hhahaha

 

[freaking_out]

hmm...yeah, quick reply indeed.

 

[copious]

looks like spam to me. good call.

 

[tooheyz]

ahahah yeah to all ebay users!
beware of spoof ebay emails!

 

[zahid]

yes actually give them your username and password....but do it like this:

Username: Fuck
Password: You

that should get through to them

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by zahid
yes actually give them your username and password....but do it like this:

Username: Fuck
Password: You

that should get through to them

LoL, it would b funny if they actually tried it out.

 

[tooheyz]

hahah thats it!
im doing that!
hahahha

good idea 'zahid'

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by tooheyz
hahah thats it!
im doing that!
hahahha

good idea 'zahid'

na, actually, on second thoughts, i wouldn't do that: coz it'll show the spammer, that your e-mail address is a valid and active one: and hence he'll send u more spam!

 

[Lexicographer]

What the hell?

"unnormally"

is NOT a fucking WORD

 

[juggernaut]

u can sue ppl who spam now

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by juggernaut
u can sue ppl who spam now

well, thats if u can identify that person, and secondly if u have the money to carry out all the legal precedings.

 

[Winston]

If you check your mail from hotmail you can try to turn on a setting which shows where the e-mail came from, a specific DNS or what so ever, because there actually is quite a flaw in the e-mailing system, my application i developed entitles users to enter a custom e-mail address, for example you can use my e-mail address as the sender and send e-mails to other, and for simple users they might be tricked easily.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Winston
If you check your mail from hotmail you can try to turn on a setting which shows where the e-mail came from, a specific DNS or what so ever, because there actually is quite a flaw in the e-mailing system, my application i developed entitles users to enter a custom e-mail address, for example you can use my e-mail address as the sender and send e-mails to other, and for simple users they might be tricked easily.

LoL, i used to have a program like that- called anonymouse e-mail.

 

[iambored]

wow that's cool they then contacted you. yeah never give out your password.

 

[tooheyz]

yeah thanks for that.. hhah yeah i let ebay handle the situation
i got an email saying 'yes, we have received numerous emails from concerned meembers about the same email... blah blah blah'

basically they would keep us informed!
hahaha yeah, i hope they find the bastards.