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Monday, February 03, 2003 |
ebay Identity Theft Scam Warning
From Boing Boing, this warning about a potential identify theft scam on ebay.
I almost fell for an eBay identity theft scam. This morning, I received a very official looking email that looked like it came from eBay. It stated: "eBay Account Management regrets to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to credit card verification problems. Your credit card failed to authorize and as a result, your account has been flagged. All further transactions with your account will be denied until this flag is removed." I clicked on the link, and started filling out my name and adress. Then I glanced at the URL of the page: ebayvalidation.com. That seemed fishy, so I started scrolling down to see what info they were asking for. They wanted my Social Security number, driver's license number, mother's maiden name, paypal password, and my eBay password.
So I did a whois and found out that ebayvalidation.com is registered to:
Minium, Deborah ckqm@techemail.com
R D 2 Box 150A
Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA 17853
US
(PHONE) +1.5705398407
I tried calling the number, but it just rings once, then you get dead air followed by a busy signal. I hope nobody falls for this scam.
I looked at the HTML for the page and found this domain number: 208.47.185.82. I don't know what I can do with it. Here's the link. Maybe a reader can get to the source. Remember, do not enter any information on this page! Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]
7:15:57 PM 
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© Copyright 2004  Gary N. Petersen.
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