I believe the proof is always in the URL. This one has some other bogus
gibberish in front of anything resembling 'E*ay'.
If you emailed the message to eyebuy security, they're pretty punctual at
getting back to you. I've always gotten a response withing 24 hours.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matthew Born [mailto:mborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 7:47 AM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: eb*y shenanigans
>
>
>Almost invariably these phoney-baloney notices contain a
>number of grammatical errors. Some are more egregious than
>others, but they're almost always present. The first sentence,
>for instance, is so poorly constructed and ham-handed that I
>think you can safely assume there is a zero percent chance it
>actually came from Ebay. Ditto the first sentence after
>"Please Note." These guys might catch a few more fish if they
>hired an editor.
>
>Matthew Born
>
>On 8/15/04 9:36 PM, "Listar" <listar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> ***Urgent Safeharbor Department Notice***
>>
>> eBay Fraud Mediation Request
>>
>>
>> You have received this email because you or someone had used your
>> account to make fake bids at eBay. For security purposes, we are
>> required to open an investigation into this matter.
>>
>> THE FRAUD ALERT ID CODE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE
>ATTACHED IN
>> OUR FRAUD MEDIATION REQUEST FORM, IN ORDER TO VERIFY YOUR
>EBAY ACCOUNT
>> REGISTRATION INFORMATIONS.
>>
>> Fraud Alert ID CODE: 00937614
>> (Please save this Fraud Alert ID Code for your reference.)
>>
>> To help speed up this process, please access the following form to
>> complete the verification of your eBay account registration
>> informations:
>>
>> http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay &fraud alert id code=00937614
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>> Please Note:
>> If we do not receive the appropriate eBay account
>verification within 48
>> hours, then we will assume this eBay account is fraudulent
>and will be
>> suspended.
>> The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay
>account has not
>> been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.
>>
>> We appreciate your support and understanding, as we work together to
>> keep eBay a safe place to trade.
>>
>> Thank you for your patience in this matter.
>>
>> Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
>eBay Inc.
>>
>> Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification.
>> Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
>
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