Comments on: eBay Unpaid Item Dispute for Item - Response Required - is the Newest eBay Phishing Attempt

By: Andrew Jensen

Andrew Jensen — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:57:27 +0000

I’ve been getting these kinds of emails regularly (possibly daily) for two months now. I think it really diminishes the eBay brand (not that I’m gung ho over eBay anymore, anyway). The first time I got a spam email like that, I had to look twice and make sure. I just usually right click on the email (Outlook) and view “options.” When I see a bunch of nonsense urls, I know what’s happening. Of course now, the emails are so regular, I just delete them as spam.

By: Misterdoe

Misterdoe — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:47:40 +0000

I’m glad I got this from you, though I don’t know why it wound up in my Spam folder. I just sent a message to eBay about one of those messages — I’m glad to see an explanation. I have an eBay account but not connected to the address where I got the phishing message.

By: Frederick Lane

Frederick Lane — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:26:39 +0000

They have been doing this for awhile. I saw through it at first blush and keep e-bay and pay pal busy investigating them.

By: George Maynard

George Maynard — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:48:05 +0000

I use a free program Sam Spade 1.i4 copy and paste received from IP numbers in search block and source results are displayed. Open email and fwd after copying and pasting information then send to spoof@eBay.com also do same for paypal emails spoof@paypal.com and they investigate and take action.
George