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Individualy targeted phishing email (ebay)

ChrisCar_2
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New one I've never seen before and a lot of time and effort has gone into this one.
It is targeted at individual sellers, only it came to the email address I have set up in my Business Seller's Information, not the one the real ebay uses.
The item number and heading are from a live listing
"Dear xxxxxx,
Let me know if your item 2004******89 (******** Bookmark ) is still available.
Please respond via ebay, my email is set up to not accept messages from unconfirmed emails.
Thank you.
Andre."
It is targeted at individual sellers, only it came to the email address I have set up in my Business Seller's Information, not the one the real ebay uses.
The item number and heading are from a live listing
"Dear xxxxxx,
Let me know if your item 2004******89 (******** Bookmark ) is still available.
Please respond via ebay, my email is set up to not accept messages from unconfirmed emails.
Thank you.
Andre."
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Just a warning about another phishing attempt I've come across. I received an Ebay email mocked up like it's gone through the messaging system on Ebay saying something like:
'Hi. Your book has been packaged and sent off today.' I suppose the idea is you click the link in the email (I haven't tried this - I just opened a new explorer and checked my real Ebay messages and it wasn't there)
The book is a sporting one - Satanta or something similar. I have received it twice over the space of a month.
Would be interested to hear if anyone else has had this.0 -
New one I've never seen before and a lot of time and effort has gone into this one.
It is targeted at individual sellers, only it came to the email address I have set up in my Business Seller's Information, not the one the real ebay uses.
The item number and heading are from a live listing
"Dear xxxxxx,
Let me know if your item 2004******89 (******** Bookmark ) is still available.
Please respond via ebay, my email is set up to not accept messages from unconfirmed emails.
Thank you.
Andre."
We had exactly the same email - ditto with the business email address which is what flagged it up. Clicking on the "Respond now" button takes you to a VERY sophisticated copy of the ebay sign in page.
Watch out for this one folks, it really is very good.0
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