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Individualy targeted phishing email (ebay)

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."

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  • elsietanner71
    elsietanner71 Posts: 513 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    edited 15 December 2009 at 12:23PM
    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.
  • Haffiana
    Haffiana Posts: 733 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    ChrisCar wrote: »
    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.
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