I received this warning from a very helpful lady I have just bought a skirt 
from (yes more clothes I really must stop!!!!) and thought you might be 
interested:

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Dear all on my list of recent buyers, sellers and friends who use Ebay

I have just had an email (below) which I now know is a spoof but it fooled 
me and I have had to very quickly change my password.

It asked if I was still interested in the sellers item.  The email address 
looked fine, the email looked fine, and so I clicked on the link which took 
me to an Ebay page asking for user ID and password.  Again, this looked fine 
until I entered it and it told me my details were incorrect.  I knew they 
WEREN'T and then I realised I had been spoofed and given my password away. 
Obviously I changed it immediately.  This is a BRAND NEW type of scam, 
please be aware as it is extremely plausible.

Hope you didn't mind me emailing you but I felt it was such a dirty trick 
that I should warn as many people as I know.

Kind regards
Vanessa
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SO BEWARE    ! It's crazy you really do need eyes at the back of your head 
these days.
Inger

This was probably a link which "looks" like it is going to eBay, but if you look at the status bar in Outlook express it will show the actual address that is linked.

Mike


"Inger Morris"  wrote in message news:d4qm86$lg6$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...

>I received this warning from a very helpful lady I have just bought a skirt 
> from (yes more clothes I really must stop!!!!) and thought you might be 
> interested:
> 
> -----------------------
> Dear all on my list of recent buyers, sellers and friends who use Ebay
> 
> I have just had an email (below) which I now know is a spoof but it fooled 
> me and I have had to very quickly change my password.
> 
> It asked if I was still interested in the sellers item.  The email address 
> looked fine, the email looked fine, and so I clicked on the link which took 
> me to an Ebay page asking for user ID and password.  Again, this looked fine 
> until I entered it and it told me my details were incorrect.  I knew they 
> WEREN'T and then I realised I had been spoofed and given my password away. 
> Obviously I changed it immediately.  This is a BRAND NEW type of scam, > please be aware as it is extremely plausible.
> 
> Hope you didn't mind me emailing you but I felt it was such a dirty trick 
> that I should warn as many people as I know.
> 
> Kind regards
> Vanessa
> --------------------------
> SO BEWARE    ! It's crazy you really do need eyes at the back of your head 
> these days.
> Inger
> 
>

The old warning goes.  NEVER click on a link in an email that says it is
from ebay or paypal.  Always go in your usual way and check from there.

Carol.

Inger Morris wrote:

> I received this warning from a very helpful lady I have just bought a skirt 
> from (yes more clothes I really must stop!!!!) and thought you might be 
> interested:
> 
> -----------------------
> Dear all on my list of recent buyers, sellers and friends who use Ebay
> 
> I have just had an email (below) which I now know is a spoof but it fooled 
> me and I have had to very quickly change my password.
> 
> It asked if I was still interested in the sellers item.  The email address 
> looked fine, the email looked fine, and so I clicked on the link which took 
> me to an Ebay page asking for user ID and password.  Again, this looked fine 
> until I entered it and it told me my details were incorrect.  I knew they 
> WEREN'T and then I realised I had been spoofed and given my password away. 
> Obviously I changed it immediately.  This is a BRAND NEW type of scam, 
> please be aware as it is extremely plausible.
> 
> Hope you didn't mind me emailing you but I felt it was such a dirty trick 
> that I should warn as many people as I know.
> 
> Kind regards
> Vanessa
> --------------------------
> SO BEWARE    ! It's crazy you really do need eyes at the back of your head 
> these days.
> Inger
> 
>