[RESOLVED] Is this a scam?

Received this email this morning:

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You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your eBay account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.


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I have not opened the link and the reason why I believe it to be false is because we are a member of Ebay (Europe) and the mail has come from USA. Also comprehension does not appear to be correct.

This email is a scam.

I've reported it to both aol and ebay.

Take care everyone and be vigilant.

TJ

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/education/spooftutorial/

That's a very convincing scam. Especially the address they use. Secure http and and the ebay.com domain. Bastards.

Does anyone know how that address works? Is it a redirect of some sort?

The page listed is a valid ebay page. The problem lies in that you can create a link that actually goes to a different place then the link states

example: http://www.ebay.com

Though it is more complicated then that, as if you hover over the link it displays the same address because of javascripting I believe. But if you click on the address it will take you elsewhere, so if the user isn't paying attention they can be transferred somewhere else to a page that looks official.

A suggestion: before ever clicking on an email link that asks for personal/financial information you wouldn't want floating around, if you use hotmail, click options (in Inbox) and under "message display settings" set mail headers to "full", then check out what the source REALLY is. As for reporting these scams, check out http://www.antiphishing.org/ &/or www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/Phishing.pdf

Any idiot would catch that scam right up front. But being in the expanding world that we live in, less than idiots are born everyday. To be fair though, a person with no knowledge of computers buys one, has it hooked up, and this is the first message thay receive. Happens all the time. Everyone is not computer literate. Some are just not literate at all.
Safe surf'n!!
Nick

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Originally posted by troyz
The page listed is a valid ebay page. The problem lies in that you can create a link that actually goes to a different place then the link states

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That would explain why it looked so convincing. LOL

But you're all right.. no legitimate company ever solicits usernames or passwords by email but I know a lot of people fall for it just the same.

I have received a confirmation email from ebay and they say they are now investigating.