EBAY Phising Scam

I got an email at work purporting to be from EBAY Mediation services. It came as an urgent message.

It’s a fake and if you get one, just delete it. It’s one of the better ones I’ve seen. It not only takes you through the process of allowing some unsavory (i’m being kind here) person getting your user ID and password, it also asks for your personal information, including your credit card info.

How do I know it’s fake? I don’t have an EBAY account. I entered bogus information and it still asked me for credit card information.

One more time…..legitimate businesses do not ask you to provide verification information this way. They already have it. If there is a problem, they will contact you by telephone or by mail.

Do NOT respond to these types of emails.

Here’s a capture of the screen that came with the email. Anybody with some pretty simple screen capture software can copy a page and add input fields. Don’t be fooled by these folks.

About Gary Smith

Chief Smith has served over 31 years in the criminal justice field. He is currently a consultant assisting public and private organizations better establish community goals and ethical conduct with the members of their organizations. Chief Smith serves as a facilitator, lecturer, professor and other capacities both inside and outside the criminal justice field.
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