A Scam Email with the Subject
"Question from eBay member"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:27:37 -0800 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
eBay <aw-confirmation@eBay.com >,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
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NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate agencies.
return-path:
<nobody@server.flightfactory-simulations.com>
envelope-to:
scams@HUN1P0T
delivery-date:
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:27:37 -0800
to:
scams@HUN1P0T
subject:
Question from eBay member
from:
eBay <aw-confirmation@eBay.com >
content-type:
text/html
date:
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:27:23 -0600
message-id:
REIDs3x1204769424.M301506P22295V-S3X
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
Community Action - SPAM/non-Scam Report
Occasionally, incorrectly categorized emails get into the Scamdex Scam Email Database and need to be removed. If this
email has Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or is, in your opinion, from a bona-fide entity, let us know.
Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
be in our database. Note that ALL emails in the Scamdex Scam Email Database were received as Unsolicited Commercial Email, aka UCE or
SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
Do not respond to the sender (through the eBay system or your email provider) if this message is an offer to buy or sell an item. This type of offer is against eBay policy, may be fraudulent, and is not covered by buyer protection programs.
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