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An Email with the Subject "eBay account has been blocked" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:11:21 -0700 and has been classified as a Auction/Escrow Scam Email. The sender shows as eBay : "reactivate your account." <member@eBay.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Dear eBay Member,
We are sorry to notify you that, for security
reasons, your eBay account has been blocked due to several unsuccessful
login attempts, made by you or someone else. As a result, your access to buy or sell on
eBay has been restricted. According to our site policy, you will have to confirm the
ownership of your ebay account.
To reactivate your account, please click the link below,
fill in the eBay verification form and then submit as we will verify your
identity and reactivate your eBay account. Your account will be fully functional
immediately if the submited information will be succesfully verified.
MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "61.243.32.114" claiming to be Fill in the eBay verification form and then submit by clicking here, so we can verify your identity and reactivate your eBay account.
Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.
Regards,
Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc.
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