Fake eBay Invoice with Trojan Virus attached / Keystroke Logger

Fairly new email circulating with an attached trojan virus. Some actually come in garbled as the email was incorrectly configured when mailed. Regardless there are some obvious clues before even opening the email.

• eBay would never say in the subject of the email "you owe us" the "amount" or "please pay your fees" it is just rude on the surface and would never be sent from a company in that format.
• It starts off with "Dear eBay Seller" and not your user ID and email as registered with eBay. All official eBay emails will have your registered information as they actually know who you are.
• Email comes from eBay International AG, who is that?
• The whole message just reads wrong, so that should be the first sign it is a scam, but the attachment is the dead giveaway, and the most trouble.

If you ever get any emails from eBay or PayPal or anyone for that matter that you believe is a fake, please do not click on any links or open any attachments. In a clean browser window go directly to the site you are concerned about and log in from there. If there is an issue you will find out that way, not from some rogue email.

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eBay Invoice, you owe us $2250.67, please pay your fees!

Dear eBay Seller,

We have not yet received the payment for your eBay fees.

The total amount in listing fees that you have to pay is $2250.67.

As this is an over average not paid invoice we have attached and sent it directly to you by email so you can take it to your bank and have the money wired directly to our account or you can pay the invoice online on our website.

Invoice Date: November 11, 2009

Amount Due: $2250.67

You can review your current invoice details by downloading the attached invoice.

The eBay Invoice attached to this email contains all the details on how you managed to owe us such a large amount.

ATTENTION: If your payment is overdue and you do complete the payment in the next 5 working days we will suspend your eBay account. When your account is suspended, we notify you by email and tell you the reason. The same message appears in the Messages section of My eBay.

REMEMBER: We do not ask for your credit card details or password into an email. Be cautious of emails that ask you to submit personal information such as your credit card number or your eBay password. Some members have reported attempts to gain access to their personal information through email solicitations that are made to appear as having come from eBay. These solicitations will often contain links to Web pages that will request that you sign-in and submit information. At eBay, we identify these as 'spoofed' emails or Websites. Remember, eBay employees will never ask you for your password.

Regards,
eBay International AG

Fake eBay Spoof / Phish - eBay Email Phish

This email (see image above) of course did not come from eBay, it was not formatted well at all, really a terrible job at a scam... the host company where the email was sent is www@host25.christianwebhost.com and redirect emails to AccountsAppleyUp2009@bay.com (bay.com?)

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Dear Customer, You have one new message at eBay, INBOX From: Customer Service Date: 3/24/2009 Subject: Official service renewal notification. In order to read the message Click Here (link removed) to login at eBay. and access your MAIL section.

This site provides information about and access to financial services offered by the Ebay. family of companies, including eBay., N.A., members FDIC. ©2009 eBay. eBay. is a federally registered service mark. All rights reserved. Blank Check® is a registered trademark of eBay.

PayPal Phish, Fake Email, Phish, Fraud

As mentioned dozens of times PayPal if sending you an email will have your info, name, account info and more. If you ever think there is an issue with your PayPal account, go to PayPal.com and login to PayPal from their website and if there is an issue there will be a notice when you login. Never click on links from bad emails like the one below. Links removed for safety.

Besides all of the above, PayPal does not "regularly screen activity in the
Pay Pal system"

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from Pay|Pal [home_dep@prervesypal.com]

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the
Pay Pal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding
your account.

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until
additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal
used to make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the
Resolution Center.
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Resolution Center: Your account access has been limited.
Click here to resolve the problem.
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PayPal Email ID: PP 543

Fake Amazon UK Suspension Email / Phishing & Malware

Same as with eBay and PayPal phishing. If you have any questions about your account go to the website directly (not following links) log in and check to see if any emails or notices are placed on your account. Do not follow links, especially ones from badly formed emails like the one below.

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Return-path:

Greetings,

Thank you for writing to us at Amazon.co.uk Marketplace.

Having researched your account, I am able to verify that your account
has been suspended by our Sentinel department on March 3rd. Therefore,
it will be necessary for you to contact our Sentinel department
directly regarding the status of your account. You can contact them
through the contact-us pages

https:// (removed) -- really going to sing-in-on-amazonuk.by.ru/ (sub directories removed)

In the subject bar choose the option "Respond to Sentinel".

Our Sentinel department wil l review your account and respond as soon
as possible regarding your request.

Thank you for you r interest in Amazon.co.uk.

To contact us again about this issue, please use the Contact Us form
in Seller Central using the following link:

http:// (removed) -- really going to sing-in-on-amazonuk.by.ru/ (sub directories removed)


Best regard s,

Robert Schoeberl
Amazon.co.uk Technical Account Management

eBay Collections Scam - Fraud - Phish

Fake email / Phish with a fake eBay site coming from hurricane.safe-order.net website and a user sub directory (links removed). The email came to an email address not associated with any of our eBay accounts. All valid eBay emails will include your full name, your user ID and other details. If ever you question account issues, go to eBay.com direct and log into your account. There will be an alert in your "my messages". That is a valid eBay message, not the garbage below.

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eBay sent this alert notice to resolve your account suspension due to non-payment.
This is an automatically generated email. Responses sent using email will not be received.

We are writing to alert you that your monthly eBay fees have not been paid because your credit/debit card declined eBay's 2nd attempt to automatically deduct the amount due.

You have been indefinitely suspended from eBay because our records indicate your account was involved in activities that violate our policy governing payment of eBay fees. Because you are delinquent in paying your fees, we have suspended your eBay account. Your current listings have been ended and you are no longer a member of the eBay Community.

This account has been restricted and you will not be able to bid or list on eBay. To be considered for reinstatement of this account, click here and follow the instructions for updating your payment method to pay your outstanding balance in full.
As a reminder, past due accounts has been restricted from buying or selling until payment is received. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.

Thank you,
eBay Global Collections
________________________________________Reference #: 10226.427.1

3 Years Prison for eBay Fraud - No Coins from Kary

Man sentenced for eBay fraud.

Fort Oglethorpe resident Kary Dean Head will spend three years in federal prison for defrauding eBay bidders out of more than $150,000.

Head had pleaded guilty in September to nine counts of wire fraud and fraud by swindle after charging more than 100 people for 1-ounce American Eagle Silver coins that he never delivered.

U.S. District Judge Harold L. Murphy read Head’s sentence Friday morning.

A victim of the scheme and an eBay fraud investigator testified at the two-hour sentence hearing.

Keith Melancon, an officer in the Air Force, testified how he had paid $120 for coins to reward his troops for jobs well done. He said he tried numerous times to contact Head regarding his purchase, but finally had to contact eBay to report fraud after waiting weeks for his shipment that never came.

eBay Fraud Investigator Jeremy Roybal described Head’s scheme as a “breakout fraud” where online merchants sell less valuable items in order to establish a good track record and then try to sell more expensive items in a short amount of time to cash in – without delivering the goods.

“It looks like an account that’s just bringing in money and nothing’s going out,” Roybal said of Head’s eBay activity.

Roybal said after the hearing that “it’s not common” for such grand-scale fraud to happen on eBay.

“I am deeply deeply sorry for the errors I have made,” Head told the court before hearing his sentence. “I am here today to ask for your mercy.”

But Federal Prosecutor Lawrence Sommerfeld told the court, “It’s unclear whether (Head) fully accepts responsibility for his crime.”

In a letter he sent to Judge Murphy in December after pleading guilty, Head describes a coin business that was growing so rapidly that it must have caused a “red flag” with eBay, prompting the company to shut his account down.

“eBay always shoots first and ask (sic) questions later,” Head wrote in the letter. He later implied that eBay had shut him down before he could deliver certain coins to certain customers.

But Sommerfeld reiterated it was not a “business mistake” that had happened with Head’s sBay account, but fraud.

Judge Murphy said it was “very said that a man is being sent to prison” because, among other things, he was trying to support his family.

“Mr. Head appears to be genuinely regretful, and it would do no good to punish him more harshly,” Judge Murphy said.

Head could have received as much as 20 years in prison.

In addition to serving time, Head must also pay $137,000 in restitution.

eBay Phishing Scam - Never Ending Saga

We get a dozen or two of these a week, a fake eBay request for information, and regardless of the final URL the Phish is the same. No matter what link you click on it will take you to a fake eBay site that requires login. If you login, at best they now have your eBay login and password. At worst you also filled in the next page (on some of these Phishes) that asked for everything from your mothers maiden name to your social security number.

If you every receive anything that makes no sense never click on the links. For eBay go to ebay.com, log in, go to My eBay and then My Messages and read them there.

Two homes raided in Ebay fraud crackdown

By Gerran Grimshaw

POLICE swooped on addresses in Selby district in dawn raids to arrest suspected internet fraudsters.

Two people were arrested in connection with alleged scams involving internet marketplace eBay.

The operation was led by the North Yorkshire Police's financial investigation unit, based at the force's Northallerton headquarters. The unit was supported by safer neighborhoods officers from Selby.

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Police said a 30-strong operation was mounted to target houses in Selby and Thorpe Willoughby.

A 33-year-old local woman was arrested in connection with the investigation. She has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

And yesterday, police said a house in Riccall was targeted. Police said a 42-year-old man, from Selby district, was arrested and evidence - including a high-value vehicle - was seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The man has also been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

Selby Inspector Dave Pegg, whose police and community support officers provided support to the financial investigation unit, hailed the raids a success, saying: "From my point of view, an operation is always successful if we recover a stolen motor vehicle."

A police spokesman said: "Fraud is a very serious offence which can have a serious impact on people's lives. We have a dedicated unit investigating all types of fraud cases, and they can use powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act to recover assets gained through criminal activity.

"If anybody suspects they are a victim of fraud or they have information about possible offenders, then they should not hesitate to contact the police."