Re: EBay Fraud Attempt

This is definitely an attempt to socially engineer your credit card info, bank account info, and enough personal information to commit identity theft against anyone dumb enough to fill out the form (and I'm sure there are many suckers out there). You should immediately forward a copy to at least the following:

privacy@ebay.com (don't know if this is the best contact, but it's all I found in a quick look at their site). This is the sort of thing Ebay will sick their lawyers on for use of the ebay name.

noc@accentric.net (they're the tech contact for the IP block www.ebayupdates.com resolves to)

domain.tech@YAHOO-INC.COM (they're the tech contact for the domain ebayupdates.com, which seems to be registered to some creep in Niceville, FL (which sounds fake, but actually exists)).

It wouldn't hurt to try to notify the FBI and local Niceville police...but how much time to you want to spend on this? Odds are, you'll have to place several calls and talk to multiple people before you find an agent/officer who understands what a website is and why this one is bad. If Ebay's security people return your message/call, maybe you can just ask tem if they'll push the right buttons to get the FBI to pickup the person responsible for the site. They're likely going to be more familiar with what it takes to get some action.

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Logan F.D. Greenlee wrote:

> To the moderator:

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