Re: eBay Account Update ?

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From: S. (my_at_ddress.com)
Date: 02/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 08:39:37 -0500

"John R" <tooh@cox.net> wrote in message
news:%23SGmyd88DHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
: I have an email from eBay (?) asking me to update my account information.
I
: have not purchased any item from eBay but they claim I owe them money. I
am
: curious if this is a scam. It arrived in my inbox with an incomplete
: address. Has this happened to others in the newsgroup? Thanks.
:

Of course it's a scam! I got the same e-mail several times and never had
an ebay account!

There should be a link in the e-mail. just position you mouse over it and
look at
the address carefully... it is a spoofed ebay web page.

S.

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