eBay Unpaid Item Reminder Phishing Scam

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Date: 18 February 2007
Received from "eBay Inc." <aw-confirm@ebay.com>
Subject: eBay Unpaid Item Reminder for Item #190010839322

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	eBay Unpaid Item Reminder for Item #190010839322

Dear member,

coconutcabana007 has informed us that they have not yet received your payment for the following item: (#190010839322)

No action is being taken against your account at this time. However, it is important to remember that when you bid on or buy an item you are agreeing to a contract between you and the seller. If the situation isn't resolved within 7 days of this reminder email, you may receive an Unpaid Item strike under eBay's

Thank you,
eBay

Respond to this seller

If you don't respond by Feb-28-2007 you may receive an Unpaid Item strike.

Details for item number: 190010839322

Item URL:	htps://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIem&item=190010839322&sspagename=ADME:B:AAQ:1

Quantity:	1
Dispute URL:	htps://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIem&item=190010839322&sspagename=ADME:B:AAQ:1

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This eBay notice was sent to [DELETED]@adelphisa.net from eBay. Your account is registered on

The scammer who compiled this e-mail was either drunk or fast asleep. Some of the sentences are unfinished and several links were broken. Just like example #1, it contains a line at the top of the e-mail reading: "Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay." No "registered name" is shown in either one of these e-mails. This example addresses the recipient as "Dear member". If this was really from eBay and if they really knew what the registered name of the recipient was, why don't they include it in the e-mail?

Notice the line at the end of the e-mail: "This eBay notice was sent to [DELETED]@adelphisa.net from eBay." Who are you going to fool with an e-mail containing information like this? Who is going to respond to an e-mail that was not even addressed to him/her in the first place? Only the recipient mentioned at the bottom may fall for this e-mail.

The e-mail ends with "Your account is registered on...". We believe this is where the scammer either ran out of ideas or fell asleep.

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