eBay Fraud Verification Process

Factual Questions
1

I just got this in my email. It says it’s from eBay, but they are asking all sorts of questions, some of which I do remember like asking for a credit card, but now it’s asking for things like my SSN, mother’s maiden name, checking account number, driver’s licence and a few other things. I thought that I read this is a scam, and it seems like one to me.

The URL is here

If this is a scam let me know because if it’s not then I will not be doing buisness with eBay any more, they already have my info and do not need more. Or if it’s a scam I’m gonna have fun with them.

2

I’d say it’s a scam. Here’s some text in a recent email from Ebay from an auction I won a few days ago:

Protect your eBay account - eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information (such as your password, credit card, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, etc.) in an email.

3

Actually they didn’t ask for it in an email, the said goto this page, the one listed above, and wanted this info. I also forgot to say that for me the page was not encrypted.

4

It is a scam. The URL in your link translates to an IP address corresponding to http://www.migane.com/. DO NOT ENTER ANY INFORM,ATION INTO THAT FORM!! You should report it to eBay immediately.

5

The URL has an @ sign in it, which means that you are being redirected to a different server (in this case, 198.173.251.33) than the one in the text of the URL. (cgi3.ebay.com is at 66.135.194.40) Not to mention the text part of the URL in this case is malformed.

Sure sign it’s a scam, all the other signs notwithstanding.

198.173.251.33 resolves as migane.com, registered to these folks:
Domain Name… migane.com
Creation Date… 2003-07-14
Registration Date… 2003-07-14
Expiry Date… 2004-07-14
Organisation Name… Craig K Takamori
Organisation Address. P. O. Box 203
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Geigertown
Organisation Address. 19523
Organisation Address. PA
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name… Craig Takamori
Admin Address… P. O. Box 203
Admin Address…
Admin Address… Geigertown
Admin Address… 19523
Admin Address… PA
Admin Address… UNITED STATES
Admin Email… kkintario@yahoo.com
Admin Phone… (610)2866504
Admin Fax…

Tech Name… VERIO VERIO
Tech Address… 12345 Blue Lake Dr.
Tech Address…
Tech Address… Boca Raton
Tech Address… 33431
Tech Address… FL
Tech Address… UNITED STATES
Tech Email… hostmaster@VERIO-HOSTING.COM
Tech Phone… 888-663-6648
Tech Fax…
Name Server… ns11a.verio-web.com
Name Server… ns11b.verio-web.com

6

I thought there was too much info they wanted. I’ll report it to eBay. Thanks.
After I screw with them that is. :smiley:

7

Presumably in an email???

Yes, as has been pointed out, it’s a scam - the eBay message boards have been full of warnings about this for some time.

Julie

8

Shoot a line to the Attorney Generals office with the WHOIS info attached.

9

Yup.

Had that happen with AOL once long ago when I was young and stupid (AOL that is :wink: )

Somehow I was redirected to the AOL login screen. I started to type it in but something felt wrong. I then noticed the screen was slightly grainy and that none of the buttons worked. It was just a screen shot. They would have gotten login name and password had I continued.

10

I got this email, too; and also thought it looked suspicious. But I looked all thru the ebay site, and saw nothing about it at all.

You’d think ebay would post a warning about this specific scam on their site, so customers would be protected. But that’s assuming they cared.