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[Poptart]

I received this "phishing" email yesterday.

This one almost fooled me for a minute. It has graphics and everything:

Dear eBay Member,

During our Security and Resolution Center regular maintainance period it has come to our attention that your eBay Billing Information is out of date. The update process is a very simple and fast one and it must be completed immediately in order to avoid any future issues - Terms of Service (TOS) violations, cancellation of service, account suspension or even account termination.
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To update your eBay records on file now click below:

It is highly recommended that you right click on the link
and select the "Open in New Window" option as some mail clients will not allow you to proceed!

https://arribada.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?PlaceCCInfo&SignIn&UsingSSL=1

Once you have completed the process your eBay session will not be interrupted and your online experience will continue as normal.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you
for your cooperation as we review this matter.

Thank you for using eBay!
http://www.ebay.com

 

[peterc]

I never open the eBay or PayPal emails that show in my email client (about three of each a day on average). I just go to the site and see if they're in my messages section.

Peter

 

[RML]

I never open the eBay or PayPal emails that show in my email client (about three of each a day on average). I just go to the site and see if they're in my messages section.

Same here. GMail dunks these emails in the spam box straight away. IF I ever feel the need to update any information, I type the URL by myself. Never fails (unless you already have a trojan key logger on your pc).