From: Mike Tomasura <MTomasura@BradleyCaldwell.com> To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: FW: e-bay Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:25:52 -0400
I guess e-bay had some problems? A few users got this message from them.
Dear eBay user!
At 09.24.2003 our company has lost a number of accounts in the system during the database maintenance. If you have an active account, please click on the link below to update your credit card information. If you have problems with your account, please let us know at email support@ebay.com <mailto:support@ebay.com>
Nope! It is a 'credit card harvesting scam'... (Or whatever the term dujour is today...) Good for identity theft purposes and for stealing credit card numbers to run up someone else's bill... I mean... Look at it: Poor grammar, poor punctuation, ...
https://cgi.ebay.com/saw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?UpdateInformation <https://e%31bay.com/saw-cgi/?UpdateInformation>
Also, if this is for real, it looks like eBay has bigger problems: Connection refused to both of these URLs. Regards, Gregory Hicks ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3400 San Jose, CA 95134 | "The trouble with doing anything right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was." When a team of dedicated individuals makes a commitment to act as one... the sky's the limit. Just because "We've always done it that way" is not necessarily a good reason to continue to do so... Grace Hopper, Rear Admiral, United States Navy