Do you like to buy or sell on eBay? I certainly do. That's why I posted a few things on eBay for sell. You can view them here:
View SOHOSOS.COM Auctions @ eBay
If you are an eBayer, here is a tip to protect your account. I have always been very careful when responding to emails requesting personal information. A few minutes ago, I received an email from "eBay" saying my account could be suspended and wants me to confirm by clicking on the submit button. It looks like this (without the eBay picture and the submit button):
"Dear customer,
We regret to inform you that your eBay account will be suspended due to the violation of our site policy below:
* Misrepresentation of Identity (User) - Representing yourself as another eBay user or registering using the identity of another.
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new account.
Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to eBay.
According to our site policy you will have to confirm that you are the real owner of the eBay account by completing a form or else your account will be deleted.
We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended if you don't resolve your problems. To resolve this problems please click the link below and login to your account in order to resolve your account problems. "
I did click on the submit button and it leads to the "eBay" sign up page. For some reason, some of the graphics on the page didn't show up properly and I quickly became suspicious. Even the URL looks funny: "http://hostingprod.com/@confirm-info-half.com/confirm.html?mailformURL=eBay.com&submit=Submit".
So, I entered the eBay website using www.ebay.com and click on help and then the Security Center, and forward the suspicious email to spoof@ebay.com. And after a few minutes later, an reply email from eBay confirming the fake email. Boy! Am I glad I didn't enter my user name and the password on that fake sign in page! eBay is doing a pretty good job at spotting fake email automatically, but it won't be much a help if you are not careful.
I like to share this with you so you won't fall prey of the schemes. Happy selling & buying on eBay where you will find lots of bargains.

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