Post #38795 by ModMana on Thu, Jun 12, 2003 12:53 PM

I received an email this morning claiming to be from eBay asking me to change my password. It looks pretty legitimate...until you look at the HTML code. Then it becomes clear that all of the links in the email are not going to eBay but to some unknown location. This is clearly an attempt to steal passwords from unsuspecting users. Do not fall for it. Another tip off was that there were several typos/spelling errors in the email. Here's the text from the message:

Dear eBay user,
As stated in the User Agreement, Section 5.1, we may request you to change you password. Because of security reasons and for your saftey, please understand the situation and be so kind to change your password. Please acces the followink link to change your password : http://cgi5.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?RegisterShow

We thank you for your cooperation.

Respectfully,
Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc

[ Edited by: ModMana on 2003-06-12 12:57 ]