Possible e-mail scam?

So I received an e-mail that was sent to me yesterday, stating that my eBay account has been suspended due to my credit/debit card company being unable to verify my registration info on file.

 

I'm assuming it's a fake e-mail because the e-mail address is ukrswebhelp@ebay.com.au and the fact that I'm still currently being allowed to log into my account and use it, a day after the e-mail was actually sent to me (had no idea about it until just now when I checked).

 

Anyways, here's the e-mail (are my suspcions about it not having been sent from eBay correct?)

 

eBay Account ID: E87082486-AUD

 

Hello tygerschnapps@hotmail.com, 


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eBay sent this message to tygerschnapps@hotmail.com. 
Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay. 
Learn more: http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/confidence/name-userid-emails.html 
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We are writing to alert you that your eBay account has been suspended, because your credit/debit card company declined eBay's attempt to verify your registration information that we have on file. 




Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. 



To re-instate your account, you are required to confirm your eBay registration by clicking on the button below:

 



 Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way until you confirm your registration.

 Please note that this will also affect the ability to sell or bid on items.

 This includes registering a new account.


Regards, 
eBay 

 
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Possible e-mail scam?

But isnt it just an email to let you know there is a message in your inbox etc?

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No, it is a copy of the email that is in your ebay messages.

Haven't you ever read any of the emails that you get from ebay?

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Don't forget to check those other folders in your email addresses that you are using ............ never know what you'll find there ...........

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Yes so you go to your ebay and open it
The header im the email tells you what it is.
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@erg-auto-electrical-wholesalers wrote:
Yes so you go to your ebay and open it
The header im the email tells you what it is.

Have you read this thread before anwering?

The OP is now aware that it is a scam and really doesn't need to keep following up anything.

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This is all deja vu.........

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Deja voodoo more like it

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The salutation is the tip-off as noted above.

 

When either eBay or PayPal contact you they will use your complete Christian and Surnames as seen on your respective account details pages.

 

That being said, any email received requesting personal info should never be replied to from your web based email account as that could be compromised without your knowledge.

 

Always go to the appropriate website (PP or eBay), login, then do whatever business is necessary.

 

Always check you browser address bar and ensure that it displays the appropriate web address - something like:

 

http://k2b-bulk.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SalesRecordConsole

 

The part in bold and underlined is what you want to see - the parts in red will vary depending on what part of the site you are viewing.

 

When logged onto PayPal you will always see that the connection is encrypted (the first bold part):

 

https://history.paypal.com/........................./......../..............etc

 

All sites that deal with sensitive data should display the https (s=Secure Connection) and your data will be encrypted before transmission.

Major sites like PP or your bank will also display a padlock symbol in green to left of the address but smaller sites may just show the https:// which is less expensive but just as secure.

 

Sadly, much of eBay is not via a secure connection.

 

Apart from that make sure you have both good anti-virus and anti-malware packages installed and updated and run them at the very least weekly.

 

I run AVG anti-virus and Malwarebytes anti-malware as well as a network firewall (you could just use Windows firewall as a basic tool)

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