eBay Unpaid Item Mutual Agreement for Item #220167484319 - Response Required

This email isn't particularly clever. It appears to be intended to catch people on their Christmas shopping, but there are loads of giveaways that it's fake.

First, it still contains the line "Your registered name is included to help confirm this message originated from eBay", which ebay emails do include. But, it's sent to "undisclosed recipients" and no name is mentioned.

Next, it asks for a reply by 11 November - yet it was sent 2nd December. Cleverely, evey link does point to the fake site. Nothing like the Ebay URL, no pretence has been made there. But having taken the trouble to copy an ebay email I'm sure they will also have copied the emay logon screens. They are doing as much as they can to find logon details.

They are attempting to exploit a weakness. I personally don't think any finacial company should ever email links, but as far as I know, it is still done by various people. If you receive an email like this, whether it's genuine or potentially fake, don't click the links. Just type in the correct URL into your browser and go from there.

Here's the content of the email

Dear member,


We are contacting you about the following item: RALPH LAUREN BLACK METALLIC BIG PONY POLO M BNWT SL (#220167484319)

The seller, purplestarshines tells us you have mutually agreed not to complete the transaction (either because you returned or are returning the item for a refund, or because there was a misunderstanding) and has requested a credit for their eBay fees.

Please respond by 11-Nov-2007 so eBay knows whether you have made this agreement.

Please note: You and the seller will still be able to leave feedback for each other regarding this transaction.


Thank you,
eBay

Details for item number: 220167484319
Item title: RALPH LAUREN BLACK METALLIC BIG PONY POLO M BNWT SL
Item URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220167484319
End date: Friday, 02 Nov, 2007 18:50:54 GMT
Quantity: 1
Dispute URL: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewDisputeConsole&DisputeType=1
Date dispute was opened: Sunday, 04 Nov, 2007 17:03:03 GMT