Ebay | FPA NOTICE: eBay Account Suspension

Here's one that came through last night targeted at Ebay. The destination URL is really quite long and intentionally confusing: http://snosa.org/system/cache/pictures/ws/signin.ebay.com/www.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dllSignIn&pUserIdco/. There are a couple of results in Google about snosa.org having a suspected phishing page, but the site does also seem to exist for genuine reasons. So maybe they have been hacked.

Remember that Ebay would never use an introduction of "Dear eBay Community Member"; they would not send such an email to "undisclosed-recipients:" and if you ever are in any doubt, open up Ebay by typing www.ebay.com into your favourite browser and sign on from there. Get the latest Firefox browser for free (link top right) as well, as that has Phishing protection.

Here's the content of the email, about to be sent to Ebay, so just delete your copies.

Dear eBay Community Member,
We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay community.

During to of the eBay User Agreement states, in part: we may limit, suspend, or terminate our service and user accounts, prohibit access to our website, remove hosted content, and take technical and legal steps to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.

The reason of the suspension of your account is an unauthorized access from a third party which acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies. If you are the rightful owner of the account please confirm your information:

https://signin.ebay.co.uk/eBayISAPI.dll?Access%Violation%Case%ID#27162

For your security check that the Web address in your browser starts with https://signin.ebay.com/. More account security tips.


If you fail to resolve this case please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become due and payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously disputed to the billing method currently on file.





Regards,

Safeharbor Department