The only reason I am posting this message is because I NEARLY fell for it.
I sell many things on eBay and today received an email that was a form that stated that either or I or someone else tried unsuccessfully to log into my eBay account using the wrong password 3 times and that I needed to verify my account information.
I know it seems obvious, but this one was WELL DONE (same font and language used by eBay) including links to eBay within the footer of the email. The "sender" showed up as (which is an actual eBay email address sent to sellers after an auction closes.) But as anyone knows, you can put anything you want to in the "from" line of your email account. It was actually the sender's "name" of that tipped me off that it was a scam--as eBay uses separate email addresses for different things. (Besides the fact that eBay and others never solicit personal information by email.)
The final reason why I almost fell for it was the fact that my credit card expires this month and I tried yesterday to update my info, but their server had issues.
Anyway, this email is the best one I have ever seen of scammers trying to get your personal info. I just thought to warn everyone.
By the way, when I decided it was a hoax, I filled out their form with a nice "XXXX YOU VERY MUCH!"
-------------------- Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
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