Once again today, my in box was invaded by spoof emails.  In the subject line it read "FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension -Section 9-"  This was the return email address aw-confirm@ebay.com.cn

This was a much better scam than I fell for over the weekend, but thankfully I followed 2 these easy steps.

1.) Opened my browser and logged into eBay.  I checked my messages and there wasn't any
2.) I started a chat with eBay Stores Live Help (its what they are there for) and talked with them

At the conclusion of both, it was determined to be a spoof email.  Right away I sent these emails to spoof@ebay.com  Within an hour or so, I got a return email confirming these were fake emails trying to harvest my account information (again)

If you do end up giving your information to this email, simply change your ebay password.  Then contact eBay live support.  That should clear it up.  This specific set of emails is only targeting your eBay account.  Do not beat yourself up...just learn from it like I did

For information purposes, I copied the email into text format and pasted it here.  The email was in HTML and was identical to most eBay emails.  (Notice how they have my name as info?  That was my real clue.  This also isn't my email registered with eBay.  It is a customer service email in listings)

Thank you for reading my guide

Matt Carter

eBay    eBay sent this message to your registered email address (info@mbcarterbooks.com).
Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay.
   
FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension -Section 9-
   
   
   
Dear Info,

We are writing to alert you that your eBay account has been suspended.

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 remove any limitations, you are required to confirm your eBay registration.

Confirm your eBay registration

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

Please note that this will affect the ability to sell or bid on items.
This includes the registering of a new account.

Sincerely,
eBay Safeharbor Department
   
This administrative email was sent to you from eBay. Our company will periodically send you information
about site changes and enhancements. If you would like to receive this email in text format, change your
notification preferences.

See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have questions about eBay's communication policies.
Privacy Policy: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-policy.html
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