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eBay phishing - phishers are getting better

From: John Gateley <gateley () jriver com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:33:22 -0500
I just got another phishing scam (targeting eBay).

The twist is that the subject line included my eBay username,
and it was sent to my eBay e-mail address. The Phishers have
figured out how to get one from the other, I don't know how.

I sent it on to eBay but just got a standard form letter
back.

Is this happening to anyone else? Anyone know how they
were able to figure out my e-mail from user name (or
vice versa)?

j

text, with relevant portions removed:

Return-Path: <apache () www nec com hk>
Delivered-To: xxxx () xxxx xxxx org
Received: (qmail 15267 invoked by alias); 21 Jul 2005 17:05:07 -0000
Delivered-To: xxxx () xxxx org
Received: (qmail 15264 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2005 17:05:07 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) (203.194.209.141)
  by xxxx.xxxx.com with SMTP; 21 Jul 2005 17:05:07 -0000
Received: from www.nec.com.hk (www.nec.com.hk [127.0.0.1] (may be forged))
        by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6LIL8VB001107
        for <xxxx () xxxx org>; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:21:08 +0800
Received: (from apache@localhost)
        by www.nec.com.hk (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j6LIL7MX001106;
        Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:21:07 +0800
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:21:07 +0800
Message-Id: <200507211821.j6LIL7MX001106 () www nec com hk>
From: "eBay" <aw-confirm () ebay com>
Reply-to: 6884-lbpl-4t94 () noreplay ebay com
Subject: Notification of Limited Account Access for xxxx
To: xxxx () xxxx org
Content-type: text/html

<html>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style3 {color: #FFFFFF}
-->
</style>

<body>
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="15%" align="left">To:</td>
<td>xxxx</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="15%" align="left">From:</td>
<td>eBay<span class="style3">(   codeID=2574-h04b-ug97)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="15%" align="left">Subject:</td>
<td>Notification of Limited Account Access for xxxx<span class="style3"> x route </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">------------------------------------------------------------</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border: #e0e0e0 1px solid;" width="100%">
<tr>
<td><p class="V1Gray"><img alt="The World's Online Marketplace" src="http://battellemedia.com/images/ebayLogo-tm.jpg"; 
border=0></p>
  <p class="V1Gray">eBay sent this message to xxxx  (xxxx () xxxx org
).<br>
                        </p></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" align="center" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td bgColor="#9999cc" width="1"><img height="1" src="http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gif";></td>
<td>
<table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" align="center" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr bgColor="#9999cc" height="26">
<td>  <span class="A3B" style="color:white;">Welcome to My Messages</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="5" width="100%" bgColor="white" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colSpan="6" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/myMessages/note_570x30.gif"; alt=" " 
border="0">
  <p>
                        Dear <span class="V1Gray"> xxxx&nbsp;(xxxx () xxxx org
),</span></p>
<p>
                        This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by eBay to detect inactive 
customers and 


 non-functioning billing process.<br>
                        The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3 days. <br>
                        You must click the link to complete the process.</p>
<p><a 
href="http://signin.ebay.com.aw-cgi2.com/eBayISAPI.dll?VerifyID&PlaceInfo&LogUID=xxxx;UserRoute=2574-h04b-ug97";>http://signin.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?Signln&amp;UserIDmail=xxxx
 () xxxx org
</a>  <span class="style3"> =

 
    type=state&amp;param=xxxx-2574-h04b-ug97</span></p>
<p align="left">(To complete the verification process you must fill in all the required fields)</p>
<p> Notice: Refusal to cooperate in an investigation or provide confirmation of identity when requested are subject to 
restriction and removal in the next 3 days </p>
<p>Regards,<br>
  Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department),  <span class="style3"> </span></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%" bgColor="#9999cc"><img height="1" src="http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gif"; width="1"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td bgColor="#9999cc" width="1"><img height="1" src="http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gif"; width="1"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr size="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>


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