RE: EBay Fraud Attempt

[Chris Gordon <chris.gordon () gettyimages com>]

Looks like this has already been taken care of, according to this news article...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2564725.stm

The world's largest online auction site eBay has been targeted by fraudsters using a shadow site to steal credit card 
details from its 55 million customers. The scam involved sending e-mails to customers asking them to log on to a 
Florida-based website - ebayupdates.com - and re-submit their financial details. 
"We at Ebay are sorry to inform you that we are having problems with the billing information of your account," the 
e-mails said, writing the name incorrectly with a capital E. 
"We would appreciate it if you would visit our website [Ebay Billing Center] http://www.ebayupdates.com and fill out 
the proper information that we are needing to keep you as an Ebay member." 
US internet watchdog SANS Institute Internet Storm Center has issued a warning about the site. 
Taken down
In a statement to BBC News Online, eBay said it "never asks its users for their user ID and password." 
"Fraud constitutes less than 0.01% of all transactions that take place on the site," it added. 
The shadow site has been taken down. 
The e-mails began appearing about a week ago. 
eBay warning
The WHOIS database of websites showed ebayupdates.com was registered in Niceville, Florida on 6 December this year. 
California-based eBay has issued warnings on its site about e-mails asking for passwords or credit card details. 
"Some members have reported attempts to gain access to their personal information through e-mail solicitations that are 
falsely made to appear as having come from eBay," the company said. 
"These solicitations will often contain links to web pages that will request that you sign in and submit 
information...eBay employees will never ask you for your password." 
In November it was reported that some eBay customers' e-mail addresses could be seen on the company's website. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris A. Mattingly [mailto:camattin () camattin com]
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:02 PM
To: Logan F.D. Greenlee
Cc: incidents () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: EBay Fraud Attempt


You might also contact the U.S. Secret Service, as this type of crime is
covered by this mission statement.  (See
http://www.secretservice.gov/mission.shtml).

-Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: <jlewis () lewis org>
To: "Logan F.D. Greenlee" <lgreenlee () ciretose net>
Cc: <incidents () securityfocus com>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: EBay Fraud Attempt


> This is definitely an attempt to socially engineer your credit card info,
> bank account info, and enough personal information to commit identity
> theft against anyone dumb enough to fill out the form (and I'm sure there
> are many suckers out there).  You should immediately forward a copy to at
> least the following:
>
> privacy () ebay com (don't know if this is the best contact, but it's all I
> found in a quick look at their site).  This is the sort of thing Ebay will
> sick their lawyers on for use of the ebay name.
>
> noc () accentric net (they're the tech contact for the IP block
> www.ebayupdates.com resolves to)
>
> domain.tech () YAHOO-INC COM (they're the tech contact for the domain
> ebayupdates.com, which seems to be registered to some creep in Niceville,
> FL (which sounds fake, but actually exists)).
>
> It wouldn't hurt to try to notify the FBI and local Niceville police...but
> how much time to you want to spend on this?  Odds are, you'll have to
> place several calls and talk to multiple people before you find an
> agent/officer who understands what a website is and why this one is bad.
> If Ebay's security people return your message/call, maybe you can just ask
> tem if they'll push the right buttons to get the FBI to pickup the person
> responsible for the site.  They're likely going to be more familiar with
> what it takes to get some action.
>
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Logan F.D. Greenlee wrote:
>
> > To the moderator:
> > This is my first post, and I'm not sure that this is right list
> > to be sending this to. If it isn't could you please tell me where I
> > should send it?
> >
> > Hello All,
> > About 24 Hours ago I received an e-mail from "EBay Billing" with
> > the subject of "EBay Billing Error". However, I have not conducted any
> > transactions in months, so I became suspicious. The text of the e-mail
> > is below as well as the routing path, which would indicate that it was
> > not in fact sent by eBay. Further, a visit to the site that is refrenced
> > in the email leads to a page that is javascript encoded. Right click is
> > disabled to prevent saving of the page. An inspection of the source
> > would also indicate that the creators of the page do not want users to
> > see where their information is going. I've looked around eBay and found
> > no other pages that were constructed in a similar manner. Finally, I
> > checked the WHOIS database entry for "ebayupdates.com" and found that
> > the registrants were not eBay corporate but someone in Florida. Is it
> > possible that this is a farily large scale attempt at gathering eBay
> > users account and/or credit card information.
> >
> > Logan
> >
> >
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> > From: Ebay Billing <Billing () ebay com>
> > To: logan () ciretose net
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Ebay Billing Error
> > Sender: Ebay Billing <Billing () ebay com>
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> > **** End Message Header *****
> >
> > **** Message Contents *****
> > Dear Ebay Member,
> > We at Ebay are sorry to inform you that we are having problems with the
> > billing information of your account. We would appreciate it if you would
> > visit our website [Ebay Billing Center] <http://www.ebayupdates.com> and
> > fill out the proper information that we are needing to keep you as an
> > Ebay member.
> > If you think you have received this email as an error, please visit our
> > website and fill out the neccesary information. That way we can make
> > sure that everything is up to date! Again here is the link to
> > our website. Ebay Billing Center <http://www.ebayupdates.com>
> > Joe Watson
> > Ebay Billing Center
> > Rep ID. 32A
> > Thank you for your business.
> > The Ebay Staff.
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