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eBay Customers Targetted by Credit Card Scam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pulling-a-fast-one dept.

hether writes "Customers of the auction site eBay have been targeted by a site called ebayupdates.com. The site attempts to steal credit card details from eBay's 55 million customers. The SANS Institute Internet Storm Center issued the warning on this one. Info about the scam can be found on the BBC site, CNN, CNet, vnunet, and more. Funny enough there's no mention of this on the eBay site..."

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  1. ePimp.com by Glanz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Subject: Private Finishing School

    Dear Fathers

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    All that is required for your daughter to register and to begin classes for the next semester is for you to provide her with the nominal entrance fee of $500 US and provide her with a one-way bus ticket to her destination, the central Chicago bus terminal. We will provide all other necessities, clothing included, as we have strict uniform regulations.Our school's directors, Cooldad and Madame Thathing will be on hand to greet all new arrivals between Sept. 1 and Sept 7.

    Yours

    Nathan Coolodad
    Madame Cynthis Thathing

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  2. E-bay users getting ripped off is News? by lizrd · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since when is it news that someone is trying to rip off E-bay customers? I thought that that was the whole point of E-bay.

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