After a careful review of all threads. I think this is the most appropriate location. If either mod, finds this to be incorrectly located, please move it.

I wrote this for all from Admin to User

I was checking my email today, when I discovered a "message" from ebay. I attached a screen shot. First off receiving such a request from any company should be a red flag. There isn't a company out there that is going to contact you asking you to update, and or re-enter your userid/passwd. Espically using an embedded form in your email. They might drop an email from time to time, merly suggesting an update. Or even supply a url to redirect you to their site, where it is secure.

That should be red flag number two. In the address box of my browser it read http:// not https://. Everything ebay does with logins, passwords, bidding, all of it is secure, as do lots and lots of other companies.

Red flag number three. I clicked the submit button with both boxes empty. It refreshed the page. No error's? Correct me if I am wrong here people. But anytime you leave a field blank on a form, it returns with that ugly red text promptly alerting you of your errors.

Red flag number four. The to: from: field in the header of the message. In the to box it says ebay security<UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR.>. Hum? smells fishy

There we're a few other red flags. The big one was the submit button fowarded all the data to a form handler, that redirected the data. Not sure where, didn't bother diggin that deep. Last I checked ebay doesn't use php do they?

I guess this is my point, this has been brought up several times before. I felt a reminder was in order. Never hurt to hear it again. Protect yourself from thieves. Do not reply to these fake requests.

Be safe and stay free

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