Notices

NSC-040816b: Ebay Credit/Debit Card Update Scam

Today a number of message appearing to be from Ebay started arriving in campus email inboxes. 
These messages are a scam designed to steal your personal information and possibly infect your computer 
with some type of trojan virus. Do not follow the link in this or any message that appears to be from 
Ebay or any other message that you are not expecting.
An example of the message appears below. 


----- Example -----
Dear eBay customer,


During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight 
error in your billing information.


This might be due to either of the following reasons:


1. A recent change in your personal information ( i.e.change of address).
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our 
processors.


Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below: 


https://(linkremoved)


If your account information is not updated within 48 hours then your ability to sell or bid on eBay will 
become restricted.


Thank you


The eBay Billing Deptartment . 
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